best reticles in a hunting scope?

[muleman69]

Would like to hear some opinions on what everyone would like to see in the way of a perfect hunting reticle. Not sure whether it can be done but I would like to see one in a tapered cross hair without the top crosshair for full field of view in the upper half . Also Moa/mil marks for windage. Moa/Mil marks for hold over would be nice also.

 

[hpshooter]

I like the German post reticle with a fine horizontal cross-hair. Longest shot I can take where I hunt is 500 yards. Have hunted the area enough to know the distance to the major features and what hold to use with the .30-06.

 

[Bc'z]

Garry it sucks SWFA quit offering this retical.
Top of diamond is 100 yard aiming point.
Center dot equates to 300 yards bottom of diamond will get you 375-400 yards depending on velocity.
Upper portion of windshield is a range finder based off of 6' scale

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Leupold varmint hunter is my favorite

 

[jimmymac]

For eastern white tails where my shooting is almost always inside of 200 yards, a standard duplex reticle is the ticket. It’s easy to pick up in the woods and uncomplicated. Point and shoot simplicity at its finest.

 

[people]

It is personal preference. It is what you will like for how you hunt.

Some of my family hunts in northern MN and one likes a standard 3x9 with duplex. One now uses a red dot with 3x magnifier and loves it. Both hunt exactly the same way so what works for one is not for the other.

Sadly we can tell you what we like and how we hunt but what you will like is what you will like. All of us would really like it if you did what we do, but it is for you not us.

 

[7887mm08]

For eastern white tails where my shooting is almost always inside of 200 yards, a standard duplex reticle is the ticket. It’s easy to pick up in the woods and uncomplicated. Point and shoot simplicity at its finest.

These are the conditions I hunt in also, and I couldn't agree more. Keep it simple

 

[Nature Boy]

For eastern white tails where my shooting is almost always inside of 200 yards, a standard duplex reticle is the ticket. It’s easy to pick up in the woods and uncomplicated. Point and shoot simplicity at its finest.

I agree with Jimmy. A simple duplex reticle for large game

 

[hogpatrol]

AFAIK, only available on the Trijicon, and it takes a bit to get acclimated to, but I've killed all sorts of game including groundhogs out to 400 yds. with this reticle. For me, very fast target acquisition. Comes in amber, red or green. I prefer green.

 

[dolek]

I hunt Whitetails mostly in the swamps and the thick stuff associated with the swamps here in NE NY . I prefer a standard duplex (Leupold). I also like the German reticles ,easy to find in low light.

 

[Deleted outa08]

The best rig I have for hunting deer and bear in central PA is a Winc. 70 .308 w/16" barrel and a Burris 2x7 Duplex scope. I bet I have shot every deer with the scope on 2x. If I could get the deer to come closer to the truck it would help.

 

[Gb300wm]

Nightforce IHR is my favorite...

 

[muleman69]

So if a person could design his own scope what changes would you make?

 

[K22]

jimmymac - totally agree - a simple duplex is my preferred reticle with the added caveat that the reticle should be heavy enough for dim light shooting since most of my big game shots have been taken in dim light. The largest buck I ever took was taken with about 5 minutes of legal hunting time remaining in heavy dusk. Without the heavy plex reticle I couldn't have made the shot.

However I do realize that for the western hunter where distances can be a lot further, compensation reticles have their place but for the eastern hunter the standard duplex recticle work just fine.

I also like the simple duplex for varmint / predator hunting. Again, a lot of shots taken in dimming light.

 

[DirtySteve]

I think the better question would be which reticle should I avoid! Millions of critters have departed due to the duplex. Thousand of enemy combatants have succumbed to the mildot and Horus style. I used pretty much these two styles on all my rifles. I only have three duplex reticles. Two of the three are in rimfires...

 

[deadeye4]

Zero Stop & Dial, reticle for backup-varies here with many variables!

 

[Gman]

Would like to hear some opinions on what everyone would like to see in the way of a perfect hunting reticle. Not sure whether it can be done but I would like to see one in a tapered cross hair without the top crosshair for full field of view in the upper half . Also Moa/mil marks for windage. Moa/Mil marks for hold over would be nice also.

Kaps riflescopes which are made in Germany offer a tapered reticle (without top crosshair) called the Reticle Invariant. I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for.

 

[Tommie]

Hunting what?
Hunting where?

 

[muleman69]

Hunting what?
Hunting where?

Good question, what we need out west may differ from what is needed in the east. We are hunting elk and deer at extended ranges

 

[sscoyote]

I like simple plex reticles with a 5ish MOA subtension at optics highest power (coupled with a low-profile target elevation turret). Nikon is great for establishing even subtensions with their plex reticles. The plex reticle is definitely the simplest ballistic and rangefinding reticle ever made.