Scope Covers

[electric10162]

10 hours ago, Joint Venture said:

All Leupold scopes, all threaded Leupold covers.  Not cheap, but flawless performance for me.  Visually attractive also…

I have a few with the threaded covers. Pretty, but some of the older versions were not weatherproof.

[bushden]

Butler creek, I have been using them for as long as I can remember and never had an issue with one freezing up, a quick flip open and a dead deer.  The full  covers are a PIA there is to much movement on you part to take them off before a shot and you risk the deer seeing that movement

Edited January 14 by bushden

[Nomad]

58 minutes ago, bushden said:

Butler creek, I have been using them for as long as I can remember are never had an issue with on freezing up, a quick flip open and a dead deer.  The full  covers are a PIA there is to much movement on you part to take them off before a shot and you risk the deer seeing that movement

What do you do with them when it’s not raining ? Take them off?

Edited January 12 by Nomad

[fab]

Tree stand umbrella is amazing in the rain or snow.   Heavy wet snow u will need to push off the build up from time to time 

 

I always hang my gun with the barrel down for safety reasons god forbid the gun falls out of the tree.  
 

I use the neoprene bootie.  Leave it on till I need it off.   
 

I still wear goretex. But don’t ever not use the umbrella.    

[smittty]

I like theses 

https://alpineproducts.com/products/scope-slicker-nx

[mazzgolf]

1 hour ago, electric10162 said:

If you're left handed

Yes! And after I sent that message, it occurred to me that a right-handed shooter would not have this problem! (well, at least its a problem with a left-handed bolt action gun).

Yet one more problem a left-handed person has in the shooting world  

Edited January 12 by mazzgolf

[mazzgolf]

44 minutes ago, Nomad said:

What do you do with them when it’s not raining ? Take them off?

I leave them on all the time. It also helps protect the glass. Walking through brush and thick stuff, it's nice knowing you have a cover on protecting the glass from getting scratched from sticks or thorns or whatever. It also helps just to keep dirt and debris off the glass (like when you lay the gun on the ground or against a tree, the dirt stays off the glass).

Just a flick of a finger for the objective, and a press of a button for the eyepiece, and you can quickly flip both open when you need to take a shot. I don't even remember doing it with my muzzy deer I shot a few months ago, you can do it so fast without thinking about it.

[Nomad]

 

[mazzgolf]

Meh.. now you are holding something in your hand while you shoot. Unless you just drop it to the ground (of course then you'll forget it in the excitement, especially if you have to quickly get up and move for a followup shot ).

[Nomad]

11 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

Meh.. now you are holding something in your hand while you shoot. Unless you just drop it to the ground (of course then you'll forget it in the excitement, especially if you have to quickly get up and move for a followup shot ).

Whatever you prefer, drop it on the ground, stuff in your jacket pocket, depending on the situation.

[electric10162]

39 minutes ago, Nomad said:

 

No thanks!

I'm not cool enough to do this while trying to shoot a deer

[Nomad]

4 minutes ago, electric10162 said:

No thanks!

I'm not cool enough to do this while trying to shoot a deer

A man’s got to know his limitations.😃

Edited January 12 by Nomad

[electric10162]

2 minutes ago, Nomad said:

A man’s got to know his limitations.

I'm lucky I can walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time

[Nomad]

Just now, electric10162 said:

I'm lucky I can walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time

You can do it, what do you use on your scope in inclement weather?

[huntyctyboy]

Devtron Scopecoat had mine for long time still holding up fine over 20 years or more. was made in the USA not sure about nowadays.