My Christmas Present to Myself

[JimP]

Well, I really wasn't ready to buy one and had been looking at the CamoFire site over the last few weeks as they came onto it but I was wandering through a store the other day and it jumped out and into my arms and said that it wanted to go home with me.

So now I am a owner of a Vortes RazorHD 20-60x85 spotting scope. I thought that the 20-60 one on CamoFire was a great buy until I saw the price on this one. CamoFire wanted $999 for the scope plus some shipping and taxes. Al's Sporting Goods in Utah wanted $799+tax, I just couldn't resist.

Now I need to find me a tripod and a window mount for it.

I know that there are better ones out there but for the price this one is a fantastic spotting scope.

 

[Gr8bawana]

Congrats on the new spotting scope. When you get a tripod I would recommend getting one with a pan head rather than a ball head. The tripod I have right now has a ball head and it sucks. It's almost impossible to move the spotting scope without moving it too far or having it tip to one side or the other. My last tripod had a pan head and was much much better.

 

[Bonecollector]

You can't beat the Vortex for the price/quality.

 

[jjsbucks]

That's a smoking deal. As far as a tripod, I wouldn't recommend a vortex tripod. It's hard to beat the glass for the money!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

I will have to disagree

The Vortex Pro GT trip pod is a great one. I’ve been using the same one for the last 5 years with no issues.

I do not own a window mount from Vortex so I can’t say if it’s a quality one or not.

I would also look at Bog Pod. They have many attachments for theirs.

 

[JimP]

I ordered a Vortex Pro GT the other day so we will see, I also ordered a Vortex window mount so I'll test that one out also.

I thought about the Bog Pod since I already have one but from what I have heard of them they don't stabilize as well as a optics tripod. It is the mounting system that they use that causes the problems..

 

[6mm Remington]

Good for you. I just purchased a CZ Woodcock over/under 12 gauge shotgun. I've been wanting one forever!!

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Sounds like a great purchase JimP.If you need it field tested before your trip to Az.I will shoulder the burden...
Then skip the state!

 

[JimP]

Sounds like a great purchase JimP.If you need it field tested before your trip to Az.I will shoulder the burden...
Then skip the state!

I have actually been watching a herd of elk on a hill south of my home.

Today wasn't too good since a snow storm blew in and it is hard to see much more than a hundred yards.

But I did get my tripod and window mount so now I can cruse around looking for things.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Looking for "THINGS"?

 

[kidoggy]

Looking for "THINGS"?

that would be thangs!!



my gift to myself was a vortex ranger 1300 rangefinder . just got it, now I need to go out and range thangs.

 

[jjsbucks]

Do they both use the same attachment? I bought a vortex tripod and window mount thinking they would be interchangeable, but sadly, they aren't.

 

[kidoggy]

Do they both use the same attachment? I bought a vortex tripod and window mount thinking they would be interchangeable, but sadly, they aren't.

well that's , bowlshart!!!

 

[JimP]

I was a little disappointed in that the widow mount doesn't use a detachable mount that would match up with the tripod but it will work for a window mount, they are not that hard to change over.

 

[kidoggy]

I was a little disappointed in that the widow mount doesn't use a detachable mount that would match up with the tripod but it will work for a window mount, they are not that hard to change over.

I would not tolerate such a thing. probly just me but I would find one that did

 

[JimP]

One question for those of you that have the Vortex spotter, is there a type of tether that I can purchase to keep the lens covers with the scope when they are off?

I can just use some rubber string or something but if there is actually a product I would rather use it.

Other than that it works great. I can sit in my living room and spot deer and elk a long ways off. I have one real nice buck that has been hanging out on a hillside around 2 miles away that I have been watching. It is a little hard to tell just what he has for headgear but when he moves his head you can see the rack.