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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Russell" data-source="post: 1605076" data-attributes="member: 22179">John,I'm not a hunter and we all have different ethical positions that fall somewhere between vegans and Buffalo Bill, but AFIK the animals hunted from a high seat are not confined and the targets are often wild boar.There is a well known animal filmer here in Germany by the name of Andreas Kieling, who has done some really crazy things like filming Alaskan Brown from 10m, swimming with saltwater crocs in Australia, and getting really close to Komodo dragons. He said that his scariest experience ever was being attacked by a wild boar near his home in the Eifel region.BTW, the AFOV of the 7x50 Zeiss is not much better than the 8x56 Dialyt and it has individual focussing.If one wants 7mm exit pupils and a wide FOV it means big prisms and lots of weight.John R.</blockquote>