Very good responses and reasons I had not though of, thank you all. This is the reason I asked, Mickey's lion incounter is something I had not considered and I have not hunted in terrain such as is described in Africa by others(though the jungles of South America are very thick as well)

I have always felt at close range I was at a disadvantage with optics on a long gun and the limited field of view that comes along with most of them, things tend to bounce around and the target gets lost easily. I have no experience with the low power hunting scopes though and it sounds as they would be close to my 50mm red dots and halo site's on handguns, which are very fast and allow for a full field of view.

I would assume the Tally QD and Leupold fixed 2X would be a fair setup? I prefer the Swarovski glass its on my plains game rifle and my spotting glasses I will be bringing, is the Leupold the better choice for a heavy recoiling rifle?

Also it seams to me trying to remove a scope would be dangerous while in a bad situation requiring you to look down and remove it and I would not think you would ever have time? In what situation would you want the scope removed ahead of time, only on a follow up hoping the game goes away from you on a less then perfect shot up front? In other words why QD rings if the scope is the way to go on DG?

Don't misunderstand my questions, I am not disputing it may be the way to go I am just trying to fully understand how others use a QD mounted scope in these situations.

Mickey, When did the state of Alaska implement a law requiring scoped rifles for bear? I have hunted Alaska on four occasions for bear (and a few for sheep) and killed one each trip all with a gost ring and post custom Marlin 450, I may simply not have been aware of the law but this was with three different guides one on Kodiak island and two others outside of Denali park on the Lazy J bar O ranch and have not heard this till now, the last time I was there hunting bear was 2000.

James F. Nixon III