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Looking for new glass? 2016's batch of new hunting optics is pretty impressive. Here are some of the top new wares.

Riflescopes with parallax adjustments, illuminated reticles, 8X zoom ranges and turrets dialing past 1,500 yards are impressive, but do we really need that to still-hunt whitetails in Ohio farmland or chase elk at 8,000 feet in Idaho? An optic like Leupold’s new VX-3i 3.5X-10X-40mm with the Boone & Crockett ballistic reticle is likely better suited for most hunters’ needs. This 12.6-ounce scope, a reengineered upgrade from the previous VX-3, is bright, sharp, slim and extremely reliable.

The phrase “light transmission” has become cliché in the world of optics. Just what is it, and how seriously should hunters take it? Let us explain.

To hunt North America’s regal antlered game, you must realize you will walk—a lot.

At its core, the Steiner HX series is designed as an olive branch to the U.S. market—it packs high-quality German glass into a package that’s meant to be familiar to the American hunter, and at a price that’s upper-middle class yet not eye-popping.

Until manufacturers make clothing and laundry soaps that eliminate human movements, deer hunters should realize they face bigger worries than which camo or blaze-orange clothing hides them best.

With apologies to vegetable juice and automobile engines, riflescope users can now have a V8, too. A Zeiss V8.

Family means looking out for one another. We hunters would do well to look at the close bonds these hunters share and realize we are all family.

Leupold has announced the VX-6HD, an updated version of its flagship VX-6 line.