[Birdtalk] Recommendations for Carrying a Spotting Scope

[Buck Russell]

Any suggestions or recommendations on carrying a spotting scope while hiking?  I suppose that there is a compromise between packing the scope and tripod in a comfortable backpack and the speedy deployment of carrying the assembled scope & tripod on your shoulder, ready for instant deployment (which is my normal method of hiking).    Any suggestions on backpacks or other carrying equipment?   The number of “mystery birds” that I have seen this year went down dramatically after I bought a spotting scope, but the cost has been watching birds fly away while I try to quickly deploy the scope, or the time delay in putting down the scope so that I can use two hands to focus my binoculars on a bird that is rapidly transiting the area.  
 
Thanks.
Buck Russell
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