Rifle Scopes : You can pick only 3

Tip69 wrote: what do you consider to be a "varmint" rifle?  I hunt coyotes by driving them and when we lose sight of them, we cut a track and dump trailing hounds on them... to get the chase going again.  99% of our shots are at running coyotes from 10' to 300 yards.   I have a Bushnell 4200 Elite 3-9x40 on a Savage 204 and consider it to be perfect!  But I'm not sure that's what you intended.      And same with Long Range Hunter?  are we talking a "bean field" rifle?  Something we would want if we planed a "western" hunt or african safari?  I would imagine I would get a 300 mag of some sort and I would have to do research on which scope.. but prolly a Zeiss or Swaro.   for Big Game... which for me is mostly Whitetails... I have a Kahles CL 3.5-10X50 on top of a BAR in 30-06 and wouldn't change a thing about it.... with the possible exception of a bit thicker reticle.

I didn'treally have any specific "intentions" for any of theapplications -- part of my goal here was to gain some insight as tohow others looked at these applications and scoped for the varietytherein.  For me, my varmint rifle is also a .204 ruger -- it gets usedfor ground squirrels and rock chucks (500+ yds), as well as coyotes during thefall/winter (where I'm walking a lot across snow-covered fields and shooting atcoyotes on the move.)  Great glass, fine cross-hairs, a holdoverreticle, and target turrets fit my needs for the first part, while light weight,holdover reticle, and a forgiving eye-box are advantageous for thesecond.  I just bought a Leica ER 3.5-14x42 w/ IBS and Target Turret tofill this niche.  

For a longrange hunter, my personal criteria would be something I can take mid-sized gamewith (deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep,...).  That rifle for me is a6.5 Creedmoor.  Knowing I can use the Leica for this as well, I'dbe apt to grab one of Bushnell's new 3-12x42 LRHS.  Have never held one, but from what I've read,I really like the looks of that reticle, the turret configuration, and the ideaof 1 of my 3 scopes being FFP for the advantges they offer.  A lot of tactical scopes would fit the billhere, but this rifle is the one that's going to log the most miles on foot, soI can't bring myself to go with the size and weight of a pure tactical scope.  

My big game rifleis a .375 H&H.  It's habitat is northernIdaho timber and brush, and prefers chasing elk in nasty weather. (It's already notchedits moose tag, but has recently informed me that it's added an Alaska BrownBear hunt to its bucket list, so the scope for this application would need tocover that dream.)  I'm guessing theBushnell might also work for me here, but I'm patiently awaiting the release ofMeopta's MeoStar R2 in a 1.7-10x42, thinking that may be the better ticket.