I've recently noticed a trend of incredibly high powered scopes for hunting (maybe its always been that way, I don't know). My question arises from some ridicule I've received about the 10x scope i bought a week ago that i plan on using for 500 yard shots. In comp. or target shooting i can understand an "overpowered" scope, and varminting, and when your looking for head shots on heads the size of golf balls. When hunting big game though, I've always felt there is no reason to have a scope that magnifies to a closer visual range than you are comfortable shooting iron sighted i.e. at 500 yards, a scope that makes the deer appear to be 50 yards away should be plenty of scope. I was curious what other's thoughts were on the subject of scope magnification for hunting?