Anyone ever use a spotting scope in place of binoculars?

What are you doing? Spotting scopes and high zoom binoculars are tough to use unless you're on the ground with a tripod or in a box stand that lends itself to propping up on the side.

I personally think high zoom binoculars are the better option for your average eastern hunter. They are much more compact and easier to use in a box stand. Spotting scopes are big and heavy and difficult to use in a stand. I use mine when I'm hunting off the ground, in conjunction with 10x binoculars, when I can see REALLY far (like a mile at least).

I finally took my binos out of my pack, I never used them unless I was bored and it wasn't to look at any places I would be shooting toward. Up in the woods, I can see as far as I can shoot without assistance. There's this one tree I get in sometimes where I can see the neighboring farm way over there, and I would get bored and watch the dude move bales with the tractor sometimes.

The other day, there was a buck chasing in a thicket 150yds away and my 8x42 binos were too much magnification. I don’t know why anyone would want more for deer hunting woods in the Deep South.

No spotting scope. I have binos anr monocular. Use both regularly. Hunt a 500yd pipeline on one side, and 300yd plot on other. Saves me from constantly pickn up gun to look through scope

If you are in a box stand with plenty of room I mean there's nothing wrong with it, it just won't be practical. Like others have said I like to use my binoculars to pass the time and watch animals screw around.

Given that as said a pair of high power binoculars would be more useful. I have a 80x power Spotting scope and unless you are on 20X you basically have to point exactly where you want to look unless you are looking say 500 yards away. There's not a lot of room for error I mean. Sometimes you will find some stuff in your spotting scope so far away that it takes a minute to find where you are looking exactly with your naked eye or binoculars.