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I think 2X7 is better than 3X9 but
I think 2X7 is better than 3X9 but either works. I've thought so ever since I read that in Bob Hagel's writings. Though I've owned 3X9 I've never used one for seriously hunting as I have 2X7 - the VariXII had inferior coatings and perhaps other optics but it was a better fit. I had a bigger 3X9 on a .270 that I sometimes stretched the range for varmint hunting.
My own deer rifles are a Steyr Scout with stock Scout scope and .30-06 with a fixed 2.5X and a 6mm with a 4X.
I like a lot of power in a dedicated varmint gun - 16 power is as good as it gets for ground squirrels and I agree with the man (Jim Carmichael) who said that if you are accustomed to scopes a 6X may suit you better as an all around than the long traditional but perhaps past it's best 4X. For hunting I'd go with a 6X but there's nothing wrong with a lower power variable. I'd avoid neck shots unless you have dressed a few deer yourself and become intimately familiar with their anatomy.
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