Im gonna sound a touch nuts to a few on here but best hunting scope i ever used was a simple 2.75 x 40 Tasco with a simple duel x....bit of an unusual mag i know.
It produced masses of light and clarity missing on many scopes which zoom above 6X and limted the shake in sight picture to a minimum.....wonderful field of view too.
Ive tried many higher mag models since but never really done much better...
....maybe being fitted to a Venom 77 at that time helped me remember it with rose tinted specs but give a low fixed scope a try one time