Whoa! $1,000 to $2,000 on a hunting scope is a nice budget. As others have said, there are some specific hunting scenarios that might require something special, but in general I consider hunting to be a fairly low bar in terms of optics. I have four Zeiss Conquest scopes with the RZ family of reticles and there isn't a deer or elk that I'll miss inside 600 yards because my hunting rifles wear $500 to $600 optics rather than $1,000 to $2,000 variants. It's your money and it will be interesting to hear what you choose in the end.