I do most of my big game hunting (deer and hogs primarily) from close range to 300 yds. My reticle preferences are standard plex with the thicker Zeiss plex being my favorite and leupold std plex 2nd, or the Zeiss variants of #4 or #8 reticles which are great reticles for big game in low light. All have served me well out to 300 yds. I have no need for ballistic reticles for the type of hunting that I do. Several of my dedicated deer/hog rifles wear fixed 6x scopes with the above mentioned reticles and I've never felt handicapped on close range shots and I've had plenty with the hog hunting that I do. The only Ballistic type reticle that I have now is the Leupold LRD on a 6x36 which is very simple and serves my type of hunting well. Hope that helps.