I do agree with James, where I love my Leupold scopes, I have thought their binoculars to be overrated.
To me a lot of the $400 brands were not to different than the $75 brand ones. certainly some are bigger and heavier in size. The used market for binoculars is good place to look too.
Why are good binoculars important? Because you have a lot invested in hunting, what you can't see, you can not hunt. The devil is in the details. I shot two wrong animals before I bite the bullet and upgraded. And there is not a hunting day that goes by and I think boy was I stupid, for not buying a nice pair and practicing months in advance of the hunt how to use them properly!!!!
The one piece of equipment that never leaves my side hunting is my Swarovski SLC 10x42.