The illuminated dot reticles work best for hunting. Most have a variable intensity reticle, which is very important. Too much illumination will flare badly in low light and you can't see the target. I have a Zeiss V4 6x24x50 with an illuminated Z MOA reticle and the whole reticle is illuminated and the flare is too much at last light even on the lowest setting. The Leupold firedot duplex is great and will not obscure the target.

I can shoot later with my VX5 and VX6 illuminated Leupys than my non illuminated Swarovski scopes, even my Z6 Swaro. I've been very impressed with my VX5 and VX6 scopes.