The Valvada IOR's are highly regarded by the long range and precision guys at Snipershide.com. They have very respectable glass, are sturdy, but really can't be considered compact. I looked a very lightly used illuminated 4X last week for about $400. I thought it was too big for a DSA SA-58 shorty. Thinking about putting it on a M1A Scout rather than the 2.5 Scout scope it wears currently.
Leupold just started selling a 1-4X Mark AR that might work for you. It's not a big objective lense, but would probably work okay in the woods. (I grew up in the Maine woods with a 30-30 and more than a 75-100-foot shot was rare.)