No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
optics for predator hunting #6110316
01/02/18 02:44 PM
01/02/18 02:44 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
trapre Offline OP
trapper
trapre  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
What kind of sights do you use for predator hunting(scope, Open). Thermal scopes are not an option as they are illegal in PA. I wont shoot farther than 100 yards because my light doesn't shine farther than that, which is fine, I don't want to shoot farther than that. The lighting is medium most night's where I hunt. I have used a 223 with a scope and a 20 gauge shotgun.

Last edited by trapre; 01/02/18 03:38 PM.

"To not read the news is to be uninformed. To read the news is to be misinformed" -Mark Twain
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110349
01/02/18 03:08 PM
01/02/18 03:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 218
MA
M
MAArcher Offline
trapper
MAArcher  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 218
MA
Its hard to beat a red dot for most of the predator hunting I have around here, low light thick close in stuff.

Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110360
01/02/18 03:20 PM
01/02/18 03:20 PM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
G
GREENCOUNTYPETE Offline
trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
Originally Posted By: trapre
What kind of sights do you use for predator hunting(scope, Open). Thermal scopes are not an option as they are illegal in PA.


it might help if you tell them your typical range , night , low light , what your mounting it on.

one guy may take nothing but 150-250 yard shots while another never goes outside 50 yards and both are predator hunting.


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110364
01/02/18 03:25 PM
01/02/18 03:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
trapre Offline OP
trapper
trapre  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
thank you GREEN


"To not read the news is to be uninformed. To read the news is to be misinformed" -Mark Twain
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110366
01/02/18 03:26 PM
01/02/18 03:26 PM
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
C
cmcf Offline
trapper
cmcf  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
Single focal plane, no parralax. Illuminated dot with various settings are the benefits of a red dot sight.
Your choice of optics for predator hunting depend largely on how you hunt. Are illuminated reticals legal etc? Shotgun or rifle? Brushy close shots or more open terrain with longer shots possible?
All these things effect choice of best option.


“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli

Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110372
01/02/18 03:28 PM
01/02/18 03:28 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
trapre Offline OP
trapper
trapre  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
Illuminated optics are allowed. I use both rifle and shotgun. Longer range is possible.


"To not read the news is to be uninformed. To read the news is to be misinformed" -Mark Twain
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110378
01/02/18 03:34 PM
01/02/18 03:34 PM
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
C
cmcf Offline
trapper
cmcf  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
Reread your original post. Two to seven illuminated duplex reticle. Lower power better light gathering plenty of x for hundred yards.


“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli

Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110383
01/02/18 03:36 PM
01/02/18 03:36 PM
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
C
cmcf Offline
trapper
cmcf  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
And like MAArcher red dot on the shotgun or just the bead on the front.


“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli

Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110393
01/02/18 03:44 PM
01/02/18 03:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,668
OK
Aaron Proffitt Offline
trapper
Aaron Proffitt  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,668
OK
I'm kind of an odd man out on this one. Currently my eyes are still pretty good ,so I prefer open sights even on my rifles .
The quick target acquisition , to me , trumps long range precision.


Honor a Soldier. Be the kind of American worth fighting for.
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: cmcf] #6110394
01/02/18 03:45 PM
01/02/18 03:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
G
GREENCOUNTYPETE Offline
trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,369
Green County Wisconsin
Originally Posted By: cmcf
Reread your original post. Two to seven illuminated duplex reticle. Lower power better light gathering plenty of x for hundred yards.


that info wasn't there originally he edited it to let people know what his conditions were


America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110407
01/02/18 04:05 PM
01/02/18 04:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 19,689
pa
H
hippie Online content
trapper
hippie  Online Content
trapper
H

Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 19,689
pa
you'll end up shooting a Deer.

Let me clarify,
If your after Fox, they will come to shotgun range, no sense shooting further out and have trouble finding them at night.

Coyotes, if i was serious about hunting them, break of day and sunset would be my go to around here,
With a rifle. I'm not qualified on Yotes but have ran into a couple while fox hunting and that would be my stratagy for them if i did.

Last edited by hippie; 01/02/18 04:10 PM.
Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6110445
01/02/18 04:30 PM
01/02/18 04:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 19,689
pa
H
hippie Online content
trapper
hippie  Online Content
trapper
H

Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 19,689
pa
Experiment this winter doing different things, then next fall................

Start soon after season comes in and have these things..
Red light, doesn't have to be real bright.
Shotgun with #4 buckshot.
Greyfox pup tape, or my favorite a good mouth call and make rabbit distress sound. I use BOTH.
set-up on field edges (cornfields by far the best), tracter roads thru the field and woods, anyplace they like to run, call for 15 minutes and then move to a new spot. Get lots of spots lined up, you'll soon find out the good ones and the ones to forget about.
You'll have success.

Re: optics for predator hunting [Re: trapre] #6270229
07/01/18 12:47 AM
07/01/18 12:47 AM
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 10,007
WI - Wisconsin
A
AJE Offline
trapper
AJE  Offline
trapper
A

Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 10,007
WI - Wisconsin
The best system may be 1 guy with a rifle and the other guy carrying a shotgun, if hunting with a partner.

Last edited by AJE; 07/01/18 12:47 AM.
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread