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Yessir...but at $2500...I'm more than satisfied. Especially with the clarity and battery life...9 plus hrs and it came with 2 batteries and charger. Has audio recording too.
I can ID deer or hog at over 400 yds. Can't ask for better without shelling out another $1500 to $2000 extra.
The pics I posted...the doe is about 40yds....the group of pigs is 100yds plus.
Totally agree, would I like one of the higher end units no doubt but what I have fits the bill just fine
Amazing just how fast they are advancing
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Yessir...but at $2500...I'm more than satisfied. Especially with the clarity and battery life...9 plus hrs and it came with 2 batteries and charger. Has audio recording too.
I can ID deer or hog at over 400 yds. Can't ask for better without shelling out another $1500 to $2000 extra.
The pics I posted...the doe is about 40yds....the group of pigs is 100yds plus.
Totally agree, would I like one of the higher end units no doubt but what I have fits the bill just fine
Amazing just how fast they are advancing
Sure is...the model I bought reportedly has the sensor in it of a $4000 scope only 1.5 to 2 years ago.
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I’ve thought of getting night vision and would if I was a young man. I know a guy with a $1,000 one and he shoots coyote and wolves but said you can’t tell what you’re shooting. Last year in southern Wisconsin a couple buddies went out night hunting with the cheap ones and split up and one of them shot and killed his friend. 2 lives ruined. Be careful to anyone using a cheap one.
I’ve thought of getting night vision and would if I was a young man. I know a guy with a $1,000 one and he shoots coyote and wolves but said you can’t tell what you’re shooting. Last year in southern Wisconsin a couple buddies went out night hunting with the cheap ones and split up and one of them shot and killed his friend. 2 lives ruined. Be careful to anyone using a cheap one.
I have the strangest feeling I know why. I have had alot of guys say that and when I look at their rig they don't have their IR illuminator either on , zeroed or it's just way too low powered. That or your day time cap is still in .
This is @ like 175 with my x site 2 it's a 10-12 yr old model and with a
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See my pics above. Not too hard to tell what you're shooting at. But this is a $2500 scope. In a year or two, the way the tech is advancing and prices are dropping, one like mine will be $1000.
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BIG...BIG difference between night vision and thermal!!!
Yes there is but the problem is still not having positive ID on what your shooting at, what your looking through is immaterial to that (basic gun safety) a few years ago a couple out hog hunting using good thermal scopes and one sees a hot spot in some bushes and shoots at it, turned out to be a homeless man who had crawled into the bushes to sleep, they killed him
They were charged with manslaughter
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BIG...BIG difference between night vision and thermal!!!
Yes there is but the problem is still not having positive ID on what your shooting at, what your looking through is immaterial to that (basic gun safety) a few years ago a couple out hog hunting using good thermal scopes and one sees a hot spot in some bushes and shoots at it, turned out to be a homeless man who had crawled into the bushes to sleep, they killed him
They were charged with manslaughter
Good grief! Why would somebody shoot at a target without 100% positive ID???
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Not only can you tell it’s a deer but you can tell it’s a buck. I’ve called in a pair of bulldogs at night and could tell exactly what they were. Hogs are definitely easy to pick out in a thermal. And just shooting at something “black or white” deserves punishment. I’ve given this advice to everyone that’s new to a thermal. Take that scope out at night just to look. Go to known areas and look around and just try and identify everything you see. I don’t really ever take mine off base magnification, so look through it how you be shooting with it.
Mine stayed on 3x past 2 nights. I saw no need to zoom.
Last night, I saw a small creature about 60yds in front of me in some dead grass....it was hopping and standing on hind legs. Thought it was a young rabbit at first. It ended up being a field mouse. Had to get within 30 yds to positive ID....lol
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Yes there is but the problem is still not having positive ID on what your shooting at, what your looking through is immaterial to that (basic gun safety) a few years ago a couple out hog hunting using good thermal scopes and one sees a hot spot in some bushes and shoots at it, turned out to be a homeless man who had crawled into the bushes to sleep, they killed him
They were charged with manslaughter [/quote] Good grief! Why would somebody shoot at a target without 100% positive ID???[/quote] Didnt you used to be a game warden? And you still have to ask that question?
This group was my first thermal kills last Friday night. Never shot with a thermal until this first group of hogs. One appears to have escaped, but he came back out in field a few mins later....bad mistake.
First shot was off a tripod rest. Running shots were freehand and I struggled some.