If hunting open areas, I could certainly see the advantage of also having thermal for your scope as well. Same goes for hunting on foot and trying to aim through brush or scattereed timber. The digital NV is going to give you glare. If you hunt mainly lanes and small food plots like I do, the NV scopes with a stronger illuminator is a way to have a useful aiming device for under a grand, plus you can use it in the daylight if you are making a late afternoon hunt that transitions into night. I'm trying to justify a thermal scope to go with my handheld but I'm having a tough time with it, based on my results with the Wraith HD and Neith night vision units. I imagine I'll bite off at some point.
