Yep. There's not a whole lot that's more fun than corning the roads, getting all liquored up and then jumping outta the truck in the dead of night and unloading a mag of .45 ACP at a sounder. I've blasted many a hog that way - and many a jackrabbit as well.
LOL. Me too. A dumbass buddy shot a hole in the hood of one of my old pickups doing that. He was riding in the back shooting over the hood while me and another buddy were shooting out of the windows.
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Aside from 6 dead hogs in the video, please feel free to post up your own video where you did much better, or at least a photo of your trophy shelf full of awards for shooting at night...
Simple question. If so what sight do you use for the task?
I have done a lot of spotlighting, shooting rabbits, foxes, cats, roos, pigs etc, mostly from the back of a truck. If you have a good spotlight then more or less any scope will do. If your light is not so good you want a scope which can make up for it. A good Euro scope like a 6x42 or 8x56 will do even under good moonlight, without the electric sunshine.
I hunt coyotes at night. I’ve got a Super Hogster, MK3 60MM, and a Super YoterR. One of the biggest things for me is having a decent scanner. I’m looking through that a lot more than the sight. I want a scanner with a good detection range, big FOV, and clear.
Also I like a good base mag for coyotes on the weapon sight. It’s pretty open out here. If I was hunting somewhere the cover is tight I wouldn’t want as much magnification.
Aside from 6 dead hogs in the video, please feel free to post up your own video where you did much better, or at least a photo of your trophy shelf full of awards for shooting at night...
We'll wait.
Shooting looks like it was free-hand. Once that first shot is taken and they scatter and run full-out, 6 dead hogs is not bad at all.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
The only animals that can be shot at night in Idaho are raccoons and coyotes. If you're on private land, you must have written permission from the landowner and if on public land, you need a permit from the Idaho Fish and Game dept. A couple years ago, IDFG sharpshooters shot about 200 elk at night on private farmland to run the elk away. Needless to say, the public screamed and asked why hunters weren't allowed to do it. The problem with that is a state law prohibiting the public from hunting at night. It was beyond the authority of the IDFG to allow it. Their own sharpshooters were the only ones allowed to do it. Only the state legislature can change that and it's highly unlikely that they ever will.
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I want to be Rockin’B or geedub when I grow up……damn, that shooting hogs at night with a thermal looks like a hell of a lot of fun.
Thanks guys for sharing the video and your experience on night optics, it’s been very helpful to me. In fact after reading Rockins posts about the Wraith I recently bought one. I’m sure that I’ll likely follow his progression through the bank account evolution of night vision from IR to thermal. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no better a review than that of men I trust giving an account of their unbiased and honest experiences with various types of optics.
Thanks guys……good thread. 👍
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The only animals that can be shot at night in Idaho are raccoons and coyotes. If you're on private land, you must have written permission from the landowner and if on public land, you need a permit from the Idaho Fish and Game dept. A couple years ago, IDFG sharpshooters shot about 200 elk at night on private farmland to run the elk away. Needless to say, the public screamed and asked why hunters weren't allowed to do it. The problem with that is a state law prohibiting the public from hunting at night. It was beyond the authority of the IDFG to allow it. Their own sharpshooters were the only ones allowed to do it. Only the state legislature can change that and it's highly unlikely that they ever will.
Couldn’t hunters kill them during the day?…..or were they some mutant breed of nocturnal ghost elk? 😁 It’s been my experience over many years helping a friend with problem elk and I know for a fact that it doesn’t matter what time of the day or night that you kill them, if that’s the only feed source (or the conditions dictate) the elk will be back. The only way to “run elk off” is to get them in the freezer. Certainly seems reasonable that hunters could’ve done that and paid for the opportunity. That would be a nice unplanned windfall for the local businesses that the hunters would frequent, instead the tax payers paid sharpshooters…..😫
I know I’m not telling you anything that you don’t already know RockChuck but politics and wildlife management aren’t a good combination.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
Here’s a vid from an ATN Thor I’ve shown before. Big difference from above but a good introduction to thermals IMO. This was about 45 yards and zoomed in. There’s degradation in the quality when you zoom in but it’s not terrible.
Dunno it matters much, but “quiet” certainly was a winner for me with hogs. Killed 5 one day without taking a step, and on several occasions whacked 2 in the same fashion. T/C Contender carbine shooting .22 CB shorts w/o a muffler. -Phfft-Flop- is how it sounded.
In more recent times I nailed a couple with the Sneezer in like fashion.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
Here’s a vid from an ATN Thor I’ve shown before. Big difference from above but a good introduction to thermals IMO. This was about 45 yards and zoomed in. There’s degradation in the quality when you zoom in but it’s not terrible.
Here’s a vid from an ATN Thor I’ve shown before. Big difference from above but a good introduction to thermals IMO. This was about 45 yards and zoomed in. There’s degradation in the quality when you zoom in but it’s not terrible.
Where is that legal at?
Curious here, too.
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