Night Vision Hog Hunting

[bluesvet]

This is not a knock on Thermal scopes. However, I have a 60 yd. strip and some 100yd. shots in food plots to shoot hogs. I”am just saying using my sightmark wraith nv scope($500),I will kill a STANDING hog at this distance every time you kill one using a 2-5 thousand thermal scope. I have thought it over and over, but for me, I can’t see letting a $ 2000 plus scope setting in the safe. Within my range using a 300 blackout 150 gr. fusion bullet, that’s a dead hog for a reasonable, very effective way.

 

[John B.]

Nightvision is fine for hogs.... until you have rain... or fog... or no moon... or need to see past 100 yards... or interfering lights from neighboring properties.

Again, nightvision is fine, but thermal will always be superior. Ymmv.

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[SAWMAN]

bluesvet, of course,you are absolutely right.
Stick with that Gen.?? NV if you feel that it works for you,under your circumstances. --- SAWMAN

 

[bluesvet]

Yes, for distances, rain? going anyway?, moon no problem. For sure $1500 or more you will spend. Just sayin, short distances, standing hogs at my strip, I’II shoot next to the pulsar,flit, or triijicon.with a five hundred dollar set up. Most people agree with thermals and love them.

 

[Jester896]

it is kinda nice to look across a field...1/2 mile maybe...and see hogs....with a thermal..so I can walk over there and shoot them with my N/V...or drive over without lights using a N/V monocular through the glass

they both have pros and cons

going to be hard to catch up to my D760AG with your scope though


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[SAWMAN]

Can you see a hog concealed in the brush with your NV ??
Can you see a hogs entire body or just their eyes at 100yds ??
Can you see a hog at 100yds when the ground fog has set in ??
Can you see in COMPLETE DARKNESS with your NV ??
Do you have a IR illuminator attached to your NV ??
If you look in the end of it can you see a reddish orange glow ??
Can you see a blood trail with your NV ??
What generation is your NV ?? --- SAWMAN

 

[Jester896]

if this is directed to me...

Can you see a hog concealed in the brush with your NV ?? yes sir... to a degree at times...not as well as the signature of a thermal tho
Can you see a hogs entire body or just their eyes at 100yds ?? 500+ yards actually
Can you see a hog at 100yds when the ground fog has set in ?? not really
Can you see in COMPLETE DARKNESS with your NV ?? no sir
Do you have a IR illuminator attached to your NV ?? yes sir...a Luna focusable type
If you look in the end of it can you see a reddish orange glow ?? I'm not sure...it will leave a very small red dot on the ground when on
Can you see a blood trail with your NV ?? no sir
What generation is your NV ?? GenIII
--- SAWMAN

can you use your thermal to drive your vehicle through the glass?

 

[FrankT]

if all you are doing is shooting 1 hog at a time, feeder or field and that is your goal, a green kill light and .22 are all you need..buy for your budget and circumstance but that does not make it better or not, just satisfactory for you at the time

 

[SAWMAN]

Nope . . your right . . I cannot see thru my front windshield to use it for driving in complete darkness.
Can you tell how full your feeder is from 100yds away ?? --- SAWMAN

 

[FrankT]

The wraith is not GenIII it is digital night vision, the least of NV ..it is a good digital, cheap to get you started but nothing of what thermal is or even genIII night vision. The combo of a 300 and the wraith is good for short range work depending on bullet choice.

 

[Jester896]

Nope . . your right . . I cannot see thru my front windshield to use it for driving in complete darkness.
Can you tell how full your feeder is from 100yds away ?? --- SAWMAN

nope...can't see the awesomeness of a deer fawning in the field with it either... that heat signature is fantastic!...there are good and bad with either


funny story...was hunting with a guy one night that had a similar unit mentioned above on his rifle...without my IR I couldn't ID something I thought was a hogs back in grass...when I focused the IR on it it was a pivot tire...I couldn't see the end span of the pivot from where I was...only the one tire. He said you can see the tire at the end of that pivot? I told him..sure...he wanted to see. He was no longer whispering...and every other word was wow I can see this or that....then finally...you can see in the next field over with this thing
There are advantages to good N/V

 

[bluesvet]

Yes to all the advantages a thermal has over nv. My point is a guy can be very successful shooting hogs making good shots ( I purposively shoot them behind the shoulder so they will run 25-45 yds out of my spot),using good ammunition, and do it within the price range and distance. I may eventually graduate up to a thermal one day. Thanks for all relies and keep hunting.

 

[SAWMAN]

I killed 'em using both a green high powered LED,then a LASER GENETICS green laser spotter,and now . . . . well . . . . you know.
If you want to/need to stick with a green visable wide beamed light,get a LASER GENITICS. I have both the 30mm and the much higher powered 50mm. Both work great. The 30 out to about 75yds,the 50 out to about 200+yds. --- SAWMAN

 

[FLT]

LOL, I guess my Q beam and 12 gauge is obsolete, it’s time to up date.

 

[Hotwing]

I’ve never done any night hunting, never used a thermal- but I came across this guy’s channel last night. There’s some NV footage in the second half of this video that is really impressive.





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[SAWMAN]

Your Q-Beam is . . . your 12ga isn't.
Using visable lights (white,red,green,etc) and a shotgun gets the best results with two people in perfect comm with what the other will do and what their responsibilities are.
Me and my hunting buddy in Maine killed tons of yotes at night using a red light and a shotgun. I used my Benelli M1 Super 90 and he used a Rem 870. At the end of the first season he bought the exact same gun as mine but with a 5 shot tube. Mine was/is a 7 shot.
We hunted crows together also. Comm is really important with that style/type of hunting. (called over deeks)
We got so that we went into the exact same thought process when we entered the woods.
He got his guides license a couple years after I did and he still guides for bear,moose,AND crows. He still will tell you,his most fun is with crows. --- SAWMAN

 

[FrankT]

LOL, I guess my Q beam and 12 gauge is obsolete, it’s time to up date.

My $26 green kill light will do the job easily