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Post by b29driver on Nov 26, 2017 17:28:35 GMT -8
Guys, I'm not sure where to post this so here it is.
I have both an X-sight II 3-14 night vision with 850 PRO illuminator and a Thor 1.25-5 thermal. I have been playing around with mounting them side by side. Left eye thermal- right eye night vision. The right side is the shooting one on top of the rifle.
Tonight I had the opportunity to test it out. I didn't drop any hogs, but I did prevent them from damaging my grass runway any more.
Scanning the horizon from a ten foot stand I starting picking up hogs coming in at about 400 yards with the left eye (thermal). I started setting up the shooting solution at 225 yards on the right eye (night vision) because I thought they might be headed for the same spot where they had been doing damage.
Hogs being hogs they went for a different spot at about 300 yards from me. There were about 12-15 moving fast and rooting up a lot of stuff. I had hoped that I could wait for them to move in close. I have been putting out some really stinky bait trying to get them up close. They quickly moved out on my runway and started tearing the hell out of it so I decided to open up on them and limit the damage.
I don't think I hit anything. I'll go back out tomorrow and take a close look.
It is interesting to be able to switch from thermal to night vision by just closing and opening eyes. I wish that I could just overlay the two and be able to shoot with both. I'm sure Uncle Sam has that already. It may be available and I just don't know. I'm sure a properly functioning unit is pricy.
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Post by ronbo231 on Jul 13, 2018 10:44:00 GMT -8
Invite a couple shooters out to help eradicate the pests.
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mexicanjoe
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Post by mexicanjoe on Jul 19, 2018 16:48:25 GMT -8
My question is why?
If you have a Thermal put the NV on a different set up. Then you have an application for both.
I have my ATN on a 6.5Cr Ruger Bolt Gun. I have a NV Xmark on an M4.
The M4 works great <100 The ATN is good for anything. I use the NV for packs of small ones so I can get many. I use the ATN for long shots, 2fers on big hogs.
I also let my friends who want to hunt use whatever they bring till night (sad but not everyone has one yet) then I let them use the M4 for closer stuff.
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odin
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Post by odin on Jul 31, 2018 22:03:57 GMT -8
B29 - try getting some Tuna Oil bait enhancer from you local fish bait stockist. Put a pinhole in the lid with a drawing pin. A fine mist spray along where the hogs are holding with a trail out to some coen or fish guts/frames in a kill zone and watch them come. They go nuts for the oil.
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