So I bought some cheap digital Night Vision toys.

[Shoots100]

First coyote with the XP38 last night/morning.
Figured I'd get it sighted in on the Gunner and get some field time with it before the state is shut down.

 

[JamieZ]

Went hunting tonight.

For the life of me I couldnt figure how to record with the thermal mono. No matter what button I pushed I never saw the record function. I wanted so bad to record because I was being surrounded by deer. 2 deer to the right of me about 30yds away in the brush and like 6 or 7 about a 100yds in front of me in the woods. Plus 2 geese to the left of me about 30 yds away sitting on the pond.

This was the same place I shot the fox.

I was watching the deers reaction when I started playing coyote howls. They didnt give a crap.

Needless to say,,,,,,,I saw no coyotes and no fox

Now that I'm broke Im really starting to ponder the thought of having a thermal scope. My night vision scope works beautifully with that aftermarket IR. Everything is so much clearer and in focus buttttttttt,,,,,you cant see past the first set of trees because the IR light reflects off them. You can see eyes but no bodies. With the thermal mono I could see everything that I couldnt see with the night vision scope.

 

[FrankenCub]

Amazon is showing delivery of mine April 1st so season is done before then. Which kinda sucks, I've been seeing a couple coyotes almost every night following a ridge line on the property.
I may mount it on my pellet rifle and look for rats. Thought I seen a couple, probably from the hobby farm next door.

 

[Shoots100]

Two more down.
Ar gunner/Thermion combo doing it's job.

 

[Shoots100]

 

[Shoots100]

Amazon is showing delivery of mine April 1st so season is done before then. Which kinda sucks, I've been seeing a couple coyotes almost every night following a ridge line on the property.
I may mount it on my pellet rifle and look for rats. Thought I seen a couple, probably from the hobby farm next door.

They delayed the Tax deadline because of the virus, maybe they'll delay the end date of coyote season too ?
As long as the pellet rifle isn't a springer, you should be ok.

 

[JamieZ]

Amazon is showing delivery of mine April 1st so season is done before then. Which kinda sucks, I've been seeing a couple coyotes almost every night following a ridge line on the property.
I may mount it on my pellet rifle and look for rats. Thought I seen a couple, probably from the hobby farm next door.

Times are tough, dont worry about the end of the season because I was told by my brothers wife, that her father's brothers son, said that we could hunt deer to make ends meet. They even said we could use thermal or night vision. I was amazed, but being hungry, I was all for it.







Just some humor

 

[FrankenCub]

They delayed the Tax deadline because of the virus, maybe they'll delay the end date of coyote season too ?
As long as the pellet rifle isn't a springer, you should be ok.

I've got a cheap Swiss Arms TG 1. Its spring but accurate as hell. Killed hundreds of rats with it on a farm. The biggest problems with them out of the box is the sights interfear with the scope so I cut them off. Trigger was terrible so I tore it down and figured out what was needed for s trigger job. Sweet trigger now which helped accuracy tremendously.

Will spring action bother a digital scope? Guess I could mount it on my .22 for the time being.

 

[JamieZ]

Will spring action bother a digital scope? Guess I could mount it on my .22 for the time being.

No

 

[FrankenCub]

No

Good to hear. I'd hate to waste hard to come by .22 when .177 pellets are everywhere and cheap.

 

[That IdiotWayne]

View attachment 66502

Thats a cool NY15 you have there!

 

[Shoots100]

Thats a cool NY15 you have there!

Ares lower with a trigger job.
35 Gunner chambered upper with a Quick detach 16.5" SS barrel and SLR adj gas block.
It gets the job done.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

Went hunting tonight.

For the life of me I couldnt figure how to record with the thermal mono. No matter what button I pushed I never saw the record function. I wanted so bad to record because I was being surrounded by deer. 2 deer to the right of me about 30yds away in the brush and like 6 or 7 about a 100yds in front of me in the woods. Plus 2 geese to the left of me about 30 yds away sitting on the pond.

This was the same place I shot the fox.

I was watching the deers reaction when I started playing coyote howls. They didnt give a crap.

Needless to say,,,,,,,I saw no coyotes and no fox

Now that I'm broke Im really starting to ponder the thought of having a thermal scope. My night vision scope works beautifully with that aftermarket IR. Everything is so much clearer and in focus buttttttttt,,,,,you cant see past the first set of trees because the IR light reflects off them. You can see eyes but no bodies. With the thermal mono I could see everything that I couldnt see with the night vision scope.

Have you taken the mono out and figured out how to record with it ?

SJC

 

[JamieZ]

Have you taken the mono out and figured out how to record with it ?

SJC

Dont think I ever got to take video when the season was open. I did figure out how to take video, it was easy. Could I tell you how to do it, no. LoL
I would have to mess with it for a few seconds to remember.
I do use it every night though. I have a woods thats close to the road right across the street. I look at it every night to see how many deer, racoon or whatever is getting ready to come out or are sitting around munching. Still havent seen a coyote in there though. I know there in there. Ive called to them and had them call back.

Oh, another thing I use it for now is chuck hunting. Spotted one about a foot in, into a hedgerow and smoked him with the 6 creedmoor at 369yds

 

[Shoots100]

Oh, another thing I use it for now is chuck hunting. Spotted one about a foot into a hedgerow and smoked him with the 6 creedmoor at 369yds

Nice.
You should set up some targets and practice some night shooting with the digital scope too.
I use stick on reflectors to simulate eyes, as it would look in real life.
Or, you could just break open the wallet and get a thermal scope ?
Then you would have no excuses !
SJC

 

[JamieZ]

Nice.
You should set up some targets and practice some night shooting with the digital scope too.
I use stick on reflectors to simulate eyes, as it would look in real life.
Or, you could just break open the wallet and get a thermal scope ?
Then you would have no excuses !
SJC

Ive still been looking at them.

Pulsar is coming out with the XQ38 which the sensor is between the XM and the XP like what you have. Bunch of places have it listed for 3200 but thats preorder. The XM has the sensor quality thats in my mono. I would like something a tad better. I like the sensor thats in yours but not sure if I want to spend that much. Cost of yours went from 4500 up to 4900.

Thinking I will just be smart and use the NV scope because the problems arent really there being that I hunt open fields and not woods.