Coyote hunting with thermals

[Turpentine21]

Good info, I'm looking at getting into the Thermals but have lots of questions and that helped, thanks for your post.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. When you first start it's all Greek but if you spend the time in the yard practicing with it at night and reading about it you'll pick it up in no time.

 

[Pursuer]

If you're in the market for a thermal be sure to look into a companies warranty. Although a lot of them are going to five year warranties which is great, seems to be the new norm. These thermals aren't any different from other electronics, something is bound to go wrong with them eventually with enough use.

I've had a Bering Optics for three years now and haven't had any major issues with it. My hunting partner has a Pulsar unit and his has been problem free as well.

Also don't forget who you're buying from. Your dealer can be a major help in getting you into a unit that suits your needs; and going to bat for you if you have any issues/warranty work.

 

[Upnorth1]

Looks like an good hobby to have!

 

[JiggyIi]

I would look at Burris️

 

[mack9807]

I run halo lr

 

[Turpentine21]

I also have IR. Nothing expensive but it works. Where the thermal sets itself apart for me is ease of use, scanning speed, and the ability to quickly pick an animal up in cover. With red hot mode I can sweep across a field rapidly and see an animal. It's almost like seeing someone out there holding a red lantern. You pretty much can't miss it. Where thermal isn't good is being able to see antlers. I can usually make them out but it can be difficult. Antlers in velvet, no problem.

 

[Homebrewer]

I bought my first thermal Aug 2015. Armasight Zeus Pro 100mm, 640, 17 micron, 3.5x base mag scope.
Drilled lots of yotes and hogs using this thermal.
Here is an example of one night in the blind watching my dead hog pile...
Rifle is my build on AR-15 with wildcat round .257 neck down of 6.5x47 Lapua.
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[BigDon]

I also have IR. Nothing expensive but it works. Where the thermal sets itself apart for me is ease of use, scanning speed, and the ability to quickly pick an animal up in cover. With red hot mode I can sweep across a field rapidly and see an animal. It's almost like seeing someone out there holding a red lantern. You pretty much can't miss it. Where thermal isn't good is being able to see antlers. I can usually make them out but it can be difficult. Antlers in velvet, no problem.

Relatively speaking - antlers are cold. not what thermal likes.

 

[mack9807]

Nice female down bout hour ago , we are at 40 below with wind chill but they're still responding

 

[HRM Johnny]

Wind chill of 40 below?!! Brother, I live in Virginia. You're scaring me. Great job on the coyote. I hope you get many more.

 

[JiggyIi]

Wind chill of 40 below?!! Brother, I live in Virginia. You're scaring me. Great job on the coyote. I hope you get many more.

-30* here this morning with a high of -5, yesterday had a high of -12

 

[mack9807]

Yes sir lol , tonight's suppose to be colder yet , then a warm up to single digit . It'll be a heatwave lol

 

[hyborn0000]

I have only used the pulsars
Scanners and scopes
They work well
Both scanner and scope have very similar menus.
At night that keeps things simpler

 

[TonyRumore]

I just acquired a Infiray 1024 Bolt TX60C, after three years of struggling with a complete piece of junk ATN Thor 4.
The image quality of the Infiray is absolutely amazing. Even cranked up, digitally zoomed to 16x, the image is still very useful.

Tony