NIGHT VISION VS THERMAL IN HEAVY FOG

[TEXASLAWMAN]

 

[gshock]

Good comparison video ... Thermal owns the night

 

[Ratdog68]

That's a good comparo, thanks for that one TLM.

 

[chthump]

There you go.

 

[hdfireman]

Good comparison video.

 

[ZenArchery]

Ya'll need to go back to the flashlight days. All this technolalaoogy is getting out of hand. ;)

 

[Ncorry]

NV in fog looks like a good way to accidentally purchase a cow.

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Popcorn on the stove?? WTH is that,, see/hunt in the dark?? Nonsense!!! BANG BANG!!

 

[gshock]

Ya'll need to go back to the flashlight days. All this technolalaoogy is getting out of hand. ;)

I remember those days! My friend and I would drive around the ranch and shine a red light at different feeders hoping to see hogs. Our success rate was low but we still had fun.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Ya'll need to go back to the flashlight days. All this technolalaoogy is getting out of hand. ;)

Back in those days I slept at night and hunted all day. Just do not feel comfortable shooting where I can not see.

 

[hdfireman]

NV in fog looks like a good way to accidentally purchase a cow.

When hunting at night with NV or Thermal you can accidentally purchase a cow. That's why it's good to know your gear and the animals you're hunting.

 

[gshock]

When hunting at night with NV or Thermal you can accidentally purchase a cow. That's why it's good to know your gear and the animals you're hunting.

Yes very true. My friend who I've hunted with for almost 10 years, he still panics everytime he sees hogs. He starts staying stuff like "Hurry!! They are getting away!!" and I look through the thermal and a few hogs left the area but a majority of the sounder is still rooting around. It gets me riled up since I'm in a rush to get all the gear ready. Then he'll look through his thermal and see random stuff like bedded down deer and yell to me "HOGS!! They are on the move, let's go!!" then we'll stalk and I take a look and it's bedded down deer or some calfs.

Sometimes I think that's why TLM and few other hunters hunt alone ... rofl!

 

[hdfireman]

HAHAHA! I promise it is easier to hunt alone..

 

[Taco]

My cows are trained to hit the deck at the sound of gun fire.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Ya'll need to go back to the flashlight days. All this technolalaoogy is getting out of hand. ;)

I hunted this weekend in the dark with a new 500 lumen flashlight. Saturday morning I shined skunks and deer at 100-300 yds and they moved off with the white light. I rednecked it and colored the lens with a green sharpie (like I always do) went back Sunday morning and I could see deer clear as day through my day scope at 200-300 yds away.With the green light they didn't really care, but that is like night vision for $25 redneck style.

 

[ZenArchery]

It amazes me how a group of little hogs will try to run off a cow 10x their size and weight.

 

[Hard_ware]

I have had the opposite occur. No fog seen thru pvs14 but ground and horizon not visible with armasight 75mm thermal scope. Clear as day with pvs14, I think it has to do with water vapor droplet size. But having nv and thermal use the device that works best at the time. When the temp dropped the thermal fog cleared, but fog was never visible with pvs14 even with ir light.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

I have had the opposite occur. No fog seen thru pvs14 but ground and horizon not visible with armasight 75mm thermal scope. Clear as day with pvs14, I think it has to do with water vapor droplet size. But having nv and thermal use the device that works best at the time. When the temp dropped the thermal fog cleared, but fog was never visible with pvs14 even with ir light.

I've had that happen to me twice think it's directly related to humidity and dew point.