Had a chance to go after a hog raider at a buddy's place last night. The hog never showed, but in getting ready for him I had a chance to verify shooting conditions with the deer that came to feed. Conditions had deteriorated quite a bit after my arrival and I wasn't sure about visibility.
While I could see all these critters on thermal, and several more (not visible in the video), the snow definitely imposed some significant limitations on the night vision using an illuminator. I still could have made the shots I expected to be making, but I wasn't seeing anything beyond about 170 yards.
The hog had been showing before 9:00 PM on 3 evenings of the previous week and so a little after 10:00, I decided to do a walk through of the rest of the property and call it a night. That proved to be much more difficult than I expected. First the handle was literally frozen in place and I was able to work it lose by reaching my arm out the window and chipping away at it. I thought I as free to go once the knob turned and then discovered the whole door was frozen shut and was stuck! LOL.