The Super Yoter LRF is a very good scope. I used it to shoot over 500 coyotes last hunting season. Night Goggles stopped carrying Bering due to the iRay sanctions. We now carry Pulsar, Armasight, Sightmark, and N-Vision. Here are some thoughts:
The equivalent Pulsar scope to the SY LRF is the Thermion 2 LRF XG50. Pulsar has a promotion on it right now for a few more days at $5,499. It is a very good scope. However, I say this to people all the time, and I stand by it. If I had to choose personally between a 640 scanner and a 384 weapons sight and a 384 scanner and a 640 weapons sight, I would choose the 640 scanner and 384 weapon sight. You spend so much more time on the scanner for a coyote scope. In addition, 640 scanners tend to have a wider FOV and lower magnification which also fits into the sweet spot for most coyote hunters.
I would probably lean towards the Thermion 2 LRF XQ50 that is on sale right now for $3,499. Or the other option to consider but had lower magnification and no LRF is the Talion XG35 on sale for an amazing price of $2,999.99.
For the scanner, look at either the Telos XP50 or Axion 2 XG35. You can move to the XQ35 lineup in the Axion or Telos but a 10° FOV can be a bit tight for coyotes. I will be using a Thermion 2 LRF XG50 and a Pulsar Telos XL50 for my scanner this year personally after using the Super Yoter LRF and a Phenom 640 last year.
Night Goggles website may not reflect the lower sale prices, so I would contact them at 909-312-5424 for the current pricing and lead times.
I have hunted coyotes for a very long time and am a very good judge of distance. If you shoot all coyotes inside of 200, yes it is not needed. Where it comes in very handy is after you shoot the first coyote and the second or third, etc runs out and stops at 325. Is it really 325 or is it 300, or 350. This is where it really is handy. Put the LRF in scanner mode and you don't have to mess with it. With Pulsar's new ballistic app, get a reading and it puts your drop in the scope for you. I never thought I needed a LRF and now that I have one, I would really miss it if I couldn't use it any longer.
Sorry for the long message but one other option to consider is a
Sightmark Wraith Mini thermal. I probably wouldn't recommend it as a primary coyote weapon's sight if wanting to shoot long distances, but it could be used as a scanner and/or a backup gun thermal. For under $2k, it is a lot of thermal for the money.
