What is the best thermal optic for night time coyote combat? I’ve seen a few ATN options that are reasonably prices.
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Hunting & Fishing Best thermal imagining optic for nighttime coyotes
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You might take a peek at the Pulsar trail 50. It has a lot of features but it's not cheap 5grand and 6 for the model with built in laser range finder. Some of the people who sell that equipment should be able to coordinate a demonstration of different types brands and models ect. Obviously a lot of YouTube videos available on that also. I like my trail 50 use it for a lot of situations. Day time spotting also. The one feature I personally like is (one shot zero) probably more likely 3 for me. I did have to be patient and wait until I could save up enough for my choice. Anyrate happy hunting with whatever you choose. I was offered a hunt to try to different units free.
Well said! Helped a buddy of mine selling night vision devices back in the 80s into the 90s pricing was from 3500 to 12500. Today stuff is so far advanced for way cheaper. We did experiment with other things like lasers and I.R lights had to make our own no help from the internet (in its infancy) some of the stuff the military has today would be awesome switching from thermal to night vision and in full color Maybe one of these days we can enjoy that capability for a price I'm sure.
One word of caution: warranty support. ATN has never had it and the last couple of years Flir is a complete shit show. Try joining this forum it's the SH of thermal.....22k members nearly all are thermal hunters. All my crew run Pulsars they have been fantastic trailers full of hogs and yotes year after year and never a hiccup. If you run through this forum for a week you will read what I'm talking about with warranty fulfillment/resolutions. Pulsar stands leaps ahead on warranty support.....stuff breaks. Triji seems to do a nice job too.
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What’s your budget?
Do some searching in the night vision subforum and there are several threads on this. General consensus is that Pulsar is going to be the starting point for a decent thermal. The trail xq38 is about the best you can find in the $3k and under range. Flir PTS233 can be had for less but you sacrifice features and resolution.
ATN and others don’t have great reputations. Flir is even sketchy regarding their CS.
Do some searching in the night vision subforum and there are several threads on this. General consensus is that Pulsar is going to be the starting point for a decent thermal. The trail xq38 is about the best you can find in the $3k and under range. Flir PTS233 can be had for less but you sacrifice features and resolution.
ATN and others don’t have great reputations. Flir is even sketchy regarding their CS.
I wouldn't put all your money into the sight, a small handheld unit for scanning makes a huge difference in your ability to spot critters. Try swinging your rifle around for two or three hours in the dark, even if it's on a tripod, and you'll understand.
Trijicon is where I would look first, then FLIR for the weapon mounted. Handheld can be pretty much anything, it's not for PID just for observation/detection of targets.
Trijicon is where I would look first, then FLIR for the weapon mounted. Handheld can be pretty much anything, it's not for PID just for observation/detection of targets.
That’s a great call out. I would personally rather spread my budget across 3 specific areas than dump it all into one.
1. Head mounted night vision for navigation
2. Handheld thermal for scanning
3. Weapon mounted thermal for shooting
(Not necessarily in that order)
But again, we don’t know what your budget is. As mentioned above, Trijicon is awesome but will run you $6-$7k. Or you could get a scanner and weapon mounted for the same budget with Pulsar.
If I was trying to stay in the $7000-7500 range to spend I’d get a Pulsar Helion XQ38to scan with, and the Pulsar Trail XP38 to shoot with.
Yes a monocular is super helpful, it's pretty difficult to function with only the rifle's thermal itself, unless you're looking down a sender or something.
Depending on how you're hunting, good nods and an IR laser are the next thing to put on the wishlist for navigation etc.
Depending on how you're hunting, good nods and an IR laser are the next thing to put on the wishlist for navigation etc.
