Night Vision NV and thermal kills...
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I can't say as I've not seen it in person, but here is a link to my buddy heading out with it just so you can drool over the reasons why you know you are about to get one, but have not yet
I've never used a drone with a thermal camera, but they are all about the same, just the camera is thermal instead of a normal camera. and they take like 5 min, tops, to get up in the air. most of the carrying cases you have to take the propellers off, so you screw them on. put in a battery. turn it on, turn on the device you are using as a screen, open the drones app on the device. turn on remote. take off. It's really fast.
You could do all of that back at the house, then get to the farm and have it in the air in like 20 seconds. just turn everything on and take off. Batteries in most drones will give you 20-30 min of flight time. Most have battery packs that can be swapped in about 20 seconds, then you're back in the air.
Normally takes us about 20 minutes to crank up the drone, when running golf cart. Not a lot of free room to let it and the 30x30" carrying case sit on cart. We started looking at making a roof mount for all that junk, just haven't gotten around to it, yet.
From the time we park truck, run drone, find target, unload cart, stage all gear and secure drone on cart... go for target, 45 minutes...
For two ppl, the drone, golf cart, and gear, the drone slows us down.
I now regret spending over 10k on it.
From the time we park truck, run drone, find target, unload cart, stage all gear and secure drone on cart... go for target, 45 minutes...
For two ppl, the drone, golf cart, and gear, the drone slows us down.
I now regret spending over 10k on it.
Have you used one?
The best for the money short range / beater / loaner thermal
I gave one to a hired man. The stories he tells lol
The one I linked can be set up in under a minute and is hand deployable.
Watch this video.
Drone
My brother bought the non thermal version a few years ago.
It has target tracking and hold position, that would be a real asset for a hog hunter.
Found Three More.
Can't blame the tall grass on losing at least one. I shot it poorly and it made it into the trees.
Can't blame the tall grass on losing at least one. I shot it poorly and it made it into the trees.
Blaser R8 with Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 Thermal Scope shooting Wild Boar
The shot is 20 secs in.
Broke in the new POF Revolution Pistol last night. Running the Reap 35 along with the old school AAC SDN 6 that has been gathering dust. Glad to get it back in circulation again. Temps are down and it is peanut harvest season here so the piggies are starting to crawl out of the swamp thickets and into the fields.
First kill with the Savage Impulse and Thermion XG combo.
This one won't be eating chicken for dinner anymore.
It was cutting through the cow pen to get to the coop.
I was waiting in a different area and spotted it moving amongst the cow.
75 grain Nos BT dropped it.
Very humid night and it rained almost every day of the previous week, but the XG's image was clear, even though it doesn't look like it in the video.
This one won't be eating chicken for dinner anymore.
It was cutting through the cow pen to get to the coop.
I was waiting in a different area and spotted it moving amongst the cow.
75 grain Nos BT dropped it.
Very humid night and it rained almost every day of the previous week, but the XG's image was clear, even though it doesn't look like it in the video.
Ive got an XG on my 22 Creed, and it’s a lot more impressive in humidity than it is clear nights. It’s been the death of a lot of critters so far.
Can we get a buy 1 get one free deal?I have a buddy who owns one of the largest thermal/NV dealers in the country he's hunted with thermal drones for years. Crazy cool Star Wars stuff it's been a few years since we hunted together that is still on my punch list to go on a thermal drone hunt. He will pull up in a pasture, fly a bit, spot and stalk and let the laughs begin. It's only $10k so everyone should have at least 2 of them lol. What a hoot sure would be great when the grass is all up to chest height.
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Even with my gripes about Pulsar, I have to give credit where it is due. You can adjust a Pulsar to cut through humidity and have more detail during times of thermal crossover after a rain than just about any other unit.
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One of these days...One of these days I'm going to be on it like doggone it.
But it wasn't yesterday. Sucked a big fat one again. Even forgot to turn my microphone on my Thermion.
Hooray for mediocrity!
Found Five. Photos only of four.
But it wasn't yesterday. Sucked a big fat one again. Even forgot to turn my microphone on my Thermion.
Hooray for mediocrity!
Found Five. Photos only of four.
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That is a BUNCH of hogs, mate. Enjoyed your video and voice over. You have an announcer's voice and could do commercials if ranching ever gets old!
That is a BUNCH of hogs, mate. Enjoyed your video and voice over. You have an announcer's voice and could do commercials if ranching ever gets old!
As a guy born with a deviated septum...thank you.
Enjoyed the video, very informative. Great shooting as well - when all hell breaks loose after that first shot it ain’t easy picking up runners, especially in tall grass, particularly for me!
I’ve been using the 6.8 120sst from a 12.5” barrel for years with great results.
Now that I picked up an AR10 thinking about what a hammer a .30 cal 150sst would be…..good to know the interlocks are a budget friendly option as well. Thanks.
I’ve been using the 6.8 120sst from a 12.5” barrel for years with great results.
Now that I picked up an AR10 thinking about what a hammer a .30 cal 150sst would be…..good to know the interlocks are a budget friendly option as well. Thanks.
Shooting was better, editing sucks. Will never throw a winning combo together.
Either way, piled up five more.
Either way, piled up five more.
This time around, I'm not seeing any dead pixels in your videos while your testing the .308 rifle with the Thermion on top.
Different build specs on this .308 rifle ?
Different build specs on this .308 rifle ?
I have only one new one so far, but this is the same Thermion that blew out dozens of pixels last year...I'm thinking (hoping) that I fixed all the bad ones, and than no more are going to blow out on me.
Main differences between the two .308s are barrels (WC vs. Criterion), BCG (WC vs. Fulton Armory), and brakes (VG6 vs. Surefire). I don't think that there's much difference to explain anything.
Eventually I'll only run a .308, but I still have three more new bullets to run in both the 6.8 and Grendel before I retire those to daytime hunting with the kids. I just really enjoy seeing how efficient bullet designs can be in terminal effects.
6.8/HaloLR
Spotted around 20 at about 100 yds. Tried stalking closer but they kept moving down the fence line so with fence post as a rest I opened up on them, getting a couple before they reached brush. The whole time this guy is not running away with the sounder but trotting up the fence line right towards me. I’ve got the LR on 2x so fov no bueno but I start throwing SST’s his way. He finally drops on lrbho 3 fence posts from me. I don’t smoke but if I had a cig I woulda lit it up lol.
Spotted around 20 at about 100 yds. Tried stalking closer but they kept moving down the fence line so with fence post as a rest I opened up on them, getting a couple before they reached brush. The whole time this guy is not running away with the sounder but trotting up the fence line right towards me. I’ve got the LR on 2x so fov no bueno but I start throwing SST’s his way. He finally drops on lrbho 3 fence posts from me. I don’t smoke but if I had a cig I woulda lit it up lol.
Got this one last night 100yds behind the house. Put rye grass seed out and they are coming in pretty steady. AA 6.5 Grendel/FLIR233
I see you bagged a rare mythical North American felinus cyclopsus! Make sure you use a competent taxidermist, the eye detail is somewhat tricky.
Been trying to shoot a few in the heart just to see how the cheap 150gr Interlocks perform out of the .308. Way off on the larger boar, and still missed the mark on the smaller sow, but she dropped right on the spot without a hint of CNS damage.
After a long hike, I ended up shooting this big male I spotted as I was ten feet from my van.
I decided to do one last scan of a field that has a small pond that's usually loaded with geese.
No geese, but I found this one looking for a goose dinner.
I rushed the first shot, as I had to move positions a couple of times to find a clear shooting lane around the van + hedge row, as the wind shifted directions.
The faint vertical line you see in the video, is the vans antenna.
I decided to do one last scan of a field that has a small pond that's usually loaded with geese.
No geese, but I found this one looking for a goose dinner.
I rushed the first shot, as I had to move positions a couple of times to find a clear shooting lane around the van + hedge row, as the wind shifted directions.
The faint vertical line you see in the video, is the vans antenna.
Decent sized Male. 225 yards to the dome. He just wouldn’t commit any closer.
Little female below backdoored us and my buddy shot at 30 yards.
I lost at least one in the tall grass, but managed to recover four.
Awesome! I am jealous….wound up with a neck injury back in September that totally shut down my hunting and shooting……right when peanut picking season started and the piggies really started coming out to play. Better now, but our night season is closed till after deer season ends on February 10. Keep stacking em for the rest of us!
Get well soon. My left shoulder is done-ski. Have a torn labrum and rotator cuff, along with biceps tenodesis and chronic arthritis of the AC joint. Trying to get into the VA's system for repair...but I have a feeling I'll be sitting out quite a bit of time on the sidelines in 2022.
ODWC will shut me down next week until mid December (deer gun season)...but my place got hit the other night by hogs, so I'll still be going out and looking for things to kill.
Got this medium sized female for my friend on his birthday Sunday Pm.
It was snowing and in a real thick area, so I was only able to get one of the three that came in.
These yotes have been pushed around during the first week of NY southern deer rifle season, so their very wary.
It took them over a week to come into the bait piles.
It was snowing and in a real thick area, so I was only able to get one of the three that came in.
These yotes have been pushed around during the first week of NY southern deer rifle season, so their very wary.
It took them over a week to come into the bait piles.
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