Posted By: baconluvr
Price range night hunting: ranges to dollars - 01/24/17 08:10 PM
Called an acquaintance whom I thought would know about this and he gave me just enough info to be dangerous with my wallet. Maybe if I can lay out my desires you all can lead me one direction or another I'd be hugely grateful. I will lay out my night scenario. Fields that stretch out 1,000 yards on average b/f we get oak heads and dense forest. The hogs are in the fields like mad at night so it's mostly going to be time spent along the fields/tree lines. I want to be able to scan out a good bit maybe 400 yards? Then we will close on foot and get after it.
From monoculars to thermals to night vision to IR. I mean goodness this is unreal learning all of it. What I do know is that I want to do this b/c we are over run with hogs and it's either pay a trapper or get after it once the sun goes down. My gut tells me a monocular might be where I lean b/c I don't really want to spend an entire night shouldering a loaded AR 10 just to see vs a light hand held monocular.
Can I pose it like this? What does $500 get me? How about what $1,000 gets me in terms of clarity and range? Maybe graduate it up to $2,000? I think I will cap it off there. I'd be so grateful if some of you night genius hunters would tell me how you'd approach this I want to learn from those who have done it. Thanks all
Also, can anyone tell me how on earth to get an alert when someone responds to a thread please? I only get it for PM's. Thanks!
From monoculars to thermals to night vision to IR. I mean goodness this is unreal learning all of it. What I do know is that I want to do this b/c we are over run with hogs and it's either pay a trapper or get after it once the sun goes down. My gut tells me a monocular might be where I lean b/c I don't really want to spend an entire night shouldering a loaded AR 10 just to see vs a light hand held monocular.
Can I pose it like this? What does $500 get me? How about what $1,000 gets me in terms of clarity and range? Maybe graduate it up to $2,000? I think I will cap it off there. I'd be so grateful if some of you night genius hunters would tell me how you'd approach this I want to learn from those who have done it. Thanks all
Also, can anyone tell me how on earth to get an alert when someone responds to a thread please? I only get it for PM's. Thanks!