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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Hunting Coyotes at night
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<blockquote data-quote="06X6spdGTO" data-source="post: 1984852" data-attributes="member: 109790"><p>Been night hunting song dogs coming up on 4 years now.</p><p></p><p>I started with a cheaper ATN X-Sight and a pulsar XQ30 handheld. I found that switching from Thermal handheld to NV when the dogs are running in hard become difficult to find the Target. Especially in any pasture ground with taller grass.</p><p>My next thermal buy was a pulsar Apex XD38a. It was a complete game changer!</p><p>I now run 2 FLIR PTS536 units as in western Nebraska the base magnification of 4x is important for longer shots.</p><p></p><p>It's a buy once cry once game for sure.</p><p></p><p>For starting off these would be my main features to focus on.</p><p></p><p>1. Place your Night optic on a weapon that has the least amount of bullet drop you can get out to 350yds. Judging distance in Thermal or NV is difficult, a 6.8spc or 7-08 wouldn't be my choice</p><p></p><p>2. which ever route you go with optic brand, pick a brand that allows for external battery packs. Nothing is worse than cold weather draining the battery and trying to change out CR123A </p><p></p><p>3 Rifle weight. Lighter is better @ least with my experience. swapping from scanner to rifle the quicker movements with a lightweight rifle can be important.</p><p></p><p>4. Base magnification vs FOV. Depending on the conditions you're hunting in base mag will be very important. For me I have like 50 trees in the entire county so 4 or 6x base mag is great! However when I visit friend in Arkansas my FOV is too narrow for quick follow up shots on doubles or triples.</p><p></p><p></p><p>other brand to consider for thermal</p><p></p><p>AGM Global TS50 micro</p><p>Hogster 35mm or New Super Hogster </p><p>if you can afford it Halo LR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="06X6spdGTO, post: 1984852, member: 109790"] Been night hunting song dogs coming up on 4 years now. I started with a cheaper ATN X-Sight and a pulsar XQ30 handheld. I found that switching from Thermal handheld to NV when the dogs are running in hard become difficult to find the Target. Especially in any pasture ground with taller grass. My next thermal buy was a pulsar Apex XD38a. It was a complete game changer! I now run 2 FLIR PTS536 units as in western Nebraska the base magnification of 4x is important for longer shots. It’s a buy once cry once game for sure. For starting off these would be my main features to focus on. 1. Place your Night optic on a weapon that has the least amount of bullet drop you can get out to 350yds. Judging distance in Thermal or NV is difficult, a 6.8spc or 7-08 wouldn’t be my choice 2. which ever route you go with optic brand, pick a brand that allows for external battery packs. Nothing is worse than cold weather draining the battery and trying to change out CR123A 3 Rifle weight. Lighter is better @ least with my experience. swapping from scanner to rifle the quicker movements with a lightweight rifle can be important. 4. Base magnification vs FOV. Depending on the conditions you‘re hunting in base mag will be very important. For me I have like 50 trees in the entire county so 4 or 6x base mag is great! However when I visit friend in Arkansas my FOV is too narrow for quick follow up shots on doubles or triples. other brand to consider for thermal AGM Global TS50 micro Hogster 35mm or New Super Hogster if you can afford it Halo LR [/QUOTE]
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