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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Need a hand - night hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1135236" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>In SE MI you only get to illuminate a coyote 1 time. The second time they will run. In addition, on private land, if there are livestock behind your intended target you are exceedingly unlikely to see them with a light setup. I personally started with the 2 light Wicked lights setup and stopped using it because of the risk of shooting the owners pitch black carthorses. If the terrain is absolutely wide open, it may not be that bad, but when there is brush involved and livestock I would not do it.</p><p></p><p>Moved up to a gen 3 ATN scope and looking to go to thermal now. Thermal separates inanimate from the living so defeats most camouflage. Even with G3 NV you still can't see under living trees with heavy foliage or into the woods. The darker the night, the higher the AGC on the amplification and the grainier the images and the shallower the depth of field. Depth of field is something not often discussed. If I focus on the far side of a field that is 250 yards away with the ATN scope, a coyote could be sitting 20 feet away and he would be so out of focus that I would not see him.</p><p></p><p>I have not used a thermal scope yet, so can't comment on what it is like, but one can certainly recognize the presence of a living thing, even when there is some brush blocking your direct view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1135236, member: 35183"] In SE MI you only get to illuminate a coyote 1 time. The second time they will run. In addition, on private land, if there are livestock behind your intended target you are exceedingly unlikely to see them with a light setup. I personally started with the 2 light Wicked lights setup and stopped using it because of the risk of shooting the owners pitch black carthorses. If the terrain is absolutely wide open, it may not be that bad, but when there is brush involved and livestock I would not do it. Moved up to a gen 3 ATN scope and looking to go to thermal now. Thermal separates inanimate from the living so defeats most camouflage. Even with G3 NV you still can't see under living trees with heavy foliage or into the woods. The darker the night, the higher the AGC on the amplification and the grainier the images and the shallower the depth of field. Depth of field is something not often discussed. If I focus on the far side of a field that is 250 yards away with the ATN scope, a coyote could be sitting 20 feet away and he would be so out of focus that I would not see him. I have not used a thermal scope yet, so can't comment on what it is like, but one can certainly recognize the presence of a living thing, even when there is some brush blocking your direct view. [/QUOTE]
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