Joining the thermal club - Good deal

RGrizzzz

RGrizzzz

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This week I'll be joining the thermal scopes owners club. I ran across this deal that I thought was too good to pass up. We casually hunt predators at ranges generally up to 100 yards in the PA woods. This scope fit the bill at an acceptable price. I'll sell off the existing IR scope to fund this and it's also a partial father's day present to dad and myself. TIP: If you leave it in your cart for an hour or so, they'll email you a $10 coupon. (probably have to be logged in)

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I am in the same boat almost. Just got to get a few other needs out of the way first. I keep hearing people tell me I need to spend about $5k. Not sure I can do that.
 
Welcome to the club! It might be my favorite hunting these days.
 
Been thinking about getting one too. Thanks for the link.

The scope mounted on the rifle in their promo video on that page looks like it's mounted ridiculously high for some reason? The shooter could barely maintain a cheek weld while trying to peek through the scope.
 
It's a club I'd like to be in, but know joining would be dumb.

I bought a cheapie NV scope 2-3 years ago. Thus far I've gotten to use it about an hour and a half. So as much as I'd love a thermal scope, I'd never use it enough to justify. :(
 
With my eyes these days I get off stand before legal light is over. Something like that might make sit until the end.
 
Now find me a reasonable price on some gyro stabilized binoculars:)
 
Bill said:
Now find me a reasonable price on some gyro stabilized binoculars:)
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My uncle bought a pair of Canon stabilized years ago. They're pretty cool. My dad claimed them for the family camp when he passed away last year.

I was just testing out the thermal scope from the back bedroom window. Cool stuff but the trees were blocking most of the view where deer and critters might be spotted.
 
IR spectrum doesnt work well through regular windows. IF I recall IR courses I took for work right, plastics work better than regular glass. The special IR windows made from plastic are very thin, some of them do not transmit regular visible light.

Remember the three S's...... USed to have a 243 with night vision scope, folks think you're hunting deer at night even when you're not.
 
bigboreblr said:
IR spectrum doesnt work well through regular windows. IF I recall IR courses I took for work right, plastics work better than regular glass. The special IR windows made from plastic are very thin, some of them do not transmit regular visible light.

Remember the three S's...... USed to have a 243 with night vision scope, folks think you're hunting deer at night even when you're not.
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I opened the window and took out the screen. 😉
 
I played with the AMG rattler 256 a while back. I was impressed. It's kind of busy and after about some minutes of viewing the brightness gets kind of hard on the eyeball. However, I could see a mouse running around the 100 yard target and it captured more detail than expected.

They are down in the $700-800 range now.
 
Natty Bumppo said:
Been thinking about getting one too. Thanks for the link.

The scope mounted on the rifle in their promo video on that page looks like it's mounted ridiculously high for some reason? The shooter could barely maintain a cheek weld while trying to peek through the scope.
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It’s a lot different than using a regular scope. You wouldn’t or couldn’t mount it low.
 
What does this bad boy weigh?

Thanks
 
RGrizzzz said:

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I look forward to a field review. With the upcoming January 1 to September 1 thermal coyote season in Missouri, one of these is on my wish list as well.
 
356 said:
Under $400 for factory refurbished Canon….Free shipping. I may try these this season, as these are game changes when trying to quickly assess a deer to pass or shoot.
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Those are similar to the ones our camp has. They work pretty well. I wouldn't hesitate on them. Buy them with a credit card that extends warranties, if possible.
 
I've used a similar Thor IR scope, not sure what model it was, but my buddy said it was $3000 at that time, maybe 5-7 years ago. Looking at the scope you posted, the one I used seemed to be alot bigger in the middle than what I see on that ad. We were doing hog/yote hunting at night with it. I was impressed and wanted one, but with a weatherby taste on a remington budget going on, I had to justify the cost. The IR was as advertised, worked perfectly out to around the 250 yds we were shooting. Was also the first time i used a range finding scope, very cool. The ability to record video was awesome. shots at running hogs looked like tracer rounds on video. (I actually figured out I was leading way too much on running game after seeing my first video of my shooting.) I wanted one.
there were some negatives: The size and weight, the battery life, and, you do have to be at least semi-computer literate to use the scope. Lastly, and what drove me to put the idea away: hunting at night.
I love hunting at night. I've coon hunted by flashlight, and hog hunted with dogs and bowie knives by flashlight. But night hunting is hard on an old man, takes me too long to recover after a full night hunt. 2 nights in a row is 1 too many. You're going to get wet. You also need to know your area, and what's behind what you're shooting at. That becomes apparent when you can see the rounds leave the weapon like a tracer round. .308 goes a lonngg way. This immediately caused me concern because we were on his cattle ranch lease.
For the money at the time, it wasn't realistic for me, but a grand is doable for an occasional night hunt. I'm interested to know how it works for you. Might table my desire for my first can and look back into these IR scopes.
Oh yeah, he also had an IR drone. Pigs can't hide from it. Combine them both, and you're in for a guaranteed action hunt.
 
Mtyhunter said:
I've used a similar Thor IR scope, not sure what model it was, but my buddy said it was $3000 at that time, maybe 5-7 years ago. Looking at the scope you posted, the one I used seemed to be alot bigger in the middle than what I see on that ad. We were doing hog/yote hunting at night with it. I was impressed and wanted one, but with a weatherby taste on a remington budget going on, I had to justify the cost. The IR was as advertised, worked perfectly out to around the 250 yds we were shooting. Was also the first time i used a range finding scope, very cool. The ability to record video was awesome. shots at running hogs looked like tracer rounds on video. (I actually figured out I was leading way too much on running game after seeing my first video of my shooting.) I wanted one.
there were some negatives: The size and weight, the battery life, and, you do have to be at least semi-computer literate to use the scope. Lastly, and what drove me to put the idea away: hunting at night.
I love hunting at night. I've coon hunted by flashlight, and hog hunted with dogs and bowie knives by flashlight. But night hunting is hard on an old man, takes me too long to recover after a full night hunt. 2 nights in a row is 1 too many. You're going to get wet. You also need to know your area, and what's behind what you're shooting at. That becomes apparent when you can see the rounds leave the weapon like a tracer round. .308 goes a lonngg way. This immediately caused me concern because we were on his cattle ranch lease.
For the money at the time, it wasn't realistic for me, but a grand is doable for an occasional night hunt. I'm interested to know how it works for you. Might table my desire for my first can and look back into these IR scopes.
Oh yeah, he also had an IR drone. Pigs can't hide from it. Combine them both, and you're in for a guaranteed action hunt.
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Thermal scope and drone seems like an awesome combo. Most of our use will be calling from a fixed location for predators and finding the occasional back luck critter that strolls by the cabin in the middle of the night when someone is awake.
 
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