Recent content by huntr

There is no way a 32 fpe anything is bouncing off a squirrel. You may have made a grazing shot, but a solid headshot will pass through a squirrel head at WAY less than 32 fpe. Especially at the distances you stated.

I have a leafy 'suit'... head cover, jacket and pants instead of a poncho style. Mostly only wear the jacket. Works great when the weather cooperates.

I've used portable blinds for turkey when it's raining, but prefer the mobility of not being tied to one spot when weather permits. I've used blinds for deer hunting a lot. Great to be out of the wind and they do control scent. I've used pop-up and hub style blinds and I haven't found a pop-up...

One thing that has not been mentioned about using a light with a scope. The light needs to shine from behind the ocular lens in order to have a clear reticle picture.

It has a range and I used it on the lowest brightness, but it's still like shining a light in your eye. I like the PARD with the LRF and it's easy to zero. If you were going to turn it on and stay in the scope, it would be fine. But to use it to occasionally scan your shooting area to look for a...

Try a white light. The night predator hunters seem to do well with white light. Sounds counterintuitive, but worth a try.

It's very annoying... to me, anyway. You're blind in one eye for 10 - 15 minutes. One eye is good and the other is almost black in the low light. The advantage is... if you have LRF, you get a point of aim in the scope.

The Trigger Sticks only releases the legs to drop, not open the tripod/ bipod. It's more for adjusting the height or tilt once you're set up. I find them no where near as steady as a BOG, but they are more convenient if you want to carry them collapsed.

My experience with a PARD has been that looking through the scope in NV mode makes you night blind in the eye used for sighting. I went back to a red flashlight mounted next to the scope.

What's the difference between baiting to attract an invasive species to the kill zone and those same invasive species arriving at your feeder intended for non-invasives? Consider your feeders coincidental bait stations. Dual purpose.

I haven’t seen a squirrel in a couple weeks. Some snow and temps in the 20’s, and lower, seem to have them holing up. Temps in the lower 30’s and windy days seem to reduce activity, too.

Post a picture of your gun. Does your DreamLite have a 290 cc tube or a 700 cc bottle?

I made that my practice for a while and you’re right… if you catch both shoulders. Otherwise, there’s still a chance of running away. I went back to head shots and they don’t flop around more than a few feet.

Doesn’t change poi by zooming in and out. Center reticle always stays the same. BDC markers on the reticle have different values as you change from the power you zeroed at, but they always stay the same size so you can see them at low power.

Why FFP scope? If you want to use at lower power the reticle gets really small, and they are usually more money. I’ve tried FFP, and for normal airgun ranges I much prefer SFP. For pellets, I’ve had good results from several 15.9 gr. Diabolo style pellets. Good balance between velocity and energy.