I have been having trouble with coyotes and I need a night set up for an occasional hunt. Either like a scope or a set up you slap on your existing scope. Hit me up with what you got!!
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What's your buget?
I've hunted coyotes for several years now but I dont call myself an expert coyote killer. I'm always learning something new when it comes to hunting and I hope I continue to learn something everytime I go out. A few tips I could give you are: as far can I can see, the nitesite viper is all you need and the only thing different from the other two models is the IR light. You could save some money and buy the viper and to go on Amazon and buy a nice 850 wavelength IR flashlight for cheap. It would make a bulker setup even bulker though. Next suggestion would try hunting out of a blind because coyotes are very smart. They will pick you out from the screen's light.; After everything I said I would suggest you scrap the idea of IR setup and just get a thermal scope and a handheld thermal monocular.
I've hunted coyotes for several years now but I dont call myself an expert coyote killer. I'm always learning something new when it comes to hunting and I hope I continue to learn something everytime I go out. A few tips I could give you are: as far can I can see, the nitesite viper is all you need and the only thing different from the other two models is the IR light. You could save some money and buy the viper and to go on Amazon and buy a nice 850 wavelength IR flashlight for cheap. It would make a bulker setup even bulker though. Next suggestion would try hunting out of a blind because coyotes are very smart. They will pick you out from the screen's light.; After everything I said I would suggest you scrap the idea of IR setup and just get a thermal scope and a handheld thermal monocular.
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I'm using a thermal monocular with QD and a Pard NV007 clip-on with success (rifle is 8.2lbs total):
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FWIW, I second WYSHADOW on the thermal sight. In our state it is against the law to hunt most animals with "projected light", to include IR wavelength. Raccoons being the exception, being open to hand held and weapon mount lights.
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Anyone using a red or green filtered flashlight? The stuff above (although good equipment) is too expensive for my limited use.
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i use a atn thor HD 5-50 thermal and I also have a digital NV .I prefer thermal as nothing can hide ,
nv
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hdiis32acut23c/r5nitevision.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/home/my%20stuff/my%20gun%20stuff%20i/hunting%20pulsar?preview=013139.AVI
thermal
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y189d2bhixahb8n/titusrunningzoomingblkhot.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7f1vc8ixv6mby1/doedeerredhot.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvwc3mp5thmavaj/squirrel60ydkill.MOV?dl=0
I feel up to 100 yds my nv is fine but I can see squirrels up to 300 yd and I can see deer to 1500 yd easily , But however , I feel My thermal would be fine say out to 300 yd on a coyote , which I can detect them at 600 to 100 yd , it is the lack of my ability to hit a small target beyond 300 yd with it ,
What I am saying is it is not a FFP scopes with mil turrets , While it has a ballistics program to adjust for wind and elevation and all inputs I my self never used this function , I like making my own calls , I think if you spend alot of time with it yes you can get your holds down pat , I simply dont use mine enough like I do my scopes , I do plan on selling both of mine and buying a very good clip on and use my optics with it ,
But yes it opend up a new way of hunting , when I scan trees for squirrels then scan with thermal I seel like up too 6 or 8 I never would have seen with just my eyes or even binoculars ,
Also when I hunt I always carry my Leopold tracker 2 HD thermal , to find my squirrels , boy this thing is a time saver , they stand right out where they blend in with say leaves and ground ,
SO my atn sees great from say 35 yards to 2000 plus and my hand held is good from 1 foot to say 35 yards with definition
LOU
nv
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hdiis32acut23c/r5nitevision.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/home/my%20stuff/my%20gun%20stuff%20i/hunting%20pulsar?preview=013139.AVI
thermal
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y189d2bhixahb8n/titusrunningzoomingblkhot.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7f1vc8ixv6mby1/doedeerredhot.MOV?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvwc3mp5thmavaj/squirrel60ydkill.MOV?dl=0
I feel up to 100 yds my nv is fine but I can see squirrels up to 300 yd and I can see deer to 1500 yd easily , But however , I feel My thermal would be fine say out to 300 yd on a coyote , which I can detect them at 600 to 100 yd , it is the lack of my ability to hit a small target beyond 300 yd with it ,
What I am saying is it is not a FFP scopes with mil turrets , While it has a ballistics program to adjust for wind and elevation and all inputs I my self never used this function , I like making my own calls , I think if you spend alot of time with it yes you can get your holds down pat , I simply dont use mine enough like I do my scopes , I do plan on selling both of mine and buying a very good clip on and use my optics with it ,
But yes it opend up a new way of hunting , when I scan trees for squirrels then scan with thermal I seel like up too 6 or 8 I never would have seen with just my eyes or even binoculars ,
Also when I hunt I always carry my Leopold tracker 2 HD thermal , to find my squirrels , boy this thing is a time saver , they stand right out where they blend in with say leaves and ground ,
SO my atn sees great from say 35 yards to 2000 plus and my hand held is good from 1 foot to say 35 yards with definition
LOU
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I have an ATN 4K with the able rangefinder. It is a great scope but a bit large and at 2+lbs weighs way more than it needs to. Battery life is excellent as is the rest of it. The Pard NV008LRF, may be better for some, but was not out at the time of my purchase it is much smaller and weighs half as much although it lacks the battery life and many of the features of the ATN.
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