Originally Posted By: msincA full bright moon absolutely kills it. For me it's not the gear, although 3rd gen NV looks really washed out. Thermal, no problem, it doesn't look any different at all, because it is not detecting light. I haven't used lights for many years, got NV about 2002 or so, but it was even worse trying to use lights.
I just have little to no success seeing or getting animals to respond, so I stay home. It's the fact that most animals I hunt just don't move or respond on a full bright moon. Even the coldest night of the year, maybe it's something I am doing or not doing, but it is rare to call anything on a bright moon around here.
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With good NV . It is overpowering bright in full moon conditions in open terrain area's and short grass fields are glaring like a snowy Summer day ... LOL
You can turn the Gain down on your NV, (if you have manual Gain ) ? , for making better image definition .
But for you pvs-14 . get a 30mm 720nm camera filter and screw it on the Obj. of your pvs14 . It will take that overpowering glare out and also it takes-out a lot of Bloom from nearby urban and farm lights .
Also putting a amber filter over the ocular on pvs14 help some to .
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