Okay..... I finally got to go hunting with the Digisight N550 and as I expected it was a bit of a learning experience. I went to a 30 acre parcel that is an old Christmas tree farm. It is fenced on both sides and is only good for one stand. That being the case I called for almost 1 hour 45 minutes on the same stand. I hunt standing with my rifle on a full length bipod and my AR hanging from a single point sling. Needless to say I was getting a little tired and stiff by the time the coyote showed up.
Weather was no moon and I set up for the forecast wind direction west at 4 mph but it felt dead calm to me. Temp was 36 and the dew point was 35, so humidity was 97% which came into play the later it got. Everything was fogging up and I could not even see the caller menu thru my glasses.
I set the scope up on my RRA Pred pursuit rifle. The scope has a low light feature called "Sumlight" which seems to gives me too much feedback using the long range emitter. A fox came in first and I put the fox video in to show how it eliminates some of the feedback when you turn it off. You can see in the video a box with an "S" in the lower left. You will also see the boxed S go away when I hit the button a and a difference in the picture. I wish there was an option to leave it off but it turns on automatically each time you turn on the scope.
Next comes the coyote. I almost missed seeing him come in because my Gen 1 binocular batteries were starting to die and after calling for almost 2 hrs I was about ready to call it a night. When I initially switched on the scope the emitter had been set for Sumlight OFF and it came on automatically and the scope was very bright to me. The weeds in front were causing some feedback and I'm not sure if the scope lens had fogged a little or not. Luckily the yote turned back toward me and I picked up the eyes. I had my left hand crossed over the scope trying to turn the dang Sumlight button off and I was pushing everywhere but the right place. You can see the reticle moving all around with me pushing on the scope. I realized he was heading out so I just said to heck with the scope button and shot him. He made it about 20 yards from where the video ended.
You can see that the critters all look toward me and they are seeing the red glow from the emitter but it doesn't seem to be big factor. The yote probably saw some movement also with me fooling around with the scope but I had ample shot opportunities before actually shooting him so I don't think its a major problem.
Next time I will get the settings like I want and teach myself how to feel for the Sumlight button without searching for it. I will also keep the lens cover folded down with heavy dew. It was so humid that my decoy looked like it had been rained on.