KUDOS TO TACTICAL NIGHT VISION COMPANY

It was nice to find out the little SBRs with 1:7" twist shoot the heavy OTMs like the 77 grain SMK and Barnes 70 grain TSX perfect with no key holeing, since that is what I use on the hogs and dogs.

And the 12" AAC 300BLK shoots subs like nobody's business.

Same ACOGs/Elcans on all the uppers makes it easy to turn on the thermal.
 
My 2014 Honda Pioneer with the FLIR Pan/Tilt and IR blasters just rolled over 3,000 miles on the odometer with zero mechanical or electrical problems, all traveled in my backyard!

So far it has been averaging a hog every 10 miles or 2 hogs per gallon (2HPG)

It hasn't done so well on the coyotes and is only averaging a coyote every 1.5 gallons.
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2 hogs per gallon seems to be pretty good to me. Coyotes require more gas, but seems you are still doing well considering 3,000 miles. That is a pile of critters.
 
My problem is that I seem to recover less coyotes that I've shot than hogs.

I am mostly using the Barnes 70 grain handloads out of my 556s as they are the best for hogs but seems that they pass right through a coyote unless I hit something substantial.

I called in five coyotes last night and fired 12 times at 175 yards and knocked over two coyotes that got back up and screamed as they make it into the thick woods. Looked all over for them them in the brush with the thermals with no luck but the buzzards will find them.

When the Barnes does connect with some bone mass the dogs go right down DRT, but if not they run away wounded.
 
The market success of consumer oriented thermal cameras like these are really what is driving inventions and innovations in the thermal market available to the general consumer, not the military thermal market.

The more thermals like these that get into folks hands the more the companies producing the hardcore technology will innovate and bring out new improved products for us the consumer, including for night hunting purposes.

I got my grandson a FLIRONE for his I-Phone for Christmas and now he is the big cheese in his social circle peer group with everyone who knows absolutely nothing about thermal cameras checking his out and texting thermal photos to each other.....
 
The new FLIR TK Lepton handheld thermal scanner is really a game changer for the $599 retail price and the 100 yard detection rang.

Perfect for the newbie night hunter that does not have thermal detection capability in this price range and also for home owner protection to scan the front and backyard for any two footed predators.
 
We nailed this Orange and Black Spotted sow out on the #2 fairway of the local Country Club golf course and thought her colors and marking were remarkable for a true Florida Piney Woods Rooter hog.

The Florida Museum of Natural History Mammography Division accepted the head, pelt and legs for a professional taxidermy preparation for their permanent "Florida Cracker" exhibit in the State Museum.

We delivered the meat to the University of Florida Veterinary Meat Lab for a professional meat preparation at the ceremony dedicating this hog to the museums collection!

Should be awesome once the trained professional taxidermist and meat specialists gets done with her.

Shot at night with FLIR RS32-35mm on a SIG 716 and a HK 556 with FLIR T-70 @ 50 yards.


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Here was the kill shot on this State Museum quality hog!

Will get some pics of the final mount in the museum after all is done.


SIG 716 7.62mmX51mm with FLIR LS32-35mm thermal weapon scope and HK 556 with FLIR T-70.



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BTW, the sow was gravid.
 
Originally Posted By: kyle crickenbergerIs the scout 3 the same core and lens as the ls64 and lsxr?

Yes the 640X512 core model is same as 35mm lens LS models, with improved TAU2 software upgrades and image display processing too.

The only differences are the LS has the visible red laser and can go up to 8X magnification, the Scout IIIs have a visible LED and can go up to 4X magnification without pixelation.
 
Here's what I'm talkin' about!


Wild hog sausage and ribs, venison tenderloin and ribs, peppers,squash,eggplant, onions and Mallard breasts wrapped in bacon, all washed down with two liters of homemade blackberry wine!


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Then, after nightfall, I use my FoxPro TruckPro to call in this mean looking rare jet black coyote and nail him with one shot @ 225 yards.

Freakin' AWESOME!





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