Kirsch
Active member
I know that sometimes I get labeled a Bering "Fanboy" or whatever term people like to use, but I wanted to tell you about a recent hunt with my Bering thermals.
I received a call yesterday from a customer, and it required me to pull my Super Yoter off the gun to test something. The LaRue mount on my Super Yoter has always had great Return To Zero (RTZ), so I left to go hunting and didn't zero my scope after removing and remounting.
I have been using NV to navigate on many of my nighttime adventures this year. Personally, I feel like going into a calling location with no lights has been beneficial. However, walking in pastures with NV can be challenging. I stepped in a hole, and I just let myself fall or risk breaking my leg. I landed on my chest pack which was holding my Phenom scanner. The Phenom was knocked out of my vest and was laying on the ground a few feet away. I was carrying my gun with a sling, and it flew off my shoulder, and my gun and scope had hit the ground and some rocks that were in the area.
To my amazement, everything started up and nothing appeared broken which was nothing short of a miracle. After checking over the equipment and myself, my thoughts went back to the coyote stand. Could I trust the Zero after my gun took such a hard fall? My body was hurting, so how would the Super Yoter still retain the zero after this. My question was quickly answered as during this stand I shot a double, and 2 more coyotes on the next two stands with no misses.
As for me, I am very sore today but so very thankful my thermals are OK, and I seem to be as well.
My Super Yoter returned to zero to start the hunt after being remounted and retained zero even after it took a beating. Many threads on various Forums focus on the negative of thermals, but I wanted to pass along this positive report.
I received a call yesterday from a customer, and it required me to pull my Super Yoter off the gun to test something. The LaRue mount on my Super Yoter has always had great Return To Zero (RTZ), so I left to go hunting and didn't zero my scope after removing and remounting.
I have been using NV to navigate on many of my nighttime adventures this year. Personally, I feel like going into a calling location with no lights has been beneficial. However, walking in pastures with NV can be challenging. I stepped in a hole, and I just let myself fall or risk breaking my leg. I landed on my chest pack which was holding my Phenom scanner. The Phenom was knocked out of my vest and was laying on the ground a few feet away. I was carrying my gun with a sling, and it flew off my shoulder, and my gun and scope had hit the ground and some rocks that were in the area.
To my amazement, everything started up and nothing appeared broken which was nothing short of a miracle. After checking over the equipment and myself, my thoughts went back to the coyote stand. Could I trust the Zero after my gun took such a hard fall? My body was hurting, so how would the Super Yoter still retain the zero after this. My question was quickly answered as during this stand I shot a double, and 2 more coyotes on the next two stands with no misses.
As for me, I am very sore today but so very thankful my thermals are OK, and I seem to be as well.
My Super Yoter returned to zero to start the hunt after being remounted and retained zero even after it took a beating. Many threads on various Forums focus on the negative of thermals, but I wanted to pass along this positive report.