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infa red for hunting nice. no thats not hunting thats poaching
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$8,500or $10,500 a piece? I think not.
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Nothing has changed. The average guy is not going to be able to afford that gadget.
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no, even if i wanted to i could never afford one
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I was wondering when they where going to come out with one of these things.We use something similar in the electric industry, to find hot spots on conductors&connections.Also the gametracker uses an idea like it(not as sophisticated)for finding downed game, the gametracker is a gadget and cheesy.I think it would be used as a poaching tool.
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Thermal tracking devices are illegal here , and I wouldn't use one if it were legal.
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What exactly does the gametracker do? Ive seen it in Cabelas and stuff but never understood it.
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Honestly?........for that money never in a million years.
If someone GAVE me one I'm sure I could find a use for it, but it's no substitute for good woodsmanship, tracking skills, and shooting ability. There may be the rare occaision where we all WISH we had something like that but the cost makes it impractical for all but maybe high dollar outfitters who could benefit from one due to their business of locating live and or wounded game for clients year in and year out.......or the guy with more money than good sense.;) For the price of that one unit I could go on a Caribou hunt one year, a quality Midwest bowhunt for deer the next and maybe a trophy pronghorn hunt the year after that.........fully guided. For me,out of my own pocket......no. (But hey if you want to give me one for testing?:)) |
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And if Matt is unable too I'd like to see it.:D
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Thermographic vision is for attack helicopters, fighter jetsand tanks, not deer hunters.
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$8500 + ??????? HELL NO !!!! NOT EVEN IF IT WERE FREE.
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That just doesn't quite seem sporting, now does it???
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Can you use them to find the remote?
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way too much. i wouldnt use it to hunt deer, maybe when i go shining or something, or when we have parties and are playing capture the flag (dont laff at that, or ill have to hurt you)
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for $8500 it best find the deer for me..
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I don't know. Maybe I will be the one to buck the trend here. I won't pay that type of price for it but if they sold it for $300-$400 then I would consider using it strictly for recovery of game in a situation where I was unable to find the downed animal via conventional means. I would rather find him with that device then have him laying somewhere rotting.
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Dairy ,The Gametraker is a cheesy little unit that suposedly works off of heat.Years ago I was desperate to find a deer I had shot.I searched and searched and finaly thought that I would go to a local sporting goods store to buy one,because of that sick feeling that I had.I looked for many hours,before deciding to buy this danged thing.Anyhow all it did was take me to areas where the sun had warmed trees and stuff like that.It seamed like a gimmic to me.I have learned alot since then and hope to never ,ever lose another animal again.I now have a dog that I will be training that is supposed to be an excelent breed for blood trailing,not that I ever plan on it ever happening again..
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You can get night vision much cheaper than that, it just isn't as clear. They go by generations. I believe they are 1st gen, 2nd gen and 3rd gen. Each progressively gets less grainy and clearer. You can get first gen night vision at walmart if you want it.
I don't see what good it would do you to hunt with? Unless you can find a way to mount it to a bow and aim with it. It wouldn't be bad for scouting at night or playing with in the tree stand if you are in your stand real early before it gets light out. I was in the stand one morning and there were two bucks fighting near me, but it was too dark to make them out. A night vision scope would have been cool so I could have watched them. I don't see how it wold help you shoot one though? I am pretty sure you can get them as a scope for a rifle, but they are pretty expensive. I think some people use them for varmint hunting at night or something. Mostly for sniper type stuff would be my guess though. I had a friend when I was a kid that his dad had a thermal scope on a rifle. You had to have a pack that you carried around with it for it to work. It basically showed a thermal image of what was infront of it. It was pretty cool, you could see mice and other animals in a corn feild at night. Except they were weird colors depending on the amount of heat they gave out. I have no idea what he used it for or how much something like that cost that many years ago. As far as actually using something like that to hunt deer with, yep, poaching no doubt about it. No different than spot lighting them in my opinion. Paul |
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For 10K????????????? That is freekin nuts. If a hunter sucks so bad he needs that to find a deer he doesnt need to be hunting and is no real hunter at all.
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I wouldn't use it, even if I could afford it.
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i would use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for when i go paintballing at night or if the guy is so well hid i cant find him, and other stuff like that. but for hunting got ot my earlier post on page one)
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Just like laser range finders and bino's they give an unfair advantage to the hunter and should be illegal. If you can't see it with your eye and judge it without an aid, it ain't hunting. :D I don't think topo's are fair either. Using a satilite to hunt, how fair is that?:D
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Any of you guys checked the advertisers list? Right or wrong, the product you're bashing is helping pay for the forum.[&:]
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I wonder how much it takes to produce one of those!! I think they should put there money towards soemthing of use.
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ORIGINAL: Arthur P Any of you guys checked the advertisers list? Right or wrong, the product you're bashing is helping pay for the forum.[&:]  |
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ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr You can get night vision much cheaper than that, it just isn't as clear. They go by generations. I believe they are 1st gen, 2nd gen and 3rd gen. Each progressively gets less grainy and clearer. You can get first gen night vision at walmart if you want it. I don't see what good it would do you to hunt with? Unless you can find a way to mount it to a bow and aim with it. It wouldn't be bad for scouting at night or playing with in the tree stand if you are in your stand real early before it gets light out. I was in the stand one morning and there were two bucks fighting near me, but it was too dark to make them out. A night vision scope would have been cool so I could have watched them. I don't see how it wold help you shoot one though? I am pretty sure you can get them as a scope for a rifle, but they are pretty expensive. I think some people use them for varmint hunting at night or something. Mostly for sniper type stuff would be my guess though. I had a friend when I was a kid that his dad had a thermal scope on a rifle. You had to have a pack that you carried around with it for it to work. It basically showed a thermal image of what was infront of it. It was pretty cool, you could see mice and other animals in a corn feild at night. Except they were weird colors depending on the amount of heat they gave out. I have no idea what he used it for or how much something like that cost that many years ago. As far as actually using something like that to hunt deer with, yep, poaching no doubt about it. No different than spot lighting them in my opinion. Paul |
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I thought that the night vision stuff needed moonlight or some kind of artificial light or something? Mike |
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I dont think I'm interested but wonder why they say its "cost effective"? Does that mean you can get $10,000 worth of deer with it? :eek:
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