hunting hogs with night vision
 

Does anyone have experience hunting with night vision, particularly for hogs?I haven't been able to find much information on the subject. I just picked up a nv scope and am planning to go on a night huntsoon.

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I hunt at night for them quite often, but not with night vision. I usually set out in a field they like to root in and listen. When I hear them in the field, I shine a spot light, with a red filter, over them and get them in the halo of the light, not direct beam. As long as you dont put a bright beam on them, they wont run. Aim and shoot. Or if it is a bright night with a good full moon. I do the same thing and take my 300 wby out with a big 55 objective. I can see them pretty well with the large objective and dont need a light when there is a full moon.

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I do the same thing as Burnie. I have a Marlin .450 with a Ziess Conquest 3x9x50 on it and as long as there is any moonlight at all I can usually see well enough to shoot without a light.

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I use to, I was hired many years ago to get rid of them from the Doral country Club ,Gulf field in Miami.
Night vision did not exist back then, So I would bait the area under a tree and hang a few night light sticks and that was good enough not to spook them and I could see with my Leupold well enough.

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Very interesting, never gave that a thought! Thanks Alex!

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I've been toying with the idea of hanging a solar yard light in a tree above a baited spot... I've heard they will come into the light if it is existing before they enter.. The solar light I bought at Home Depot isn't very bright and should work.. I'll give a report as soon as I try it out.

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That sounds like a good idea. My uncle uses something similar. Its called a hog light. Not the kind for your bow or gun, but one you clip ona feeder, or tree that is solar powered with red L.E.D.s. Im not sure how well it works. I have not talked to my uncle since he bought it.

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I don't know why that wouldn't work. I know they have come around farm houses and barns with lights. I think if you have a light like that on all the time they would get used to it. Now that would be fun!!! Why don't you get a set up like that Burnie, and call me, and I'll come help you out. We could get Rocky Strickland to skin and clean them for us for a case of Bud. :D

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Ill have to ask my uncle where he got his light. I know he ordered it from somewhere. We could get Rocky to work over time for two cases of shafer.:D

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I should have the HawgLites for the rifle here shortly. I got one of the prototypes. It slides on any barrel and the momentary switch sticks to the forehand grip. Just like the ones I have for the bow, but the rifle model. It's not nightvision, but you can put the fliters in and use it like a predator light.

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What kind of scope and how much did it cost you?

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we have a itt third generation night scope at work i had my son make a collar to fitt a old scope that i had and it works real good we use it to get rid of yotes and whatever at work if you use a small pen light with it the whole area will be lit up like 12 noon these things are expensive this one cost over 2,200 four years ago

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rankbull: My scope is Russian made by Zenit, modelNP-75; got it for about $220 new off Ebay. I've taken it out to the range a couple times and it works really well. It's supposed to double as a day time scope, but it works much better at night.

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For years I used this type of night vision!:D:D

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mathmajorthanks I think I may look around for one this summer thats a good price for night vision