I am fairly new to the thermal and not up to snuff on the tech part.
Anyway, I made short trip northwest to do a little calling and searching fields for hogs with a friend and his 15 year old son. His son has the exact same thermal as I do (Thermion 2 XQ38, and like most teenagers is a wiz with the phone app and operating the settings. I just have not played with it enough.
Before his son arrived, we made a drive thru to look things over and decided to call a spot close to the road. Within 30 seconds I had a coyote come from over my left shoulder (my friend not hunting and just observing from behind). He was so close I had trouble keeping him in the scope and about the time I could he hit my trail where I went out the set out the caller and he darted into tall grass. He popped out farther out, but I couldn't see him at first, but my buddy being higher up behind me saw him and said "to the right", I could not see him until he moved and then it was too late. No shot fired.
The next spot right at last light had some coyotes howling back but got dark and we went back to truck to get the thermal and meet up with his 2 sons.
We road around searching the fields with the thermal looking for hogs. We saw one coyote way out running, but way too far.
A liitle while later his son who was scanning his side saw something in a plowed field but after studying it we couldn't figure out what it was. My best guess was it was 400 yards or so out so we decided to walk it up and see what it was. After getting within 50 yards or so I could see it with my red light, but could not tell what it was. No eyes, but lighting up the thermal. Now, I got to go all the way. At about 20 yards his son who was looking thru the thermal says "I think it is a coyote balled up sleeping". About the time I go to switch on my thermal I hear him saw "he's runinng" and I hear a shot. My thermal lights up and he is getting out of there and I let a few fly to no avail.
First time I ever walked up on a sleeping coyote, and honestly did't expect that.
A little later after seeing no hogs we decided to set out the caller again. Almost immediately I see eyes and know it is a coyote and switch on the thermal.
[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/eRgUhvkk1XE?t=8[/video]
I edited it down a little, but I got him with the second shot.
Not long after we founds some pigs behind some feed pens and got in some more shooting. The video is from my thermal. I looks like my first 2 shots got pigs and you will notice at first there are 2 laying there and when I pan back, one is gone. I was shooting at pigs that went left, and he was shooting at those that went right. I was using a 300 blackout with 125 grain Sierra pro hunter bullets and He was shooting a 223 but don'
t know what bullets. I think we hit at lest 3 or 4, but only found the one.
[video:youtube][/video]
After pulling the hams and back straps, we called it a night.
After trying to get the videos here, I have a whole new appreciation for youtube content creators!
I still can't get the video embedded where you don't have to click on it.
Anyway, I made short trip northwest to do a little calling and searching fields for hogs with a friend and his 15 year old son. His son has the exact same thermal as I do (Thermion 2 XQ38, and like most teenagers is a wiz with the phone app and operating the settings. I just have not played with it enough.
Before his son arrived, we made a drive thru to look things over and decided to call a spot close to the road. Within 30 seconds I had a coyote come from over my left shoulder (my friend not hunting and just observing from behind). He was so close I had trouble keeping him in the scope and about the time I could he hit my trail where I went out the set out the caller and he darted into tall grass. He popped out farther out, but I couldn't see him at first, but my buddy being higher up behind me saw him and said "to the right", I could not see him until he moved and then it was too late. No shot fired.
The next spot right at last light had some coyotes howling back but got dark and we went back to truck to get the thermal and meet up with his 2 sons.
We road around searching the fields with the thermal looking for hogs. We saw one coyote way out running, but way too far.
A liitle while later his son who was scanning his side saw something in a plowed field but after studying it we couldn't figure out what it was. My best guess was it was 400 yards or so out so we decided to walk it up and see what it was. After getting within 50 yards or so I could see it with my red light, but could not tell what it was. No eyes, but lighting up the thermal. Now, I got to go all the way. At about 20 yards his son who was looking thru the thermal says "I think it is a coyote balled up sleeping". About the time I go to switch on my thermal I hear him saw "he's runinng" and I hear a shot. My thermal lights up and he is getting out of there and I let a few fly to no avail.
First time I ever walked up on a sleeping coyote, and honestly did't expect that.
A little later after seeing no hogs we decided to set out the caller again. Almost immediately I see eyes and know it is a coyote and switch on the thermal.
[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/eRgUhvkk1XE?t=8[/video]
I edited it down a little, but I got him with the second shot.
Not long after we founds some pigs behind some feed pens and got in some more shooting. The video is from my thermal. I looks like my first 2 shots got pigs and you will notice at first there are 2 laying there and when I pan back, one is gone. I was shooting at pigs that went left, and he was shooting at those that went right. I was using a 300 blackout with 125 grain Sierra pro hunter bullets and He was shooting a 223 but don'
t know what bullets. I think we hit at lest 3 or 4, but only found the one.
[video:youtube][/video]
After pulling the hams and back straps, we called it a night.
After trying to get the videos here, I have a whole new appreciation for youtube content creators!
I still can't get the video embedded where you don't have to click on it.
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