DIY Night Vision Coyotes

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simojo

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Nephew and I called in a pair on Friday night and got one of them. We did her favor because she had been snared recently and had chewed through the wire and still had the loop around her neck. In the process she messed up her teeth so was probably going to start declining rapidly.

We had called in a pair in almost this exact spot several weeks ago during the day but they jumped a fence and got downwind before we could see them.

Shot was over 200yds when I ranged it on Google. (Edit: went back today and lasered it in the daylight and it was 280yds). I had the scope focus set for the low power and zoomed to far so it was blurry for the shot. I was using a T67 IR and we had a T20 IR slaved to the thermal which you can see my nephew "painting" them for me.

I was doing all vocals using a combination of one of canislatrans54's pup howlers and ronbeaux's open reed howlers for this set!



Next set we called in a single about 3 minutes in that came in from behind and took is by suprise. We didn't see it until we heard it run into some corn stalks about 15 yds behind us. Nephew rolled over and tried a tough shot over his shoulder but didn't connect.
 
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Nice job.

I like the illuminated dot reticle. Do you have a close-up photo of how you assembled the home-made unit?
 
Current Setup: I feel that an illuminated dot/reticle of some kind is necessary for me. Had I not had the dot on this one, I don't think I could have taken that shot. I've had other times like this where the terrain drops off behind them and there's nothing to backlight the plain reticle.

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Nice setup. I like your rifle and scope. My scope is a cheap Bushnell but it works fine.

I see that your camera sits back from the scope quite a bit more than mine. I have often wondered if
eye-relief of a Leupold vs. the Bushnell might cause the camera to be moved further rearward. I'm
thinking that is the reason mine sits closer to the scope, due to a shorter eye-relief. But, I really like
your scope, especially the illuminated dot. I also moved my scope as far forward on the rifle as I
could, trying to keep it from being too far rearward and in my face. I guess there's a trade-off in how
a guy sets one up.

Also, I'm full of questions: Is that a DVR you are using to shoot by? What lens are you using on the camera?







I have since added a rubber bellows eyepiece between the scope ocular and camera, which keeps
outside light from affecting the image, and also keeps the camera lens clean.








This is the crosshair on mine. I would prefer a dot like yours but this one works pretty good.
(No, I didn't shoot the deer - LOL. Just videoed him). The distance was 60 yards.






Amazing what these cheap, do-it-yourself NV outfits can do.





 
I really like the look of that bellows rig 6mm06. It makes for a really nice looking setup as well as the benefits you describe. You did good. I may just build me one of those yet for shooting on the bait pile.
 
6mm: Yes, that's the mini-DVR from TNVC. It works great to view/shoot through. It's in a thrown together mount for now, but I like how it's mounted forward like that. It's seems easier for my eyes to transition from the thermal to the screen versus when I had it mounted closer to my face.
The lens is a F1.2 16mm.

Is that an illumination knob on your scope or something else?
 

I like the idea of the DVR all-in-one aiming device. Makes things much simpler. I have mine with a separate plug-in to attach the DVR to. It works good from my shooting bench inside the cabin at the bait site, but would require a little more attention if I were out and about calling.

The F1.2 16mm is a good lens, with good light-gathering capability.
 
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