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I must say it wasn't pretty, nor was it textbook fashion, but I did manage to get some redemption on the miss earlier this week. Last night's coyote was a large and healthy looking female that managed to sneak in on the downwind through some high cornstalks. When I saw her she had already winded me from my downwind side and was turning to leave. As they sometimes do, she decided to stop for one more look. Just like Lot's wife in the Bible, one look was all it took. I can't say she turned into a pillar of salt, but she was "dead as a doornail" as they say here in eastern NC. I have now realized that the reticle I was trying to use is not a good hunting choice. The dot gets lost because it is small, and so I have switched to a regular crosshair style. I have not found a way to turn off most of the clutter on the screen. The things I would like to turn off, don't seem to have an off switch. I did go back to an old work around for the GRL635 not having a standby mode. I slipped a Monstrum scope cap on the ocular end and can keep it closed until ready to shoot and then pop it open.
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Actually Mike I felt like I needed to issue an apology to Goyojo on the PIP. My unfamiliarity with the scope, menu, and layout of the buttons caused me to state the PIP was the same 4x mag as the native mag. I was incorrect and discovered quite by accident that with PIP turned on when you zoom, it zooms the PIP screen to 8x, 12x, or 16x depending on your preference. With PIP on, the main screen does not zoom. I have been pretty tough on Goyojo reviewing their GRL635, but don't want to saddle them with something that isn't correct. The truth is that 5 years ago their picture quality and features would have cost you $4,000 or more. Of course I can't speak to the warranty, how well the unit will hold up, or even if the company will still exist five years from now. I'm assuming Goyojo will take the suggestions I am making and have their firmware guys find a way to incorporate them. My son is still running my old Pulsar Apex 384 and it is 10 years old. It is still capable of killing coyotes but the technology has passed it by. Five years from now, that will be the same for this iteration of thermals, and the new ones will be smaller, lighter, more capable and cheaper.
 
gottcha Owen, that is how my Xg works in PIP and I am a big fan of that feature. Is it that the PIP does not show in the vid or did you not have it turned on?
And ditto to MIck-those high stalks seem tough. No corn in my area so not a concern for me here but when in Illinois if the ground hasn't been worked they seem to cut the stalks much shorter where I have bow hunted and now coyote trip since '97 or '98.
 
I didn't have it turned on Mike. With 4x native I didn't think I needed more clutter on the screen. Besides, I haven't yet figured out if I can turn that compass off at the top which interferes with the PIP for me.
 
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