Hunting in the fog

Romeowhiskey

Romeowhiskey

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Hey guys, new to the forum and kinda new to coyote hunting, i have a nice field right behind my house that i hear coyotes in every night. Ive got 2 young ones out of there but its a low lying field with a creek on 2 sides of it so it holds fog pretty bad. Do you guys have any secrets/suggestions on hunting in the fog?
 
Night vision will have trouble with fog just like using a spotlight with your naked eyes.
Thermal will cut thru fog and rain, but rain makes it harder to see the ground and brush/weeds as the moisture cools everything off to the same temp. Critters will usually stand out as they are hotter. Under certain circumstances I have had the thermal not be able to see the ground and background due to moisture suspended in the air but not visible fog. With PVS-14 night vision and IR light it looked as clear as daytime, with the thermal only the critters could be seen, about 20min later all cleared up . It was just like when it gets foggy then the dew starts to form and everything clears up. But it only affected the thermal. I think it was water droplets that just happened to be a certain size to scatter the LWIR wavelength the thermals need to make an image. So the critters that gave off a strong amount of LWIR they could be seen but the background and the brush as you looked further away it was washed out as the LWIR was blocked. It happened in a low spot with brush blocking any light wind. The field adjacent was very clear with the thermal. So it's not something you hear about much. I have hundreds of hours behind the pvs-14 and different thermals an this has only happened a few times.
 
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Pretty sure my wife would pack up the kids and leave if i startef dropping big money into thermals, any budget models that would get me kills and keep my wife? Lol
 
Do you guys run your lights continuously? Or just scan every few minutes? I only have 2 18650 batteries and dont want to drain them, but also dont want to miss that yote that shows his head just for a second and tucks tail and runs
 
call it before the sun sets. Put the call off to the side for the wind or slight breeze, and sit with a shotgun.. even if you think it's calm, there is usually at least a slight breeze.

Coyotes come running into the sound and if it's thick enough won't see you before they get to the call.

Calling in the fog with a shotgun is a fast action game, and a shotgun seems to be the most effective in helping you be successful.
 
shotgun would work for close range. but have not used one at night in light Fog .
the Coyotes do come in close when it little foggy and I think there little hampered also with vision . We get a lot of foggy nights spring and fall here in western OR. in the valley . The wind is usually Zero and that when it the worst .
Heavy Fog I just dont go out . But the only technique that has ever worked for me in light fog . Is just a pvs14 and IR laser filtered on low-power . It is real close range in light fog, so Just a clean IR line for aim & POI .

It is 'Real' Moist high humidity here in NW. OR. with Fog and no wind night.
The Thermal works in Fog but the range detection and definition is a little crappy because everything is awash and covered in the same moist Temp. as the foggy Air .
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