I'm new to the forum and new to night vision and need some "expert" advice. I recently purchased a Pulsar Digisight N550 and a Flir thermal viewer to hunt beavers with and have some questions.
I can detect the animal with the Flir (as long as he's not under water ) but I have trouble seeing the animal with the night vision scope. The scope works great on the edge of an open field. However if I'm in a stand behind a few limbs, the limbs appear too bright and I can't see behind them. For example, if I'm trying to shoot something 50 yards away and a few branches are in front of me, all I can see are the branches and not the animal beyond them. I can easily see the animal with a spotlight which of course defeats the purpose of night vision. Is this unique to "digital" night vision or is this true of something like gen 3 night vision?
Next question, I'm trying to shoot beavers at about 100 yards and I can't quite see them clear enough to shoot while they are swimming (too small). I got an extra infrared illuminator and that helped a lot but I still need a "clearer" picture. I've seen Gen 3 night vision that mounts in front of a regular scope. Does this give you a clearer view or is it still "fuzzy"?
Thanks in advance!
I can detect the animal with the Flir (as long as he's not under water ) but I have trouble seeing the animal with the night vision scope. The scope works great on the edge of an open field. However if I'm in a stand behind a few limbs, the limbs appear too bright and I can't see behind them. For example, if I'm trying to shoot something 50 yards away and a few branches are in front of me, all I can see are the branches and not the animal beyond them. I can easily see the animal with a spotlight which of course defeats the purpose of night vision. Is this unique to "digital" night vision or is this true of something like gen 3 night vision?
Next question, I'm trying to shoot beavers at about 100 yards and I can't quite see them clear enough to shoot while they are swimming (too small). I got an extra infrared illuminator and that helped a lot but I still need a "clearer" picture. I've seen Gen 3 night vision that mounts in front of a regular scope. Does this give you a clearer view or is it still "fuzzy"?
Thanks in advance!