SkyPup
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Another ear shot on a 350 pound boar at 75+ yards at night with the suppressed SIG 556 and FLIR T-70 in my backyard right behind the house.
Once I get the video organized, it will become evident why the FLIR 60 and T-70 0.5X magnification is so wonderful for night hogging.
I saw this boar from 200 yards away while walking with my FLIR LS-64 and could not tell if it was a hog or a deer as I also saw four bedded down deer within a hundred yards of this boar hog. I did not have my rifle with me and had to go back to the house to get it and come back out and relocate the boar hog, who had moved quite a bit from where I had first spied him with the LS-64.
Due to the large live oak trees and the underbrush, I was happy for the Red InstaAlert on the LS-64 and was able to relocate a red hot thermal signature in deep brush behind a large live oak. Began stalking him but he was on the move scarfing up the fresh crop of acorn mast that had fallen down in the last two weeks.
Turned on the T-70 and was able to pick him up with the 0.5X magnification, however when I laid down on the ground to target him I could not see him anymore and just got a couple of short traces of this back sticking up out of the brush. Had to move and relocate three times, all the time shifting back and forth from the LS-64 to the T-70 as I attempted to get into range so that I could see him.
Finally, decided I would have to take a standing off hand shot because after three tries laying down, that was the only way I could target him.
Put a suppressed Barnes 70 grain hand-loaded TSX into his ear and down he goes.
I never would have located and found this hog again using higher magnification as I needed WFOV to find him and target him in the very difficult to see conditions.
Just another good reason why I highly recommend 0.5X for hunting on foot when you are on the ground with these destructive beasts!
Will work on the vid this week which should illuminate the excellent enhancement the 0.5X provides in very difficult situations.....
Once I get the video organized, it will become evident why the FLIR 60 and T-70 0.5X magnification is so wonderful for night hogging.
I saw this boar from 200 yards away while walking with my FLIR LS-64 and could not tell if it was a hog or a deer as I also saw four bedded down deer within a hundred yards of this boar hog. I did not have my rifle with me and had to go back to the house to get it and come back out and relocate the boar hog, who had moved quite a bit from where I had first spied him with the LS-64.
Due to the large live oak trees and the underbrush, I was happy for the Red InstaAlert on the LS-64 and was able to relocate a red hot thermal signature in deep brush behind a large live oak. Began stalking him but he was on the move scarfing up the fresh crop of acorn mast that had fallen down in the last two weeks.
Turned on the T-70 and was able to pick him up with the 0.5X magnification, however when I laid down on the ground to target him I could not see him anymore and just got a couple of short traces of this back sticking up out of the brush. Had to move and relocate three times, all the time shifting back and forth from the LS-64 to the T-70 as I attempted to get into range so that I could see him.
Finally, decided I would have to take a standing off hand shot because after three tries laying down, that was the only way I could target him.
Put a suppressed Barnes 70 grain hand-loaded TSX into his ear and down he goes.
I never would have located and found this hog again using higher magnification as I needed WFOV to find him and target him in the very difficult to see conditions.
Just another good reason why I highly recommend 0.5X for hunting on foot when you are on the ground with these destructive beasts!
Will work on the vid this week which should illuminate the excellent enhancement the 0.5X provides in very difficult situations.....