Using night vision inside woods ?

outdoorsjoe222

outdoorsjoe222

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I have searched and searched and found nothing about hunting with night vision inside of open hardwoods at night. Some bright nights with snow it seems nothing wants to come out into the fields. I have had some success going just inside some open hardwoods, but I don't like the light bouncing back off of everything. Was thinking a pvs-14 w/o an illuminator with a shotgun may be sweet. This is from someone who knows nothing about night vision.... Any thoughts or suggestions?
 
Woods in spring and summer is tough...unless you have an area with a clearing. Getting up high does help. You will need an ir that adjust to a small beam path. Something like a luna ir.


When in woods with no moon nv is not that great. ..even gen 3..
 
Thanks - I would only be hunting them after all of the leaves are gone and ideally where there are not tons of saplings. I guess bounce back light which they cannot see wouldn't be a big deal. I would likely only use this technique when it's too bright to get them out into the field (or possibly it's they see me easier on bright nights and therefore don't come in the fields)

I would love to hear that it won't work and to spend my money on something else!!
 
Prolly wouldnt have trouble hunting in big open timber with no under brush, but it stilling would b tuff. When I sit inside a woods I'll scan with my FLIR PS32 thermal, but still they've hid behind trees. It's hard unless u know exactly which way they will b coming. Huntin in a field is different because there is few obstacles refraining the veiw
 
when it comes to fields. if you can turn the edges of the fields and rakes old tracks. You will get your answer and maybe a time period... Also place trail camera low and on the edges.

Back to the woods I only like it in bug free treestand fort. Get in before dark and then call at dusk. i only try to cover like 270 degrees. 360 degrees is a lot of ground to cover For me..

[beeep] rock walls always get in my way And one branch can ruin a hunt.
 
For Gen 3 NV devices, unless you have good snow cover and good light (half moon or better) it would be very difficult to hunt in wooded cover. Using any form of IR with cover in front or around you will basically shut down or significantly reduce Gen 3 image clairity/brightness. I don't know how Gen 1 or 2 or other types of image intensified NV devices would work in this type of environment.

Kevin
 
Reading the OP I get the idea he wants to use it during bright nights with snow cover when the coyotes keep to the thicker cover and keep out of the open flats. With that being said YES, YES, YES!

A good gen 3 NV MX160/pvs14 or D740 would give you an advantage in ( open woods) I would suggest gen 3 as the light gathering ability’s will be much better, and in many cases under a full moon and canopy of tall trees you would not need IR or maybe a small one to help pick up eyes in any brush or at distance of 100 yards. contrast of target to background is one draw back of NV over thermal, and a small IR will help pick up animal eyes

I have used my mx160 GEN 3 many times to navigate open woods and will be setting a hog feeder up next week in a open river bottom and will use my FLIR and mx160 behind aimpoint where shots will be under 100 yards.
 
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