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<blockquote data-quote="KurtM" data-source="post: 3696825" data-attributes="member: 6064"><p>Just a couple of general thoughts, I've shot all sorts of critters at night, all legal abatement shooting from cats to coyotes and pigs, several invasive African species, etc. </p><p>Dedicated night scopes on rifles make scanning an area for critters a real pain. You are going to need a tripod at a minimum to support the rifle or your arms are going to get real tired. Now I will be the first to admit shooting a critter at night from far away is really fun, but here are a few things I have learned. At night most creatures really don't see all that much better than we do, and if you have night vision you are far away more advantaged than they are. If I were to rate them, Racoons seem to have the best night vision ability, next would be cats, and I would rate them about 1/2 of Racoons. Next and way down the list, Opossums, Armadillos, Skunks, next would be deer...never shot them at night, but if you are quiet and the wind is right, it is easy to get within 10-15 yards. Bottom of the heap, and just like day time...Pigs. if you are somewhat quiet and the wind is with you you can basically walk up and kick them.</p><p>There is the key....you can walk up on most all of them. My favorite way to do this stuff is to go out about an hour before sundown, guage the wind, dump out whatever bait I need for said critter, take my fold up chair and walk away 50-100 yards. I run a head mounted gen 3 monocle and use a rifle with a I.R. capable red dot. I can sit and scan in comfort, when the critters show up I can either shoot them from the chair or walk up a bit to get closer. I run the red dot as far forward as I can, and merely shoulder it and shoot it just like I do during the day looking through the night vision through the red dot and put the dot on the critter. If there are more than one, I can swing and shoot just like day time. I can also drive a vehicle, and walk around while "seeing" at night which you can't really do with rifle mounted night vision. Just a few thoughts like I said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KurtM, post: 3696825, member: 6064"] Just a couple of general thoughts, I've shot all sorts of critters at night, all legal abatement shooting from cats to coyotes and pigs, several invasive African species, etc. Dedicated night scopes on rifles make scanning an area for critters a real pain. You are going to need a tripod at a minimum to support the rifle or your arms are going to get real tired. Now I will be the first to admit shooting a critter at night from far away is really fun, but here are a few things I have learned. At night most creatures really don't see all that much better than we do, and if you have night vision you are far away more advantaged than they are. If I were to rate them, Racoons seem to have the best night vision ability, next would be cats, and I would rate them about 1/2 of Racoons. Next and way down the list, Opossums, Armadillos, Skunks, next would be deer...never shot them at night, but if you are quiet and the wind is right, it is easy to get within 10-15 yards. Bottom of the heap, and just like day time...Pigs. if you are somewhat quiet and the wind is with you you can basically walk up and kick them. There is the key....you can walk up on most all of them. My favorite way to do this stuff is to go out about an hour before sundown, guage the wind, dump out whatever bait I need for said critter, take my fold up chair and walk away 50-100 yards. I run a head mounted gen 3 monocle and use a rifle with a I.R. capable red dot. I can sit and scan in comfort, when the critters show up I can either shoot them from the chair or walk up a bit to get closer. I run the red dot as far forward as I can, and merely shoulder it and shoot it just like I do during the day looking through the night vision through the red dot and put the dot on the critter. If there are more than one, I can swing and shoot just like day time. I can also drive a vehicle, and walk around while "seeing" at night which you can't really do with rifle mounted night vision. Just a few thoughts like I said. [/QUOTE]
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