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<blockquote data-quote="jackinok09" data-source="post: 3925098" data-attributes="member: 51322"><p>Just fyi. Called wildlife dept to ask specifically if it was legal to shoot coons under the feeders at night. Was told NO. It's legal to shoot coons with 22 when hunting at night only if your hunting with dogs. The main man himself told me that this last spring so unless something has changed take it for what it's worth. I wanted to do the same thing. As for night vision,consider where you be hunting and conditions. Night vision is basically hunting with a light. If you have a lot of trees and things or brush it blocks that light leaving shadows. Also it of her foggy /rainy at night that reflects the light back in your eyes much like your high beams in a fog . however night vision makes it much easier to identify your target. Especially at a distance. Thermal on the other hand is not affected by atmospheric conditions but it's much harder to positively identify your target. You can easily see the heat signature but it's not sometimes easy to tell if it's a Coon or a possum your looking at. Also if there's a group of animals identifying a certain individual animal to aim at is hard sometimes. Remember that the typical thermals we use are not military grade scopes. I use both but it depends on the weather conditions as to which I choose what day. Myself I prefer night vision ( infer red) if possible just because I can pick out a certain animal in a group easier. I use atn scopes usually but the sightmark wraith is interesting .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackinok09, post: 3925098, member: 51322"] Just fyi. Called wildlife dept to ask specifically if it was legal to shoot coons under the feeders at night. Was told NO. It's legal to shoot coons with 22 when hunting at night only if your hunting with dogs. The main man himself told me that this last spring so unless something has changed take it for what it's worth. I wanted to do the same thing. As for night vision,consider where you be hunting and conditions. Night vision is basically hunting with a light. If you have a lot of trees and things or brush it blocks that light leaving shadows. Also it of her foggy /rainy at night that reflects the light back in your eyes much like your high beams in a fog . however night vision makes it much easier to identify your target. Especially at a distance. Thermal on the other hand is not affected by atmospheric conditions but it's much harder to positively identify your target. You can easily see the heat signature but it's not sometimes easy to tell if it's a Coon or a possum your looking at. Also if there's a group of animals identifying a certain individual animal to aim at is hard sometimes. Remember that the typical thermals we use are not military grade scopes. I use both but it depends on the weather conditions as to which I choose what day. Myself I prefer night vision ( infer red) if possible just because I can pick out a certain animal in a group easier. I use atn scopes usually but the sightmark wraith is interesting . [/QUOTE]
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