Hogs and Yotes at night

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11 years 11 months ago #15695 by Libertarian623
Hogs and Yotes at night was created by Libertarian623
Thinking of purchasing NV , to hunt coyotes and hogs. Originally thought that I wanted a Day/Night scope, but have never seen what the new scopes are capable of. Had a friend mention the AN/PVS 14 in conjunction with a PEQ15 IR laser. I have never used either one. Been on the receiving end several :drool: times. What my friend said made sense; hits to about 175-200 meters, just want to hear from someone thats currently using this system For hunting hogs and coyotes. I don't know if it will transition well to a sport/hunting role. Or spend the money on a day/night scope. :drool:

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11 years 11 months ago #15696 by 13fcolt
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Moved per your request.

My experience with night vision devices has left me biased against dedicated scopes. My platoon had several Raptors that failed to hold zero, even on 5.56 weapons. We also had a couple of those adapters to mount the '14's on a Leupold that never worked quite right either. In my opinion, what works well is pvs14 with an electronic sight, aimpoint/eotech etc. and/or a laser. I'd rather have the versatility of the NV being non dedicated anyway, PVS14s have every adapter under the sun available for use on cameras, weapons, spotting scopes, and so on. More for your money that way.
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11 years 11 months ago #15704 by Libertarian623
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Thanks 13f

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11 years 11 months ago #15720 by foxhunter
Replied by foxhunter on topic Hogs and Yotes at night
I use a dedicated scope, a D-740 4x gen 3 by Tactical Night Vision Company on an AR10 A4.I really like it. It is very clear. Also with the detachable mount that it comes on, you can remove it and use it as a monocular. When I put it back on the gun, it stays sighted in. The gun has back up open sights. Since the scope/gun combo is heavy, I like to remove the scope from the gun while scanning the country for coyotes, that can be plainly seen out to a couple hundred yards. Because your eye goes right up against the scope it is set way back, requiring your rear open sight to be folded down. I worried initially the recoil of the 308 would be hard on my eye, but it is not a problem. With the protective cover that is on it, you can even use the scope during daylight hours without damaging the scope, although I restrict it to very cloudy days or near dusk if shooting during daylight hours. I found I had to sight it in before dark, because it is hard to see a paper target at night for some reason at 100yd. Although I recently solved that problem by painting the targets with orange marking paint, then they are plainly visible.

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11 years 11 months ago #15733 by Moby
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I found this on youtube.

Uploaded on Apr 5, 2011
The full-powered PEQ-15 ATPIAL on the left target, with the new Laser Devices DBAL-I2 Class 1 Civilian Legal (and eye safe) on the right target. This is only a comparison of the actual lasers

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11 years 11 months ago #15735 by OleCowboy
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Skip the NV and go with visible light and a low power scope or no power. Many guys use a laser to target them, might be a good thing, I have not tried it, but some swear by it. Most hogs down here are close in shots, as in real close and suggest you use a 10 rd mag or better, they run in packs.

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11 years 11 months ago #15736 by Libertarian623
Replied by Libertarian623 on topic Hogs and Yotes at night
Moby- thanks for the video, it helped.

Fox hunter - Thanks for the info. I did go to the web site for the d-740, they had a warning about shooting anything over 5.56. They stated that doing so voids your warranty. It is a nice a nice dedicated NV scope.

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11 years 11 months ago #15737 by Libertarian623
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Cash, Cash, Cash seems to be the theme of the NV world , looks like pony up with at least 5K and get a MIL SPEC system is the only reliable way to play the game.

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11 years 11 months ago #15741 by Libertarian623
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Cowboy, I have used the lights with hogs with mixed results. But that will not work with the coyotes around me. They just scatter rapidly, lasers are out, and high capacity mags are out also, they are restricted.

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11 years 11 months ago #15742 by OleCowboy
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Libertarian623 wrote: Cowboy, I have used the lights with hogs with mixed results. But that will not work with the coyotes around me. They just scatter rapidly, lasers are out, and high capacity mags are out also, they are restricted.

We can hunt hogs from a helicopter down here, using a belt fed, gas operated, crew served weapon if we want, 24x7x365.

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