Hogs and Yotes at night

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11 years 11 months ago #15796 by Libertarian623
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Cowboy Nice weapon, do you like the magpul stock or would you switch for something else if you had the choice.

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11 years 11 months ago #15806 by OleCowboy
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It is really nice, not cheap, but provides adjustment in both length and cheekpiece height. I have long arms, 36" sleeve length so getting a good cheek and length to me is a real benefit.

I would recommend it...

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11 years 11 months ago #15822 by Akai
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Might be off the subject B) but I hunt yotes at night, shoot prairie dogs all day, the yotes come sniffing around for the dead at night, we call them in :whistle: and light'em up when in range, normally camp on site and then shoot dogs the next day and pick up a few rattlers for supper. Haven't had the :twocents: for that fancy night vision stuff, but if they ban the hight cpacity mags and "Assault weapons" might have some change for it.

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11 years 11 months ago #15831 by OleCowboy
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Akai wrote: Might be off the subject B) but I hunt yotes at night, shoot prairie dogs all day, the yotes come sniffing around for the dead at night, we call them in :whistle: and light'em up when in range, normally camp on site and then shoot dogs the next day and pick up a few rattlers for supper. Haven't had the :twocents: for that fancy night vision stuff, but if they ban the hight cpacity mags and "Assault weapons" might have some change for it.



What state you live in?


Yea good quality NV is $$$, not sure you really need, spot lights seem to work fine enough. Or get a El Cheapo NV and then use your spot.

I think we are going to get by on ASB and HiCap mags, Congress has to do it and do not believe they will now...no shortage of proof that none of it works and banning a gun based upon how it looks is STUPID but in line with most communist govts...

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11 years 11 months ago #15838 by Akai
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I go to western Kansas to hunt them but live in Nebraska. Been looking for years at the NV, but something else always seems to pop up. I to think were going to be OK on all the new legislation, as long as they don't come looking for more tax $ and having to give up my weapons when I die, but I also believe that Obama has an agenda and it not in our favor.

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11 years 11 months ago #15844 by JustMe
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I also hunt hogs in Florida with a D-740 on my AR-10 and it works extremely well out to about 200 yards on a moonlit night except for shadowing. I hunt hogs in heavy timber and not in open fields like Texas. Since the D-740 is a light intensification device, it utilizes the stars and moon for illumination. Unfortunately, the stars and moon illumination creates shadows under the trees. If an animal is standing in the shadows of these trees, you can't see it with the a light intensification scope. I've used a laser illuminator to suppliment the scope but it is marginally effective at lighting up the shadows. If another tree, limb, leaf is closer to you than the tree you want to look under, the laser causes the scope to bloom because the laser reflects off these closer limbs/leaves, etc.

I've often thought a thermal imaging scope would have been a better choice for hunting in heavy foilage. Thermals use the body heat from the animal and not the stars/moon for illumination. The good quality thermal scopes were extremely expensive ($15K+) when I bought my D-740, but now you can get a good thermal scope for around $5K. The down side of the thermals is that target recognition is less since the animals could be distorted by hot spots on the animal (i.e. where less fur is insulating the animal) and other hot material like rocks, metal, etc. that may be laying near your target. Overall, I think thermal target recognition would be good for hogs and coyotes. Not so good for human targets due to clothing, etc.

Another option is to buy one of the new very expensive hybrid scopes that combine thermal and light intensification giving you the best of both worlds. I think they run about $30k.

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11 years 11 months ago #15883 by foxhunter
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Libertarian623 wrote: 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.


I was surprised to see this and verified you were right when I checked the website. When I bought mine in 2009 that was not the case. In fact my owner's manual says it will stay sighted in on any caliber rifle including 50 bmg. They must have had some breakage issues with those rough Texas hog hunters. Mine is still going strong on the ar 10, so I guess it is ok. Out of warranty anyway, so if it breaks, it breaks.

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11 years 11 months ago #15885 by Libertarian623
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That speaks well of there quality.

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