February seemed like a good month to head out for some hog hunting. This year proved more challenging as it was colder than usual and extremely windy which seems to make the hogs more nervous. We were seeing singles (boar hogs) out in the fields but very few groups.
We had headed down to southern Georgia where predator/pest hunting at night is permitted. We were kitted out with AR-10's shooting Hornady GMX 150 gr in .308. Topping the rifles were ATN Gen 3+ nightscopes in 6X magnification. We had a FLIR with us for scanning the fields for hog heat signatures.
Here are a few photos from the hunt. The green nightscope image was taken with an iPhone looking through the scope as was the FLIR. Hence the poor quality but it gives you a sense of GEN3 night vision resolution. It was at least 500 yards across the field and if you zoom in you can make out the trees and bushes in reasonable detail. The FLIR handheld spotting scope image was of us picking up two downed hogs. We were 800 yards from the truck where the image was taken.. Enjoy.
We had headed down to southern Georgia where predator/pest hunting at night is permitted. We were kitted out with AR-10's shooting Hornady GMX 150 gr in .308. Topping the rifles were ATN Gen 3+ nightscopes in 6X magnification. We had a FLIR with us for scanning the fields for hog heat signatures.
Here are a few photos from the hunt. The green nightscope image was taken with an iPhone looking through the scope as was the FLIR. Hence the poor quality but it gives you a sense of GEN3 night vision resolution. It was at least 500 yards across the field and if you zoom in you can make out the trees and bushes in reasonable detail. The FLIR handheld spotting scope image was of us picking up two downed hogs. We were 800 yards from the truck where the image was taken.. Enjoy.
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