Nighttime hog hunting with Pulsar Thermal Vision

[sid]

Has anyone here tried this?

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/201...hermal-vision/

[Vern Humphrey]

I have not -- I have seen and shot the occasional wild hog on my property, but they are not here in the overwhelming numbers you find farther south, in Texas. If they begin to increase, I'll definitely try night vision sights.

[dogtag]

I have not -- I have seen and shot the occasional wild hog on my property, but they are not here in the overwhelming numbers you find farther south, in Texas. If they begin to increase, I'll definitely try night vision sights.

I heard the meat is tough. You need to have an Indian Squaw chew it first.

[Roadkingtrax]

I heard the meat is tough. You need to have an Indian Squaw chew it first.

I figured you would have a blender.

[RED]

I heard the meat is tough. You need to have an Indian Squaw chew it first.

Feral pigs are no different than a lot of other animals... They are what they eat and an old hog is going to be tough and he is going to taste like what he eats. In Swampeast Georgia that would be mostly pinecones and so thats what they taste like! There are squirrels in the same pine barrens that are big, beautiful, and healthy, but they also taste like pine cones and nobody hunts them. In some areas these pigs eat corn, acorns, and soybeans and are quite edible. In other areas they eat carrion or any other thing they can find... and yes a rotten buzzard, a road killed armadillo, or maybe your favorite doggie, is often on their menu.

INMHO if you've ever butchered a 200 lb. feral pig, and then did another one, you are a very rare person!

[sid]

Many years ago I killed an old boar. I found a recipe for cooking it and it still was as tough as shoe leather.

[p246]

Yes but with a Bushnell night vision device in front of a true 1X scope. Farmers let us hunt sometimes. The USDA also traps them. The Bushnell is a cheaper unit and reminds me of gen 2 N.V. It works well out to 200 yards, further depending on the background. If the back ground is lighter like corn stubble you can resolve targets to maybe 300 yards. We have a 223 AR and 300 black out set up. Both do the job. Ferrel hogs are not too common here yet but we have “hotspots” we can hunt. Farmers rule is we have to shoot little and big so we take whatever. They are smart though, you shoot at a group and they leave for days.

[dogtag]

Yes but with a Bushnell night vision device in front of a true 1X scope. Farmers let us hunt sometimes. The USDA also traps them. The Bushnell is a cheaper unit and reminds me of gen 2 N.V. It works well out to 200 yards, further depending on the background. If the back ground is lighter like corn stubble you can resolve targets to maybe 300 yards. We have a 223 AR and 300 black out set up. Both do the job. Ferrel hogs are not too common here yet but we have “hotspots” we can hunt. Farmers rule is we have to shoot little and big so we take whatever. They are smart though, you shoot at a group and they leave for days.

A 223 on a huge Hog ? If I hunted them I'd use my Martini Henry.

[Vern Humphrey]

A 223 on a huge Hog ? If I hunted them I'd use my Martini Henry.

How would you mount your night vision scope on it?

[Major Tom]

How would you mount your night vision scope on it?

Duct tape?

[Vern Humphrey]

Duct tape?

"The handyman's secret weapon."
-- Red Green

[p246]

A 223 on a huge Hog ? If I hunted them I'd use my Martini Henry.

Shoot em twice...😊

[dogtag]

How would you mount your night vision scope on it?

A scope would make it too heavy.

[Vern Humphrey]

A scope would make it too heavy.

Put wheels on it.

[S.A. Boggs]

I have not -- I have seen and shot the occasional wild hog on my property, but they are not here in the overwhelming numbers you find farther south, in Texas. If they begin to increase, I'll definitely try night vision sights.

Still got your star light?
Sam