My 15yr old son and I went on our first thermal hog hunt last night and we had an incredibly great time.
My son missed on the first opportunity at a loan hog at about 70yds, due to "buck" fever. I connected on the next, also a loan pig, at about 50yds. Then we found a sounder of seven and set up when they were at 50yds, but they were walking/feeding toward us and by the time we were ready they were at 30-35yds. We got three each, with my son getting two for one on his first shot.
We were hunting with Hal, owner of Hog Swat near Albany, GA. I used our new IR Hunter MKII 35mm and my son used Hal's 3x, 640 Armasight.
Today I will get my son families with our new Patrol, which I mounted stand alone on one of our AR's, so he can give that a try tonight.
I'll post photos when I get them from Hal. And hopefully some more from tonight.
JPK
My son missed on the first opportunity at a loan hog at about 70yds, due to "buck" fever. I connected on the next, also a loan pig, at about 50yds. Then we found a sounder of seven and set up when they were at 50yds, but they were walking/feeding toward us and by the time we were ready they were at 30-35yds. We got three each, with my son getting two for one on his first shot.
We were hunting with Hal, owner of Hog Swat near Albany, GA. I used our new IR Hunter MKII 35mm and my son used Hal's 3x, 640 Armasight.
Today I will get my son families with our new Patrol, which I mounted stand alone on one of our AR's, so he can give that a try tonight.
I'll post photos when I get them from Hal. And hopefully some more from tonight.
JPK