Thanks Frank. I can't seem to hit the little ones for some reason.
Equipment used:
6.8 ***/factory Hornady 120SST
IR Hunter MKII 35mm
This night showed again what I had been missing by not using thermal. The first hog I killed was across the county road. After I shot her I went to get my four wheeler. When I came back she was not where I thought she should be. I scanned the brush and she had moved about fifteen yards and was still alive. After I loaded her and the yote up I went back across the road to take pictures and hit the rack. After taking pictures I scanned with NV and thought I saw something. I turned on the thermal and could clearly see a sounder of about thirty to fifty hogs at three hundred yards. I stalked in using NV and switched to thermal for the kill shots. I will never be without a good thermal unit again.
These hogs where in a mesquite grove and without the thermal I would have had a hard time seeing them, much less make the shots I was able to. I am a thermal junkie. Repeat, I am a thermal junkie. LOL
Also, I was unable to find the head shot hog for some reason. I reviewed the video and was able to identify the tree she was under. No problem finding her after that. She was right under the tree.
