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Topic: Night Vision Optics
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csmithers
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posted May 16, 2011 07:47 AM
Does anyone use any type of night vision? I bought a Gen 1 NV monocular about 12 yrs ago. It was a POS but did well enough at short distances. I just bought a Yukon Nightfall 4x 50 Gen 1 monocular the other day for $130. Makes my old one look like a kids toy as far as clarity. I never used the older one too much for night hunting because it was so limited in it's capabilities.
Had a cat in the yard last night and the eyes looked like huge moons when I turned the IR on. At 250 yards anything reflective jumps out at ya with the IR LEDs on.
Should be a great tool for my night hunting which has lagged the last few years. I can't see anything with red light and have been using a green light which I've had mixed results with. I'm super excited about it!!
[ May 16, 2011, 07:49 AM: Message edited by: smithers ]
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Leonard
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posted May 16, 2011 09:24 PM
If you mean visible light, I can't get excited about green. For coyotes, I prefer red.
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csmithers
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posted May 17, 2011 08:59 PM
Not visible light, Leonard. An actual night vision infrared camera style monocular. Let's you see at night w/ out using a "visible" light source.
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Leonard
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posted May 17, 2011 10:40 PM
You mean "green" infrared? What the hell is that?
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csmithers
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posted May 18, 2011 10:00 AM
Regular night vision ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Leonard
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posted May 18, 2011 11:05 AM
Then, apparently you mean the green tint seen with NV? Damn, I used to be able to understand you once in a while!
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JD
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posted May 18, 2011 05:41 PM
You two are a couple of tools....LOL......maybe you guys need an interpreter or a mediator.
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Leonard
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posted May 18, 2011 05:55 PM
Takes one to know one. TA, for instance?
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JD
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posted May 18, 2011 06:15 PM
That's part of what makes it so funny LB, I think you said something similar to me a few months ago, although t-bag and I were kickin each other you 2 knuckleheads are speaking different languages altogether.
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Leonard
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posted May 18, 2011 09:56 PM
The guy can be a friggin' dilettante, sometimes. And, with the verbal economy of monosyllable and murky responses, it makes a patient man want to choke the shit out of him. Not to hurt him, necessarily, just to get his attention and his head out of his ass.
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csmithers
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posted May 18, 2011 10:52 PM
I'll write it so that the elderly can understand
I can't see worth a shit using a flashlight of any color. But using a night vision device, like a picture shown by TA, I can see EVERTHING AND PICK OUT THE EYES AT 150+ YARDS! I AM VERY EXCITED TO USE THE NEW MONOCULAR I PICKED UP THIS WEEK FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN DOLARS! MY HEAD IS CURRENTLY INSIDE MY ASS SO I AM SHOUTING THROUGH MY ASS HOPING YOU CAN HRAR ME! RIGHT NOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO HEAR AND READ, ON ACCOUNT OF MY HEAD BEING LODGED IN MY ASS CAVITY! CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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Leonard
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posted May 18, 2011 11:58 PM
Stop the presses! smithers has discovered NV. <yawn>
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csmithers
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posted May 19, 2011 07:16 AM
Leonard, I have not JUST discovered it. If you read the original post, I have REDISCOVERED IT! And have a half chub over it, too.
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JD
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posted May 19, 2011 05:18 PM
WOW.....I don't know what to think of this NV deal, t-bag put up a picture and Smitty has a chub over it.....note: never go night hunting Smitters.
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posted May 19, 2011 07:29 PM
He said "half chub". I don't pretend to know what that actually means, but I wish him well.
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JD
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posted May 19, 2011 07:33 PM
He did say half chub, maybe he had some kind of accident.
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posted May 19, 2011 07:43 PM
Smithers is actually John Wayne Bobbit??? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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csmithers
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posted May 20, 2011 09:21 AM
You guys are loons... Half chub over NV, full chub over Natalie Portman...
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csmithers
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posted May 31, 2011 06:55 AM
I called in a fox this weekend, while I was visiting my parents. They are out of season, so, I was just calling for fun.
Using the night vision I spotted the fox from 300 yards out and up to about 50 yards. I know I would not have seen it with a spotlight. I'm very pleased.
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JD
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posted May 31, 2011 09:17 AM
Did you see the eyes or......?
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csmithers
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posted May 31, 2011 09:44 AM
Eyes at 300- 350. Full body as it got inside 125-150 and started to angle off and not come straight at me.
I wish I had a way to set up a video recorder to it. I have a Sony video camera with NightShot on it but it's not too good past 20 yards.
Edited to add this: I howled 3 or 4 times and did some random animal distress sounds for 10 minutes with hand calls. Then I switched on my little handheld caller and played Gray Fox distress and 45 seconds later that fox was on a beeline to me.
[ May 31, 2011, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: smithers ]
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JD
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posted May 31, 2011 02:06 PM
That's a decent range for non military equip. I've borrowed NV in the past and it was AT BEST a huge disappointment so keep us updated on any more experiences with it.
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TA17Rem
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posted May 31, 2011 02:40 PM
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I wish I had a way to set up a video recorder to it. I have a Sony video camera with NightShot on it but it's not too good past 20 yards
Try setting youre cam. up on a tri-pod and just hold the night vision up to the CAM. lense.
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csmithers
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posted May 31, 2011 04:03 PM
I tried it with my iPod, TA, and it sorta works but it leaves a lot to be desired.
JD, I was surprised as hell too. Like I said, the last one I had was a POS, this one is good.
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