The Night Vision Fanatics Thread

[Lat22 4086]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

^^I was unaware that you were albino Wabo.

Damn, after all these years.

He’s Hebrew Wabo. 

[Cajun 11772]

9 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

He’s Hebrew Wabo. 

Are you insinuating that Israelis and albinos are mutually exclusive?

Edited January 18, 2021 by Cajun

[cabowabo 4687]

It's my Hebrew Hammer. Fixing to head out. I know y'all are counting on me and I'm gonna try not to let you down..... Remember to hit record..... Remember to hit record......

[Doc Reeves 6434]

3 hours ago, cabowabo said:

I took delivery of a Bering Optics Super Hogster this afternoon and hope to be able to obtain some hog shot video this evening. Early impressions are very positive. Much prefer this form factor than the ATN Thor 4 which I will be selling. Also, much lighter than the ATN. Standby.....

PS: And don't make fun of my God damn chair.




 

Dat carpet doe...

[Cajun 11772]

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It's my Hebrew Hammer. 

Yomkippur kai yay!

Edited January 19, 2021 by Cajun

[Cajun 11772]

I keed, I keed.

I'm green with envy that you got your Hogster in already Wabo.

Still waiting on the Nox.  FML

[cabowabo 4687]

Well, on Monday night I passed on a group of hogs because there was still a little daylight and I wanted to christen this thing in the darkness.  I figured they would hang at the feeder until the sun went down, but they caught wind of something and hauled ass never to return.  I did get some nice footage of a deer at the feeder.  Last night, I was able to squeeze in a hunt before the rain came.  The drizzle started coming down (not good thermal conditions) when 2 pigs walked out.  I dispatched one, but very clearly missed the one running off.  So far, so good.  The PQ is better through the eyepiece than video.  Comparing it to my Thor 4 as far as PQ, they are pretty close.  The Thor does have a great picture.  One thing I noticed with the Hogster is that is a flash of horizontal lines that appear on the screen very briefly during a gunshot.  I've seen this with other thermals, but it seems pretty pronounced.  My Thor has more of a flash when the trigger is pulled.  Can't say I notice these lines on the Hogster through the eyepiece, but I'm not exactly paying attention to that sort of thing when I am conducting business through the scope. I recorded the audio with my phone and spliced it in using iMovie.  I have a Sony voice recorder and have ordered a lapel mic so I can get professional and shit.

 

[Cajun 11772]

I'm 99.999% pig #2 did not escape unscathed.

So, Wabo, when it whites out for a few seconds here and there is that the humidity/drizzle causing it?

Inquiring minds...

[cabowabo 4687]

I'm 99.999% pig #2 did not escape unscathed.
So, Wabo, when it whites out for a few seconds here and there is that the humidity/drizzle causing it?
Inquiring minds...

Negative. That was me closing the front scope cover trying to keep it dry until they were in position to take fire. I am going to call Bering Optics on the lines and distortion that occurs with each shot. To me it seems excessive. Will update accordingly.

[cabowabo 4687]

After watching other Super Hogster videos on FB and YouTube, it seems the lines/distortion at gunshot is normal. So, gonna move on and concentrate on killing more critters. 

[Mdhorn 6166]

On 1/20/2021 at 7:52 AM, cabowabo said:

Well, on Monday night I passed on a group of hogs because there was still a little daylight and I wanted to christen this thing in the darkness.  I figured they would hang at the feeder until the sun went down, but they caught wind of something and hauled ass never to return.  I did get some nice footage of a deer at the feeder.  Last night, I was able to squeeze in a hunt before the rain came.  The drizzle started coming down (not good thermal conditions) when 2 pigs walked out.  I dispatched one, but very clearly missed the one running off.  So far, so good.  The PQ is better through the eyepiece than video.  Comparing it to my Thor 4 as far as PQ, they are pretty close.  The Thor does have a great picture.  One thing I noticed with the Hogster is that is a flash of horizontal lines that appear on the screen very briefly during a gunshot.  I've seen this with other thermals, but it seems pretty pronounced.  My Thor has more of a flash when the trigger is pulled.  Can't say I notice these lines on the Hogster through the eyepiece, but I'm not exactly paying attention to that sort of thing when I am conducting business through the scope. I recorded the audio with my phone and spliced it in using iMovie.  I have a Sony voice recorder and have ordered a lapel mic so I can get professional and shit.

 

I'm pretty sure you nailed the second pig at least twice if not three times. You might could track it the following morning.  

Edited January 22, 2021 by Mdhorn

[cabowabo 4687]

I'm pretty sure you nailed the second pig at least twice if not three times. You might could track it the following morning.  

Yeah, he did look like he took a hit there late. I did drive around and gave a look but didn't see any sign of it.

[workswithseed 2204]

59 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

1 hour ago, Mdhorn said:

I'm pretty sure you nailed the second pig at least twice if not three times. You might could track it the following morning.  

Yeah, he did look like he took a hit there late. I did drive around and gave a look but didn't see any sign of it.

WhY dO YoU NeeD mORe ThaN OnE BuLleT!? Looks like you had 2 good shots on piggie for sure.

[Cajun 11772]

2 hours ago, workswithseed said:

WhY dO YoU NeeD mORe ThaN OnE BuLleT!? 

 

[workswithseed 2204]

4 hours ago, Cajun said:

 

I have no idea where that comes from.

[Cajun 11772]

Scene from the movie the Deer Hunter.  DeNiro's mantra is "One Shot".

 

 

[cabowabo 4687]

Went out for hogs last night and had some coyotes come out.  Notice the hog way in the background right before I pull the trigger.  Should have had two of these bastards, but I had missed my last 3 or 4 coyote shots, so I'll take one.  Worthy adversaries they are.  Also managed to work in a malfunction and some sweet ass coyote callin.

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by cabowabo

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2779]

Lulz.

Blah!

[markstanco 12786]

My 300 upper finally came in, got the atn poors thermal mounted. Hope to get to sight it in sat or sun.

[CHIEF 5223]

13 hours ago, cabowabo said:

Went out for hogs last night and had some coyotes come out.  Notice the hog way in the background right before I pull the trigger.  Should have had two of these bastards, but I had missed my last 3 or 4 coyote shots, so I'll take one.  Worthy adversaries they are.  Also managed to work in a malfunction and some sweet ass coyote callin.

 

I follow you on Youtube now. I need to bust your balls and ask if that was Ray Charles behind the trigger. Not like I could do any better.

Glad you are enjoying the Hogster.

CHIEF

[Jkwellborn 7034]

My 300 upper finally came in, got the atn poors thermal mounted. Hope to get to sight it in sat or sun.

You find some ammo?

[markstanco 12786]

You find some ammo?

Yes. But I was a bitch bottom and paid 2.10 each because I want to shoot it. But it's Barnes so I am selling to myself it was a good buy.

[Cajun 11772]

Once my Nox comes in, the next big get is going to be this for my drone --

 

[CHIEF 5223]

8 hours ago, Cajun said:

Once my Nox comes in, the next big get is going to be this for my drone --

 

CHIEF Jr. has the DJI mini 2, but we have a buddy with the Phantom 4. He is a frack consultant for Pioneer, just the kinda guy we can talk into getting this for his drone. You could actually go to the hogs, not wait for them to come to you.

CHIEF

[Jkwellborn 7034]

Yes. But I was a bitch bottom and paid 2.10 each because I want to shoot it. But it's Barnes so I am selling to myself it was a good buy.

Damn I might have sold you some for $2.00 a round.

[Cajun 11772]

Yeah.  I’ve got a place down near Bigfoot that I could cover nicely with a thermal on my Mavic 2.  A lot of videos I’ve watched the drone pilot and will use the thing to actually heard the pigs to the shooters. 
 

Hounds to the hunters...

[Cajun 11772]

Witness -

 

 

[fattyflattie 4640]

Man y’all mad at that pork.   With enough of y’all we may just get a dent put in them after all. 

[davidg 4057]

This video came up next.  Probably could be in the holy shit  thread too

 

[Jkwellborn 7034]

Man y’all mad at that pork.   With enough of y’all we may just get a dent put in them after all. 

I got pictures of separate sounders fucking my food plot up. I’ve shot everyone I can this season.

[Cajun 11772]

Got a buddy who owns Ranger Firearms here in SA.  They arrange helicopter hog erradications for ranches in SoTex.  He says it's pretty common to get two to three hundred over a weekend.

[Cajun 11772]

16 minutes ago, davidg said:

This video came up next.  Probably could be in the holy shit  thread too

 

Yeah, I've had that one bookmarked for awhile.

Watch it everytime I need a pick-me-up.

[fattyflattie 4640]

15 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Got a buddy who owns Ranger Firearms here in SA.  They arrange helicopter hog erradications for ranches in SoTex.  He says it's pretty common to get two to three hundred over a weekend.

Got a friend of a friend with a big time last name that does this a few times a year on their mega average ranch. It seems to be a blast. I have not been able to weasel myself into that one, yet.   
 

We are “lucky” that we don’t have a bunch on our lease down in Jim Wells county. They are there and we catch a few, but you would think with the way they breed we’d be overrun. I bet we kill less than 10/yr at feeders and they are rarely on the cameras. One of our members is actually thinking about picking up a cheap East Tx lease in addition so he can get his hog killing fill met.  The math doesn’t work but these fuckers aren’t hitting the feeders. We are high fenced on 3 sides.  Don’t know where they are going. 

[CHIEF 5223]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

Got a buddy who owns Ranger Firearms here in SA.  They arrange helicopter hog erradications for ranches in SoTex.  He says it's pretty common to get two to three hundred over a weekend.

My frack consultant buddy goes at least once a month on a helicopter hog hunt, they usually get about 300 or so. All the hunts are between Albany, Wichita Falls, and Throckmorton. I was going to take CHIEF Jr. on one, till I saw it is $4300 per man.

CHIEF

[Jkwellborn 7034]

Tell your buddy if the price is right I’ll let him hunt my feeder any time between deer season ending and beginning.

[Cajun 11772]

Jet Copter fuel ain't cheap, is it?

[CHIEF 5223]

58 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Jet Copter fuel ain't cheap, is it?

That, and they also provide the ARs and ammo. He said you will go through 1000-1200 rounds. They have catch bags that catches about 90% of the brass, they have their own commercial reloading facility that reloads 30k rounds on a heavy week. It's high quality reloads non-FMJ, so you don't waste ammo on a hog that's dead, but just doesn't know it yet. It's quite the operation. A lot more goes into it than I thought.

CHIEF

[Cajun 11772]

Yeah, sounds very similar to the stuff my Ranger Firearms buddy was telling me they do.

[Lat22 4086]

5 hours ago, CHIEF said:

That, and they also provide the ARs and ammo. He said you will go through 1000-1200 rounds. They have catch bags that catches about 90% of the brass, they have their own commercial reloading facility that reloads 30k rounds on a heavy week. It's high quality reloads non-FMJ, so you don't waste ammo on a hog that's dead, but just doesn't know it yet. It's quite the operation. A lot more goes into it than I thought.

CHIEF

They also can't have brass going into the tail rotor.  My cousin used to fly his helicopter on these hog hunts but then he wadded it up after he hooked onto a Nilgai.  He was OK but he's out of the helicopter game.

[CHIEF 5223]

14 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

They also can't have brass going into the tail rotor.  My cousin used to fly his helicopter on these hog hunts but then he wadded it up after he hooked onto a Nilgai.  He was OK but he's out of the helicopter game.

Don't blame him. Fool me once.

CHIEF

[Johnny Chimpo 489]

3 hours ago, Lat22 said:

They also can't have brass going into the tail rotor.  My cousin used to fly his helicopter on these hog hunts but then he wadded it up after he hooked onto a Nilgai.  He was OK but he's out of the helicopter game.

An I confused? What does hooking onto a Nilgai mean. It got caught up in his landing gear?? 

[Lat22 4086]

I think they shot him with a net gun and the net somehow got hung on one of his skids.

[markstanco 12786]

A 50bmg hog setup. FU money right there.

[Jkwellborn 7034]

They also can't have brass going into the tail rotor.  My cousin used to fly his helicopter on these hog hunts but then he wadded it up after he hooked onto a Nilgai.  He was OK but he's out of the helicopter game.

The guy that contracts to AEP in my brothers AO does hog hunts. He’s always chasing coyotes with the helicopter too.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4999]

I'm surprised those things hold up to the 50 BMG recoil, but I guess the semi auto ones aren't too terrible.

[davidg 4057]

1 hour ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I'm surprised those things hold up to the 50 BMG recoil, but I guess the semi auto ones aren't too terrible.

The guy is shooting a bolt action in the video I posted.

[davidg 4057]

1 hour ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I'm surprised those things hold up to the 50 BMG recoil, but I guess the semi auto ones aren't too terrible.

The guy is shooting a bolt action in the video I posted.

 

Also,  just in case you want to see the aftermath of shooting flesh with a 50 cal at fairly close ranges.

 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4999]

I guess I didn't pay close enough attention. This is mine shooting one of those protein syrup tubs for cattle that's been filled up with water. I never realized just how much of a push it is until watching video of me shooting it. It's not a very sharp recoil because of the muzzle brake, but I'd imagine a big old can hanging off the end kind of negates the effect of the brake.

[cabowabo 4687]

Had a little activity tonight.  The second video is less than 10 minutes after I launched 18 .308 rounds at those bastard.  I drove over to the feeder (yeah that was it going off mid firefight) to change the timer.  After I was done, I did a quick scan with my handheld and saw the hog walking not far away.  Scrambled to get my gun up and phone recording audio.  I hit him with the last round in my magazine.  Good times.

 

[jofus 2269]

Good times.
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So what are your thoughts on the ATN vs the Hogster?


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