Thread: Glassing tips

Hi there just would like to ask any hints or tips on glassing!
Whenever im glassing open country, untill i see an animal im never sure what size thing im looking for! As silly as it sounds what are your guys tips on using other objects for scale? This is especially for longer distances.
Cheers Lucas

I have the same problem.

I have found glassing from right to left works better then left to right, seem to go slower and see more detail.

I look for color not shape or size, deer stand out like dogs balls with their red coat, especially if the sun is shining off them, its the first thing that always catches my attention.

Always glass the skyline first and keep flicking back to it for a look,animals,people stick out like dogs balls on the skyline.
Once something is seen there you often notice others around it but not on the skyline that you didn't see before.
Hot look in shade,cold look in sun,windy look in shelter.
Look everywhere but concentrate on those bits in those conditions.
morning and evening is best,middel of day you are mostly looking for something bedded down which depending on the terrain can be hard to impossible.

Originally Posted by oneshot

I look for color not shape or size, deer stand out like dogs balls with their red coat, especially if the sun is shining off them, its the first thing that always catches my attention.

So what do you look for when there sitting down in the shade? what if hes looking for Fallow,
Think of these things when glassing as they might help Shape size shine Silloette Sign movement and like 199p said look in the opposite direction you read as it is less familier for your eyes so you will see things in a different way.

Jase

it always amazes me how they can appear like ghosts, an animal can be in the spot you just glassed seconds earlier.

Originally Posted by J.T

So what do you look for when there sitting down in the shade? what if hes looking for Fallow,
Think of these things when glassing as they might help Shape size shine Silloette Sign movement and like 199p said look in the opposite direction you read as it is less familier for your eyes so you will see things in a different way.

Jase

I still look for color, seen hundreds if not thousands of fallow over the years, in the shade the red or tan, white, grey, whatever the case may be, it still stands out to me in an obvious way, its just what I have always trained my eyes to notice I guess.

Thanks everyone, this has been a great help already!

Good luck fulla,once you start seeing animals it will all make sense to you.one other tip that could help mate is when you do spot one keep scanning around were it is looking for other animals especially if there are other clearing's close by as if ones out there kin will be out too, look at the grass or bushes for wind sign to help you shoot or stalk it aswell.

Jase

You have to ask yourself why things are seen.
Think about size, shape, surface, spacing, shadow (both cast and contained)

Break your ground up into likely areas where your quarry will be.
Scan right to left if you want to slow down as it is opposite to the way we read.



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@7mmsaum has a bloody good set of eyes!

I noticed he stopped often to look around. About 99% more then I did and he was the one who found the deers so I've learnt I need to stop 99% more than I currently do haha

Originally Posted by lucas

Hi there just would like to ask any hints or tips on glassing!
Whenever im glassing open country, untill i see an animal im never sure what size thing im looking for! As silly as it sounds what are your guys tips on using other objects for scale? This is especially for longer distances.
Cheers Lucas

Good question

Trying my luck on sika at the end if tge month anyone have any tips fir glassing them in comparison to reds/fallow?

Originally Posted by scoped

Trying my luck on sika at the end if tge month anyone have any tips fir glassing them in comparison to reds/fallow?

Look anywhere there is Tute. Like, here:



You can see their summer coat colour at the bottom of the shingle (a deaded one)

And there’s one by the tree here. Evening, glass around these sorts of fringes:

Originally Posted by Toby

@7mmsaum has a bloody good set of eyes!

I noticed he stopped often to look around. About 99% more then I did and he was the one who found the deers so I've learnt I need to stop 99% more than I currently do haha

+1 on that!! Took me a while to see them even when I was looking at them