Thread: Night Vision Monocular

Just wondering what good brand night vision monoculars are out there , need about 450m vision

Animals on the boundary are getting a bit skittish from the light at the moment

Cheers

Have a chat to Tasbay. He'll sort you out.

Can you tag him in this ?

@Tasbay

What's your budget? You are looking at the price of a nice car for a system that will let you safely shoot things at that distance at night.

You wouldn't want to pay too much for a NV monocular when the cost of a Pulsar Quantum HD19s thermal imager is dropping to $3799 from Feb onwards. Spot deer at up to 1000 metres, and can see them if they are behind light foliage at 500 metres.

https://vimeo.com/114231774

Our CF-super monoculars will see out to 450m for under $1k.

Originally Posted by Beavis

What's your budget? You are looking at the price of a nice car for a system that will let you safely shoot things at that distance at night.

Nah not wanting a shooting platform, wanting a spotting platform so I can see them before having to turn the light on.
Will let me get into position at under 100m as opposed to what is happening now which is the light hitting them at 300m+ and I cant shoot that off my shoulder, so the plan was to spot them get in close then turn on the light.

+1 for the HD19

Originally Posted by screamO

+1 for the HD19

Thanks but wasnt quite looking that high of price just yet.

Have you tried a red lens on the spotlight? I was using one for a bit with some light shy rabbits and have heard they work well on deer.

Originally Posted by screamO

Have you tried a red lens on the spotlight? I was using one for a bit with some light shy rabbits and have heard they work well on deer.

Cheers, does h and f have them ?

Originally Posted by DanS

Cheers, does h and f have them ?

Should have, think I got mine from them

Red lens work well on light shy animals. We used them with success on Forest Service pest control in Kaingaroa Forest. Eyes show up like spotlights.
You can pick up relatively cheap glass (better than plastic) cut to shape from glass suppliers.. Ask for Ruby glass.

Dan , Bugger what a shame you didn`t ask this last week. Was a ATM 7900 Gen3 riflescope 5x magnification on Trademe sold for $1010 was a bit of a give away. In good condition to I had a chat with the owner as had sold him some NV gear in the past.
For the distance you are talking and if you want to go down the hi tec road you are looking at Gen3 if you want to Identify your subject at that distance or Thermal for a heat signature.
Have a couple of blokes I have supplied gear to who use the Thermal to detect deer out at 850mts then switch to Night Vision to identify species and what the rack is like before shooting. That is pushing it but they know their hunting area and have a stand 850mts from the boundry fence......... May just be me but I`d just get closer.

Originally Posted by Turehu

Red lens work well on light shy animals. We used them with success on Forest Service pest control in Kaingaroa Forest. Eyes show up like spotlights.
You can pick up relatively cheap glass (better than plastic) cut to shape from glass suppliers.. Ask for Ruby glass.

Cheers