Thread: Thermal for daytime

Originally Posted by Jus

I have some mates in the North Island hunting sika and they spy them with a thermal during daylight hours, unsure if they are doing this mid day on a hot day, but can’t see them with binoculars even though it’s openish glassing terrain, they reckon the body heat signatures are clear enough to make out animals during the day. It’s a necessity thing though, if it’s a pressured area and the animals aren’t out feeding comfortably in daylight hours then a thermal will help you spot where they are at

We see deer in steep scrub country if the sun hasn't been on the face...and clearly identify deer that are 100% invisible to binoculars. I reckon they take some of the fun out of the hunting but we get deer we wouldn't have otherwise with the tiny clearing we hunt.