Thread: Thermalling deer

Up until late last year, I was knocking round with a guy who was getting into rabbit pest control. He bought a xd50 thermal scope. Started out on his ar15, then onto the 22mag.
It was a bit of an arse to sight in, but a very effective tool.
He started using it on deer in doc land at night which was when we parted company.
Personally, I think if you need one for deer, you are defeating the whole ethos of hunting wild game, and are probably not much of a hunter.
But that's just my thoughts

Originally Posted by kidmac42

Up until late last year, I was knocking round with a guy who was getting into rabbit pest control. He bought a xd50 thermal scope. Started out on his ar15, then onto the 22mag.
It was a bit of an arse to sight in, but a very effective tool.
He started using it on deer in doc land at night which was when we parted company.
Personally, I think if you need one for deer, you are defeating the whole ethos of hunting wild game, and are probably not much of a hunter.
But that's just my thoughts

You could use the same argument for using a gun over a knife when hunting wild game.

Yes, you could. Come down to our own ethics I guess.

Originally Posted by Savage1

You could use the same argument for using a gun over a knife when hunting wild game.

Or helicopters, or drones.