Thread: Thermalling deer

1justin, Despite your assertions that a thermal imager is looking at heat and not light, I think you will find that it is in fact detecting infra red LIGHT of differing wavelengths emitted by objects at different temperatures.

Infra red may not be in a humans' visible spectrum, but that doesn't change the fact that it light.

Some people believe that deer can see into the ultra violet range, also outside the human visible spectrum. Perhaps you think the deer are cheating because they can see something we can't.

In my experience, the thermal imager is just a tool, like my binoculars, that enhance my vision when lighting is poor. With the little bit I have used it, I doubt I could fire a shot at dawn or dusk after having been looking through the TI as it is bright enough to spoil my night vision.