Thread: Cheap thermal to spot possums in avo trees

Hi
Hope this is the right place to ask this question.
Trialed a pard 008 last night to try spotting possums in the avo trees.
6.5 base magnification didn't work out well.
Im wondering-am I barking up the wrong tree with nv and should I be looking at a thermal monocular to find them? Would something like a leuold lot be the go for this?
Was also wondering id a pulsar n455 may be better with 4.5 as base mag but with larger lens should give better field of view.
thanks in advance

poor possums, as if eating avocado (dingo snot) isnt punishment enough

Look at the pard 007, it's base mag is 1.5 when used as a handheld unit. It can also be clipped onto a normal scope.

Originally Posted by avoape

Hi
Hope this is the right place to ask this question.
Trialed a pard 008 last night to try spotting possums in the avo trees.
6.5 base magnification didn't work out well.
Im wondering-am I barking up the wrong tree with nv and should I be looking at a thermal monocular to find them? Would something like a leuold lot be the go for this?
Was also wondering id a pulsar n455 may be better with 4.5 as base mag but with larger lens should give better field of view.
thanks in advance

2.5 base is high enough
I am using a 455 at moment and it not good on Monkey's up a tree
Thermal for locating a definite yes
Then a torch on scope for possums is all you need

@223nut
He may have something that is cheap in the Therm department

"Guide" thermals are cheap(er) and will do what you ask.

Originally Posted by MB

"Guide" thermals are cheap(er) and will do what you ask.

What about my Burris Thermal BTH50
1500 below new and will be still new apart from a couple of hours trial

Go to bottom of this Tread

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....savings-71132/

Originally Posted by Sarvo

What about my Burris Thermal BTH50
1500 below new and will be still new apart from a couple of hours trial

Go to bottom of this Tread

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....savings-71132/

I'm sure they're very good and sharp price too!

Originally Posted by MB

I'm sure they're very good and sharp price too!

You realize the Burris is actually a Guide with Burris stamped on it and not Guide
The 50mm Guide Pro is same as mine above and they are good 4K Thermal
But at 3K - well - hello anyone awake

Originally Posted by Sarvo

You realize the Burris is actually a Guide with Burris stamped on it and not Guide
The 50mm Guide Pro is same as mine above and they are good 4K Thermal
But at 3K - well - hello anyone awake

I didn't know, but not surprised as they look very similar. Not desperately interested as I've had my thermal spotter a couple of years and hardly use it now. I paid $2K for mine in a Marine Deals sale.

Originally Posted by avoape

Hi
Hope this is the right place to ask this question.
Trialed a pard 008 last night to try spotting possums in the avo trees.
6.5 base magnification didn't work out well.
Im wondering-am I barking up the wrong tree with nv and should I be looking at a thermal monocular to find them? Would something like a leuold lot be the go for this?
Was also wondering id a pulsar n455 may be better with 4.5 as base mag but with larger lens should give better field of view.
thanks in advance

ID grab this one....would more than fit the bill.

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....andheld-70643/

I use a Guide IR510 Nano N2 as a spotter, and a Pard NV008 as a rifle scope with good results. Knocking off Possums in trees just gets done by turning on my head torch, and using the laser on the Pard. No need to look through the scope to shoot them.

Possoms tend to leave the avocados alone other than just playing in them during the night once they have finished eating.
I barely point the light at anything other than the shelterbelts and ground/grass when spotlighting
If you are getting chewed fruit it's almost always rats

This may not be something that matters to you but my pulsar thermal has a base zoom setting of 2.5x and that’s plenty finding animals out to a long way away. My friend has the newer pulsar with a base zoom setting of 4? And when driving around in a Ute or even walking I find it a lot harder to keep still and find animals while moving

Originally Posted by Bill999

Possoms tend to leave the avocados alone other than just playing in them during the night once they have finished eating.
I barely point the light at anything other than the shelterbelts and ground/grass when spotlighting
If you are getting chewed fruit it's almost always rats

That's an interesting comment, and not my experience at all. Chewed avocados is almost always possums here. Feratox proves the point, about 2 weeks after the first fruit damage, which I suspect is the amount of time it takes for possums to get tired of gorging themselves on avocados and then look for something else to eat.

Just had a possum in the greenhouse 2 nights ago eating freshly grafted trees.