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Thread: Thermal Optics under scrutiny?

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ojc2 Thermal Optics under scrutiny? 07-09-2024, 09:23 PM
Barry the hunter okay can you clarify a few... 07-09-2024, 09:31 PM
ojc2 NZAHAA is the NZ Antique and... 07-09-2024, 09:48 PM
Barry the hunter ohh well keep us up to date 07-09-2024, 09:50 PM
Micky Duck See editors speil on first... 07-09-2024, 09:39 PM
ojc2 Cheers, just found it now. ... 07-09-2024, 09:53 PM
canross This kind of person is known... 10-09-2024, 10:56 PM
7mmwsm So you know Dave? From your... 11-09-2024, 07:17 AM
Marty Henry That's a bit of a Luddite... 07-09-2024, 10:07 PM
ojc2 "I don't like it, so others... 07-09-2024, 10:14 PM
Trout Who gives a toss what Dave... 07-09-2024, 10:38 PM
ojc2 I agree, but the fact that he... 07-09-2024, 10:51 PM
Trout DOC have made their decisions... 07-09-2024, 11:11 PM
whanahuia Trout, If the reason and goal... 10-09-2024, 07:27 AM
Trout 1080 just hasn't been enough... 10-09-2024, 09:41 AM
whanahuia But its not used to target... 10-09-2024, 10:20 AM
Micky Duck That one too 10-09-2024, 07:39 PM
Micky Duck I've answered that... 10-09-2024, 07:38 PM
woods223 Initially I thought ‘fuck you... 07-09-2024, 11:20 PM
ojc2 Very true, if it's not plain... 07-09-2024, 11:29 PM
Beavis Check this out, problem... 08-09-2024, 07:57 PM
Shearer I understand you personal... 08-09-2024, 10:06 AM
Finnwolf I guess if social media was... 09-09-2024, 01:59 PM
Micky Duck I assume you aware just how... 09-09-2024, 07:34 PM
John Duxbury Yes there was: In the first... 09-09-2024, 11:50 PM
woods223 “I'd not go with a mounted... 07-09-2024, 11:56 PM
ojc2 Yes but I like to count the... 08-09-2024, 12:35 AM
Micky Duck The rifle mounted thermal/ nv... 08-09-2024, 10:06 AM
Tahr We would have wallaby coming... 08-09-2024, 12:24 AM
caberslash Cat is out of the bag... 08-09-2024, 02:49 AM
7mmwsm So I take it from the... 08-09-2024, 08:44 AM
Tahr I don’t think there is a... 08-09-2024, 08:53 AM
7mmwsm I agree. But I actually hate... 08-09-2024, 10:28 AM
Trout I use thermal about 60% of my... 08-09-2024, 09:45 AM
Micky Duck Always been the same with... 08-09-2024, 10:10 AM
No good names left I agree, I'm not a fan of... 10-09-2024, 06:42 PM
woods223 Was out last night and this... 08-09-2024, 10:51 AM
Tankd Isn't ethics a wonderful... 08-09-2024, 12:43 PM
Micky Duck Feed a dog mutton flaps the... 08-09-2024, 04:09 PM
bigbear Every man and his dog seem to... 08-09-2024, 04:25 PM
XR500 I'd imagine the green economy... 08-09-2024, 07:26 PM
timattalon I am inclined to go that it... 08-09-2024, 04:54 PM
XR500 Easy: use a 22.250 on the... 08-09-2024, 07:28 PM
HILLBILLYHUNTERS NZAHAA is the NZ Antique and... 08-09-2024, 08:30 PM
turtleSO Exactly. I think there is... 08-09-2024, 08:42 PM
tnankie ethics 08-09-2024, 09:08 PM
ojc2 The NZAHAA are invited to... 09-09-2024, 01:01 PM
Percy Jones You have the wrong end of the... 08-09-2024, 09:53 PM
Shearer How do you "do some shooting"... 08-09-2024, 09:59 PM
caberslash I guess you lot (and the... 08-09-2024, 09:26 PM
Micky Duck Eggzachary.... Thus heldheld... 08-09-2024, 10:12 PM
John Duxbury Ethics are not up to the... 09-09-2024, 12:29 AM
Tahr Im not so lacking in... 09-09-2024, 11:00 AM
Brad S That seems like an unusually... 09-09-2024, 01:46 PM
John Duxbury And yet, if everyone did that... 09-09-2024, 07:20 PM
Tahr I’m over the tyranny of the... 10-09-2024, 10:03 AM
Micky Duck Mr Leupold has very similar... 09-09-2024, 08:22 AM
whanahuia No surprise, But I agree with... 09-09-2024, 10:52 AM
Dan88 Thermals, just another tool... 09-09-2024, 02:21 PM
Bucko I recently took borrowed a... 09-09-2024, 11:09 PM
Sika 8 Yep there an aspect of... 10-09-2024, 12:14 PM
Micky Duck As to harm .... It's... 10-09-2024, 12:36 PM
Micky Duck No not a pest a resource that... 10-09-2024, 12:38 PM
Micky Duck My mate has thermal. Hard... 10-09-2024, 12:41 PM
Bol Tackshin While we're at it, we should... 10-09-2024, 09:20 AM
whanahuia So I see a theme developing.... 10-09-2024, 10:25 AM
Micky Duck Ok I see a point... 10-09-2024, 07:42 PM
Micky Duck It's got everything to do... 10-09-2024, 08:01 PM
Marty Henry I almost always target hinds... 10-09-2024, 02:46 PM
Bol Tackshin If I were to buy a thermal,... 10-09-2024, 03:11 PM
Tahr Are you a Wellington NZDA... 10-09-2024, 04:02 PM
Bol Tackshin I'm not a member. Have... 10-09-2024, 07:15 PM
Tahr Happy to host you in and get... 10-09-2024, 10:49 PM
Happy Jack This sums up my hunting,... 10-09-2024, 07:17 PM
whanahuia I missed this earlier. This... 10-09-2024, 07:31 PM
Micky Duck You know the funny part about... 10-09-2024, 07:59 PM
Micky Duck Re ducks...if stick to limits... 10-09-2024, 03:33 PM
whanahuia Kind of my point Micky.... 10-09-2024, 04:14 PM
Micky Duck But regions are... 10-09-2024, 04:35 PM
whanahuia Whats your point? how does it... 10-09-2024, 06:00 PM
Micky Duck My point is this. If properly... 10-09-2024, 06:30 PM
whanahuia You are not listening. I have... 10-09-2024, 06:49 PM
Micky Duck No I don't get your... 10-09-2024, 07:36 PM
Marty Henry Both Bruce, Brian and... 10-09-2024, 06:48 PM
Micky Duck The Canada geese numbers got... 10-09-2024, 07:31 PM
Ross Nolan The example of ducks and semi... 10-09-2024, 07:36 PM
whanahuia I didnt say any of the things... 10-09-2024, 07:49 PM
turtleSO Ferk, this is getting more... 10-09-2024, 09:10 PM
19Badger I thought it was........just... 10-09-2024, 09:52 PM
whanahuia And there it is. David has... 11-09-2024, 06:19 AM
BRADS If thermals help the average... 11-09-2024, 09:05 AM
norsk 250 Deer on Pasture land? 11-09-2024, 09:18 AM
BRADS Coming out of the forest park... 11-09-2024, 09:23 AM
Sika 8 I work in the Ag business and... 11-09-2024, 10:06 AM
Barry the hunter dead right Sika 8 does not... 11-09-2024, 10:12 AM
No.3 Sheez louise, 250 is huge... 11-09-2024, 05:55 PM
BRADS Na rather the opposite. There... 11-09-2024, 08:06 PM
Tahr Numbers. One wairarapa place... 11-09-2024, 10:23 AM
Barry the hunter you are right Thar great fun... 11-09-2024, 10:46 AM
whanahuia I agree with you. Conversely... 11-09-2024, 10:55 AM
BRADS I think your last paragraph ... 11-09-2024, 11:23 AM
gimp It's a shared, cross-tenure... 11-09-2024, 11:28 AM
whanahuia every area is different. I... 11-09-2024, 12:52 PM
gimp The rate at which deer (and... 11-09-2024, 01:37 PM
whanahuia The future stressors will not... 11-09-2024, 06:54 PM
Micky Duck One spot I hunt,it's not... 11-09-2024, 04:36 PM
No.3 The other bit is how the... 11-09-2024, 05:50 PM
Micky Duck The ghosts,are one bonus with... 11-09-2024, 05:56 PM
Grantn I don't have time to read... 11-09-2024, 08:25 PM
Barry the hunter [QUOTE=Grantn;1613684]I don't... 11-09-2024, 08:46 PM
Micky Duck If you shot a sheep in head... 11-09-2024, 08:51 PM
Barry the hunter dead right Mickey Duck dont... 11-09-2024, 09:02 PM
No.3 Bang on, no pun intended. It... 11-09-2024, 09:06 PM
Grantn Fair enough. It takes a lot... 11-09-2024, 09:04 PM
Trout You don't have to be wealthy... 11-09-2024, 09:21 PM
Tentman Hmmm. I know several... 11-09-2024, 09:14 PM
whanahuia Yep have used them a bit.... 11-09-2024, 09:21 PM
Grantn Yeah I'm happy with that... 11-09-2024, 09:18 PM
Micky Duck At 5-600yards a... 12-09-2024, 06:58 AM
Tahr Deer 275 yards (ish). ... 12-09-2024, 10:39 AM
Grantn Yeah fair enough. In... 11-09-2024, 09:24 PM
Grantn Right I'm convinced. So... 12-09-2024, 07:35 AM
Trout I keep 99% of my shooting... 12-09-2024, 07:40 AM
XR500 In the early days of thermals... 12-09-2024, 09:40 AM
Trout 258973 Fallow buck... 12-09-2024, 11:34 AM
Calikiwi I will group myself in with... 12-09-2024, 09:17 PM
Micky Duck Binoculars and spotting... 12-09-2024, 09:41 PM
whanahuia Mickey he's saying that as... 13-09-2024, 07:57 AM
stagstalker End of the day this thread is... 13-09-2024, 08:11 AM
trooper90 An interesting article from a... 14-09-2024, 11:00 AM
doinit Fare call ..one could say... 14-09-2024, 11:49 PM
trooper90 259074259074 14-09-2024, 10:59 AM
Marty Henry Based on that article i can't... 14-09-2024, 12:15 PM
Micky Duck Thought of a VERY valid point... 14-09-2024, 01:17 PM
whanahuia Im colourblind. Ill outspot... 14-09-2024, 01:43 PM
XR500 Its all in the taste;) 14-09-2024, 03:22 PM
Micky Duck If you ever find a cheap blue... 14-09-2024, 01:48 PM
Tahr The Sytong thermal spotters... 14-09-2024, 02:31 PM
Tahr Deaded. Still had to get... 15-09-2024, 11:27 AM
whanahuia I hope my opinions havnt come... 15-09-2024, 12:48 PM
Trout Dead deer, that's all that... 15-09-2024, 11:46 AM
whanahuia Ive just been made aware of... 15-09-2024, 06:18 PM
Tahr What you are suggesting I... 16-09-2024, 08:57 AM
woods223 Applies to most things in... 16-09-2024, 11:26 AM
whanahuia Potentially any public... 16-09-2024, 12:25 PM
XR500 Alas, until legislation... 15-09-2024, 06:41 PM
TeRei The more forestry blocks they... 16-09-2024, 08:29 AM
whanahuia Yeah thats what I wish for. ... 16-09-2024, 10:25 AM
woods223 whanahuia “Right now the... 16-09-2024, 11:35 AM
MB Problem is that we all want... 16-09-2024, 10:56 AM
Hugh Shields I have been following this... 16-09-2024, 11:20 AM
Micky Duck You forgot the fifth group... 16-09-2024, 02:07 PM
Hugh Shields Sorry for the omission!... 16-09-2024, 02:51 PM
Hugh Shields I want to jump right back to... 16-09-2024, 11:41 AM
woods223 Recreational Firearms User... 16-09-2024, 12:00 PM
gimp It's a subgroup of the... 16-09-2024, 12:58 PM
Hugh Shields gimp woods223 ojc2 From... 16-09-2024, 03:05 PM
Tahr Join a group. It's in your... 16-09-2024, 03:24 PM
longshot This may come across as a dig... 16-09-2024, 09:21 PM
Fat ninja No it doesn’t, it probably... 17-09-2024, 07:59 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnwolf View Post
    I guess if social media was around when rifle scopes first arrived on the hunting scene there would have been a similar discussion about the ethical use of scopes?
    I assume you aware just how long ago rifle scopes came into being??? Before our grandparents were born....
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