Thermal Binoculars and Scopes

hawkbill · Saturday at 5:01 PM

I really no nothing about these, I hear a lot of guys are using them. A friend of mine ran into some guys and they were using them in daylight, there were some Deer standing out in the sage and when he looked through them the Deer showed
Up very white and there were more white Deer images he had not seen. The good ones are quite exspensive. I hear guys are out glassing all night. What’s your thoughts.

Homer · Saturday at 5:25 PM

Well…..you are late to the party…

DeerAddiction4 · Saturday at 5:26 PM

I have a buddy who has the good ones but not the best ones. When it’s real hot they don’t work the best in daylight. If you get in a hill and it’s still dark they’re awesome. For coues in Mexico we used the expensive ones someone else had and they were glassing bucks up until 9. In the velvet you can see the antlers real well. When they’re hardhorned you can tell they’re a buck and that’s about all.

hawkbill · Saturday at 6:50 PM

Homer said:
Well…..you are late to the party…

Never needed them, but I’m sure quite a few do

Homer · Saturday at 8:46 PM

They are not good for fairchase

elkassassin · Saturday at 9:15 PM

They Have Put A REAL Hurt On The Deer Herd Here In DRATville & Nobody Doing A F'N Thing About It!

BrowningRage · 2024-10-27T00:46:40-0600

They're banned in Utah for a reason. I think they are an amazing piece of tech, but one that has no place in the fair chase of game.

Horsecorn · 2024-10-27T06:12:34-0600

Yup banned for a reason. That’s cheating

hawkbill · 2024-10-27T06:53:32-0600

From what I hear and what I see, fairchase in Idaho doesn’t mean much, big Deer mean more. I have not run into any hunters that have said I cannot enter this Deer because I used thermal night vision. I know more guys going to buy them. It sure sounds like a lot of guides and outfitters use them.

BLooDTRaCKeR · 2024-10-27T07:01:25-0600

Banned just like e bikes in certain areas. But once one learns the ebike fine is only $150.00 IF they get caught, they continue to break the rules. What is the fine for using IR technology?

Vanilla · 2024-10-27T08:51:25-0600

hawkbill said:
From what I hear and what I see, fairchase in Idaho doesn’t mean much, big Deer mean more. I have not run into any hunters that have said I cannot enter this Deer because I used thermal night vision. I know more guys going to buy them. It sure sounds like a lot of guides and outfitters use them.View attachment 162018

This website is not correct about Utah. Thermal imaging is illegal in Utah.

And outside of the law, I think the use of it is total BS. People should go hunt high fence operations if they need to be guaranteed a kill this much.

iowacity · 2024-10-27T09:33:19-0600

Up next, banning guns for hunting because it gives the hunter an unfair advantage. That’s not fair chase to use a gun that lets you shoot an animal over 50 yards. Heck, we should go back to using rocks and cliffs to kill animals. Now that’s fair!

Give me a break. We regulate the taking of animals through tag allotments. Let people hunt the way they want to.

Thermal and night vision is just another example of humans doing what we do best, using our brain to solve problems. In this case, locating game at night or in difficult to see situations. It should not be against the law.

smokepolejohnson · 2024-10-27T09:40:09-0600

Only place for it is Yote hunting imo. But it’s been a problem for years. Make sure you get the full head strap contraption, it makes for better selfies.

HntHrdr · 2024-10-27T10:04:04-0600

Yeah thermals are for when you are trying to be unsportting. Thermals with infared lasers/ thermal scopes and night vision are awesome and should be available to free men. Yet they are for fighting. I could see them for killing animals that are predating livestock or culling ect, but traditional fair chase hunting and thermals do not go together full stop

slamdunk · 2024-10-27T12:03:33-0600

elkassassin said:
They Have Put A REAL Hurt On The Deer Herd Here In DRATville & Nobody Doing A F'N Thing About It!

These are illegal in Utah now.

LIK2HNT · 2024-10-27T13:01:08-0600

Think I read that they are illegal in AZ too. But I can guarantee you these top guides that have multiple trucks driving around all night spotlighting are using them.

kickerbuck · 2024-10-27T13:34:29-0600

Thoughts: unethical and illegal for a reason in most states!

Homer · 2024-10-27T13:45:47-0600

smokepolejohnson said:
Only place for it is Yote hunting imo. But it’s been a problem for years. Make sure you get the full head strap contraption, it makes for better selfies.

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Lol….only the best for Hunter Biden….

mtmuley · 2024-10-27T14:19:00-0600

We are sinking to a new level of low. mtmuley

WeminucheWapitis · 2024-10-27T15:14:02-0600

iowacity said:
Up next, banning guns for hunting because it gives the hunter an unfair advantage. That’s not fair chase to use a gun that lets you shoot an animal over 50 yards. Heck, we should go back to using rocks and cliffs to kill animals. Now that’s fair!

Give me a break. We regulate the taking of animals through tag allotments. Let people hunt the way they want to.

Thermal and night vision is just another example of humans doing what we do best, using our brain to solve problems. In this case, locating game at night or in difficult to see situations. It should not be against the law.

How wild to so arrogantly defend thermal/nightvision as an aid in taking wildlife. Obviously we are all entitled to our own opinions. Mine happens to be that you should be embarrassed if you use one as you have zero respect for hunting fair game.