Thread: Josh James Thermalling???

Originally Posted by stagstalker

Played with a thermal on private property recently and didn’t really enjoy it. I didn’t get the same buzz when I spotted an animal with it like I do when I spot an animal through binoculars. Awesome bits of kit for pest control and if I was in that field or wanting to get into that then I would 100 percent be using one but for my own general use and enjoyment during recreational big game hunting I’m not bothered.

That's my experience as well. I think we developed as vision based predators and that the act of looking for game is the key to experiencing a "predatory state", the thermal just about kills that.