Thread: Night Vision Monocular

Originally Posted by DanS

Cheers, does h and f have them ?

Should have, think I got mine from them

Red lens work well on light shy animals. We used them with success on Forest Service pest control in Kaingaroa Forest. Eyes show up like spotlights.
You can pick up relatively cheap glass (better than plastic) cut to shape from glass suppliers.. Ask for Ruby glass.

Dan , Bugger what a shame you didn`t ask this last week. Was a ATM 7900 Gen3 riflescope 5x magnification on Trademe sold for $1010 was a bit of a give away. In good condition to I had a chat with the owner as had sold him some NV gear in the past.
For the distance you are talking and if you want to go down the hi tec road you are looking at Gen3 if you want to Identify your subject at that distance or Thermal for a heat signature.
Have a couple of blokes I have supplied gear to who use the Thermal to detect deer out at 850mts then switch to Night Vision to identify species and what the rack is like before shooting. That is pushing it but they know their hunting area and have a stand 850mts from the boundry fence......... May just be me but I`d just get closer.

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Dan , Bugger what a shame you didn`t ask this last week. Was a ATM 7900 Gen3 riflescope 5x magnification on Trademe sold for $1010 was a bit of a give away. In good condition to I had a chat with the owner as had sold him some NV gear in the past.
For the distance you are talking and if you want to go down the hi tec road you are looking at Gen3 if you want to Identify your subject at that distance or Thermal for a heat signature.
Have a couple of blokes I have supplied gear to who use the Thermal to detect deer out at 850mts then switch to Night Vision to identify species and what the rack is like before shooting. That is pushing it but they know their hunting area and have a stand 850mts from the boundry fence......... May just be me but I`d just get closer.

Have sent you a message mate

Originally Posted by DanS

Have sent you a message mate

I agree with Tasbay about the range. Why shoot at 850m in the dark? Unless you are confined to a wheelchair maybe.

It's pretty straight forward. You spot something, you approach upwind, taking care not to break the skyline, or make any noise (leave the tamborine at home), then take another look. The less you pay for your kit, the closer you have to get to see what it is. Our Gen3+ 2000 FOM goggle with the 5x catadioptric lens will identify out to over 600 metres, but it is a little overkill for hunting in my opinion, and at around $8k, is more than our Pulsar Quantum HD50s thermal.

I advise people to spend as much as they can on the means of spotting, because once you have know what the target is, an inexpensive night scope will surfice, or even a torch mounted on top of your rifle.

Originally Posted by Turehu

Red lens work well on light shy animals. We used them with success on Forest Service pest control in Kaingaroa Forest. Eyes show up like spotlights.
You can pick up relatively cheap glass (better than plastic) cut to shape from glass suppliers.. Ask for Ruby glass.

Cheers