Thread: Thermalling deer

Originally Posted by Timmay

All I see is jealous poor people that can't afford thermal hunting gear.

ha ha ha yip and i'm one of the poor ones , but i would have one in a blink if i could .

Originally Posted by Timmay

All I see is jealous poor people that can't afford thermal hunting gear.

Where's yours smart-ass? o

Originally Posted by Pointer

Where's yours smart-ass? o

To be fair my recent LR + bino purchase cost more

Originally Posted by MDub

I took a rich Canadian guy out hunting and he had a thermal camera, it was pretty easy to identify the animals so I don't think you would mistake a person for a deer that easily.
It was cool seeing all the possums in the trees.

Its pretty easy to Id a human in broad day light as well but they still get shot in my opinion and that's all it is its just being lazy

It's no different to using a dog its is just another tool,get over it

I am you don't need to loose any sleep over it

The last deer I "thermalled" I spotted at around 900y in regenerating native bush in a spot impenetrable to the naked eye.
an hour or two later he walked out onto a clearing in plain veiw but no shot was taken and he was watched with the binos,the next day it was again spotted with the xray vision and clearings ranged and wait for it to walk out into veiw.
All in full daylight with hours of watching involved threw the binos.

I dont really see how it could increase my chances of shooting someone.

just cus they can see the deer doesent mean they can/should shoot it.

In all honesty, Only a matter of time

whats ya point @stretch ? Thermal is used extensively during the day, no issue at all using it on DOC land.

Its illegal to hunt doc land at night thermal or no thermal

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

whats ya point @stretch ? Thermal is used extensively during the day, no issue at all using it on DOC land.

Its illegal to hunt doc land at night thermal or no thermal

Its interesting to note in 2014 the permit clearly states that "9" Hunting wild animals during the hours of darkness is prohibited. Thats clear cut, no hunting with whatever as stated during darkness.
But the recent permits stated no where that hunting during darkness is prohibited does it .
What it does now say is "4" the following activities are strictly prohibited during the hours of darkness.
discharging a firearm
use of any light, spotlight , NV, thermal etc.

So, if i was bow hunting during the full moon and could id my target is there actually anything stopping me hunting with a bow if im not using any light(just moonlight).
we know of cause the new permit means no hunting during darkness in DOC land but if it went to court and i was bow hunting with the light of the full moon no where does it state on my permit that hunting wild animals is prohibited during darkness, no where does it say i cant use a bow or approved crossbow...legally am i breaking the conditions of the permit ... camt see where lol.
The fact is they should just state that hunting fullstopp with whatever is prohibited during the hours of darkness, clear cut.
As its written now i cant see how they have a leg to stand on if i wanted to bow hunt during a full moon...... just saying.
Some lawyer tell me im not correct?

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

whats ya point @stretch ? Thermal is used extensively during the day, no issue at all using it on DOC land.

Its illegal to hunt doc land at night thermal or no thermal

Ok, I've misunderstood something somewhere. I wrongly assumed TI devices were as sensitive to daylight as NVG gear is, but that's not the case. Happy to admit when I'm wrong. Daytime use is totally valid, and any night hunting on DOC land is illegal, regardless of TI/NVG status.

DOC did make an addition to their permit conditions regarding imaging devices. Here's one from 2014 that I dug out, which makes no mention of TI.

Originally Posted by stretch

I wrongly assumed TI devices were as sensitive to daylight as NVG gear is, but that's not the case.


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Hence why everyone is selling NVG and going thermal

Hmm have wondered what the payload of a drone vrs the lightest carbon singleshot rifle...

Im supprised that no has said anything about using drones to scout for animals