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Certainly not as easy as 00Spy makes it look.
I took the X-sight out tonight, for a test run. I tried zeroing the scope before dark, it wasn't a one shot zero as advertised. Finally after 15 rds and being rained out 5 or 6 times and jumping in and out of the truck between showers, I finally got it zeroed at 25 yds. I've never zeroed at 25 yds before, but always heard that if you were zeroed at 25, then you were good at 100? (Also the X-sight, sits a little higher than a regular scope.) It started raining again, and was about an hour before dark, so I decided to for go trying to check zero at 100.
Finally about 30 minutes before dark, the showers stopped, so I grabbed my rifle, back pack, shooting stick, and chair. I found a large oak tree about half way down the field, sat up with my back to it, and put my electronic caller about 40 yds out in front of me. I went back, grabbed the rifle, played with the scope a little, tried to figure out how to record, but unfortunately forgot to format the card... I realized I hadn't turned the ringer off on my phone, so I did that and sent a couple of text messages.
I looked up and there's a dang boar hog about 150#'s ambling across the field about 125 yds away 10 minutes before dark. I grabbed the rifle, and threw it up, I looked away from the view finder to figure out the correct button to zoom in, when I look back he's gone...There's nothing in the field, but a small clump of bushes about 10 yds from where I last saw him. I keep glassing the field but nothing. It finally gets dark enough that I need IR to see, so I switched to night vision. Full zoom is too small, and flood is too wide, so I just counted the turns and set it in the middle without checking through the scope. It was a big mistake, a few minutes later, I threw the scope up to check things out, and there barely visible is the hog walking to my left, about 60-75 yds away. I switch to the medium setting, then high, but still can only barely see him. Unfortunately I'm thinking that the illuminator is not centered, because there is plenty of light 25 yds in front of him. I remembered that the property owner had told me it was ok to shoot hogs, just make sure if I did that they didn't get back onto the neighbors property to the south, because he has paid hog hunts there. Well this hog came from the north, so I decided to try a neck shot. Apparently it was a clean miss, he took off running west, then turned and headed northeast where he came from.
Lessons learned tonight.
Set the IR illuminator to light up the FOV you are hunting at. I got home and found it set way too wide, so I wasn't lighting my target.
Wear your bug spray and or bug suit. The wind died right after I shot at the hog, and there were multiple mosquito's per square inch.
Test your POI at multiple yardages.
Remember to turn your caller on when you set it up in the field.
The hog walked right by, and never looked once in my direction with the IR on.
Maybe next time...
I took the X-sight out tonight, for a test run. I tried zeroing the scope before dark, it wasn't a one shot zero as advertised. Finally after 15 rds and being rained out 5 or 6 times and jumping in and out of the truck between showers, I finally got it zeroed at 25 yds. I've never zeroed at 25 yds before, but always heard that if you were zeroed at 25, then you were good at 100? (Also the X-sight, sits a little higher than a regular scope.) It started raining again, and was about an hour before dark, so I decided to for go trying to check zero at 100.
Finally about 30 minutes before dark, the showers stopped, so I grabbed my rifle, back pack, shooting stick, and chair. I found a large oak tree about half way down the field, sat up with my back to it, and put my electronic caller about 40 yds out in front of me. I went back, grabbed the rifle, played with the scope a little, tried to figure out how to record, but unfortunately forgot to format the card... I realized I hadn't turned the ringer off on my phone, so I did that and sent a couple of text messages.
I looked up and there's a dang boar hog about 150#'s ambling across the field about 125 yds away 10 minutes before dark. I grabbed the rifle, and threw it up, I looked away from the view finder to figure out the correct button to zoom in, when I look back he's gone...There's nothing in the field, but a small clump of bushes about 10 yds from where I last saw him. I keep glassing the field but nothing. It finally gets dark enough that I need IR to see, so I switched to night vision. Full zoom is too small, and flood is too wide, so I just counted the turns and set it in the middle without checking through the scope. It was a big mistake, a few minutes later, I threw the scope up to check things out, and there barely visible is the hog walking to my left, about 60-75 yds away. I switch to the medium setting, then high, but still can only barely see him. Unfortunately I'm thinking that the illuminator is not centered, because there is plenty of light 25 yds in front of him. I remembered that the property owner had told me it was ok to shoot hogs, just make sure if I did that they didn't get back onto the neighbors property to the south, because he has paid hog hunts there. Well this hog came from the north, so I decided to try a neck shot. Apparently it was a clean miss, he took off running west, then turned and headed northeast where he came from.
Lessons learned tonight.
Set the IR illuminator to light up the FOV you are hunting at. I got home and found it set way too wide, so I wasn't lighting my target.
Wear your bug spray and or bug suit. The wind died right after I shot at the hog, and there were multiple mosquito's per square inch.
Test your POI at multiple yardages.
Remember to turn your caller on when you set it up in the field.
The hog walked right by, and never looked once in my direction with the IR on.
Maybe next time...
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