Reading a post from Double Nought Spy got me thinking about my continuing evolution in thinking about hunting with the Grendel. Maybe some of you are in the same boat.
I primarily use the Grendel to hunt with. It seems suitable for most North American game. When I got to thinking of all the $ I have spent on rifles, scopes, stands and hunting cloths, the few weekends I spend afield seem so few.
Now I am discovering night hunting. Face it; 1/2 of every day is night, and few people hunt it. Night vision technology has reached the point where people who spend 3K on a rifle should look int seeing what those rustling sounds that they hear on the way to the deerstand really are. In my state we can shoot 30 min before first light to 1/2 hr after dark. I see dark blobs that time of day but cant identify the , night vision can. And I can now hunt in the "off season" for animals that are pests, and have no season.
And of course night vision has tactical usefulness.
The hard part is getting over the sticker shock, but like I said if I can hunt 3-4 times as much, I can find the justification to spend the money.
I primarily use the Grendel to hunt with. It seems suitable for most North American game. When I got to thinking of all the $ I have spent on rifles, scopes, stands and hunting cloths, the few weekends I spend afield seem so few.
Now I am discovering night hunting. Face it; 1/2 of every day is night, and few people hunt it. Night vision technology has reached the point where people who spend 3K on a rifle should look int seeing what those rustling sounds that they hear on the way to the deerstand really are. In my state we can shoot 30 min before first light to 1/2 hr after dark. I see dark blobs that time of day but cant identify the , night vision can. And I can now hunt in the "off season" for animals that are pests, and have no season.
And of course night vision has tactical usefulness.
The hard part is getting over the sticker shock, but like I said if I can hunt 3-4 times as much, I can find the justification to spend the money.
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