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re: Thermal recommendations
Posted on 11/30/22 at 4:18 am to Mmackl1
Posted on 11/30/22 at 4:18 am to Mmackl1
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s wanting to attempt to tell the difference between a hog and a deer from further out
ID comes from 50% experience.and 50% a quality thermal. New guys or budget thermal guys always think a rabbit is a pig.
I hunt 500-2000 acre crop fields where we have piles of deer coon pigs coyotes coming out all night. We have to ID animals 500-1200yds constantly. The higher basemags help but it all comes down to resolution, high quality sensors and experience
I have the merger xp50 lrf binoculars and the axion 2 XG35 (640res 12 micron) monocular. They all have their purposes.
Binos have an amazing image and are the best thing to a scope to ID targets. I have videos of coyotes at 900yds that is clearly a coyote
Monocular is great as a quick reference pocket tool. I have their top of the line monocular and even then it's just not powerful enough to produce a scope quality image (animal and environment). I can still ID out to 500yds depending on the conditions
The pulsar XQ series is in your budget with a higher base mag so less image degradation when zooming for the longer ID and your 50-200yd shots will look great. I would still prefer a 640res scope but I don't think you are getting that for 4k
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 4:22 am
Posted on 11/30/22 at 5:07 am to SeaPickle
Also consider these:
1- your field of view. If you are looking down tight lanes 100-200yds at feeders then a 3.5x is good. If you are scanning larger fields for coyote/pigs and need to engage multiple targets then a lower basemag is better for your FOV
2- When you double your zoom you half your resolution. Either get a higher basemag to keep original imagery or a higher quality scope thay holds resolution better. Going cheap really hurts you here
384res at 3.5x is now 192res at 7x (2x basemag)
1- your field of view. If you are looking down tight lanes 100-200yds at feeders then a 3.5x is good. If you are scanning larger fields for coyote/pigs and need to engage multiple targets then a lower basemag is better for your FOV
2- When you double your zoom you half your resolution. Either get a higher basemag to keep original imagery or a higher quality scope thay holds resolution better. Going cheap really hurts you here
384res at 3.5x is now 192res at 7x (2x basemag)
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 5:16 am
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