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You're getting a Ranger bass boat aren't you?


No but I am waiting on a call from the boat yard. They do a lot of volume.
Seapickle09@gmail - I might still have it in a few months. Email me and ask.
No doubt and I’ll get it on there tonight.
I did list the year and all of the accessories. It’s a 2016 and looks like it did the day I bought it - inside and out. It has every option you can need.

That I4 Yamaha gets 3.25 mpg at 40mph. This is the boat they need with these gas prices
I’ve had a few messages on marketplace but not as much as I’ve had in the past on items which is why I was looking for other places
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Thehulltruth is a decent site to list it for sale


It is but they also require a paid membership. Its not the end of the world but it seems to drive away traffic when marketplace is free
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I’m a couple years away from trading my skiff in for a Frontier


come on you can make it happen :lol: you wont find a cleaner used boat than this one
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If it’s in good condition it should get swooped up pretty quick.


She's a flawless beauty




Same here, i have it on market place. Thought about LS but figured it was a shell of its old self

Selling a boat on Louisiana Sportsman?

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/29/26 at 8:26 am
Its time to let the Frontier go to a new home but its been years since ive sold a boat and was wondering if Louisiana Sportsman Classifies is still popular now that its a paid subscription?

re: Thermal and tripod thoughts

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/12/26 at 10:12 am to
Not the best pic but that’s my set up

The XP50 Thermion 2 is a bad arse scope. I had it for two years. They are going away that’s why it’s on sale. Its still a great scope

Tricer tripod

Warrior tripod

re: Thermal and tripod thoughts

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/12/26 at 10:06 am to
I run a tricer X2 tripod with an Artcise ball head. Arca rail mounts to the gun.

Warrior makes good tripods

Kophjager reaper grip is so much better than BOG. They also make a tripod but I’m not a fan of it.

Sunway makes a good tripod and ball heads too. Not sure if they make a grip type attachment.

Plenty people run bog with success and it’s fine for light use. When I connect a $10k gun/scope and walk with it over my shoulder, a few hundred $ more on a tripod is worth it.

re: Bought My Thermal Scope

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/10/26 at 9:07 am to
one is pulsars top top scope and the other is the "weakest" of the thermion line

XL60: 1024 resolution 12 micron sensor, 20mk sensor, 60mm objective lens. higher resolution display screen at the eye

XQ60: 384 resolution 17 micron sensor, 18mk sensor,50mm objective lens: lower resolution display at the eye

ideally, you want the highest resolution, lowest micron and lowest mk sensor. The 1024 resolution is not even comparable to the 384.

The XQ thermion is better than most 384 scopes but its still 384 resolution. (i suggest 640 resolution if you can justify it). A 17 micron sensor isnt my favorite.

The trail 3 XQ50 will have a better (newer) 384, 17 micron sensor and better display screen + a 15 mk sensor. i think is the same price of the xq thermion (id imagine they are phasing out the XQ thermion)

re: Bought My Thermal Scope

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/9/26 at 8:26 pm to
Pulsar Thermion 2 XL60

re: Bought My Thermal Scope

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/9/26 at 11:39 am to
Yeah no doubt you can. On the original thread I said this scope would be fine for shots out to 150. Past that would get difficult to ID

When you have a 1000 acre field of 30 deer and 3 pigs walking through. This scope would struggle looking across at 600 yds to I’d what’s what. I’ve seen it first hand.

re: Bought My Thermal Scope

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/9/26 at 10:23 am to
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You have to get really close to get that image. I think I spent around 6k for my thermal a few years ago and still can’t figure out what shite is a few hundred yards away.


i ran that thermion 2 XP60 for years. Its one of the best 640 scopes out there. It is a 17 micron so the zoomed image was lacking. A few hundred yards should be no issue for that scope

re: Bought My Thermal Scope

Posted by SeaPickle on 9/9/26 at 10:13 am to
thermal ID depends on two main things, scope resolution and time behind the scope.

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Damn. I've been wanting to go thermal but i need to be able to tell the difference between a pig, a calf and my SIL's stupid arse dog.


This is why i stress buying a quality optic. Any scope will look "good" at 60 yds in the right conditions.

if you're starting out with 256 resolution, you have nothing left once you start zooming. ID becomes very hard.
- you half the resolution when you double the zoom.

I've been thermal hunting weekly for 6 years. With my helmet mounted monocular with a 1x base i can ID out to 600-700yds. Now this is a 640 resolution quality optic that i have 100s of hours behind

I run a 1024 resolution scope with a 2.5x basemag. I can Id out to 1000 yds no problem

a higher base mag or higher resolution optic allows you to ID further. I demoed 640 resolution 4x power scopes and felt like 1000 yds ID was no problem at all.


Also, regardless of resolution a 12 micron sensor will retain pixels better when zooming than a 17 micron sensor.
here is the compilation of the 63 kills from the other night. i wish you tube didnt distort my videos so much

63 hogs killed - thermal video


im at 281 kills for 2026. add that to yall total
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What are you shooting again? gun? caliber?


Its a big scary weapon of mass casualties - AR-15 that i built. 5.56