Posted By: bbankhead
Best scouting monocular for hogs and coyotes - 02/21/17 09:43 PM
I am looking at getting a monocular for scouting hogs and coyotes. Most of the land will be open wheat fields and CRP, not much brush or trees in the way. I would like for the monocular to be able to detect the hog or coyote out to about 600 to 700 yards and be able to recognize what it is for sure at about 200 to 300 yards. I am open to either thermal or night vision, but I am leaning towards a thermal based on other threads/reviews that I have read, but was curious if anyone has any real world experience with a thermal monocular for this scenario. I would like to keep the budget around $2,500 or below. The main thing is that I don’t want to spend that much money and be disappointed with the monocular. I currently have a Gen 1 night vision monocular and on a full moon night, I can see good enough to tell there is something out there for about 200 to 300 yards. My plan would be to be able to detect something is out there at the 600 to 700 yard mark and then stalk up closer to recognize what it is and then stalk even closer for the shot. Most of my shots are within 100 yards with my scope/green light combo. Thanks for the help.