The challenge of hunting while sitting in a blind over a feeder? Give me a break.

My experience with thermal devices is one hunter we had on the lease in the Trans-Pecos.

We had hunted hard for a week, saw very few deer. New guy shows up and gets a deer the first afternoon. I chalk it up to beginners luck. Next day or day after his buddy gets one.

Next year something, they show up and within a day have a deer on the ground. And guy didn’t know the ranch at all.

What he was doing was cruising around with a thermal scope glassing until he found a heat signature, then walk down and jump the animal.

IMO it’s a chicken shyte way to hunt. Guys are using them in Colorado and Nebraska to “ glass” ag fields to see if they are holding animals even though visually they can’t see them.

I would vote to outlaw them for big game hunting in a heartbeat.

Anything above buck-naked and bare-handed is an advantage. How do you hunt?

There is a difference between using a firearm or bow and using a thermal.

Where do we draw the line? Why don’t I just hire a helicopter and shoot them from the air?

When you can locate an animal with a device that you cannot locate without it, I have to draw the line there.

There is a difference between using a firearm or bow and using a thermal.

Where do we draw the line? Why don’t I just hire a helicopter and shoot them from the air?

When you can locate an animal with a device that you cannot locate without it, I have to draw the line there.

So what about high-end optics? If you are packing 16x50 Swaros and I have some old 8x Bushnells or only have a 4x rifle scope, you might be able to locate deer that I can't. Doesn't that cross the line you just said above?

It is too tempting to take advantage using sight during dark thirty. My neighbor shot at 05:05 am opening morning a few years ago. I do believe he probably took a nice buck.