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Thermal for hogs and coyotes #9119457 10/09/24 03:37 AM
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I have a new deer lease in that seems to have a real problem with hogs and coyotes. I have 4 feeders set up and hogs hit all of them every single night.
For Coyotes, I catch several of them on camera every week, and have cross their paths at least half the times I have been out there.

I need a predator call and a thermal setup for my ar to address this issue and I am looking for recommendations.

I personally never have to have the best of the best or the most expensive gear. I prefer to purchase gear that is the best value of performance versus cost. Also, reliability, longevity, and ease of use are important to me. Basically, I want to buy a tried and trusted, dependable thermal setup and predator call but do not want to be at the top end of the price spectrum.

Any suggestions/

Re: Thermal for hogs and coyotes [Re: Chrisbb] #9119483 10/09/24 07:41 AM
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We need to know where you’re hunting (terrain) and budget.

Calls and thermals can get real expensive. You could easily get away with a $50 mouth call and entry level $2000 thermal, or spend thousands on an electric call and $10,000 on a thermal.


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Re: Thermal for hogs and coyotes [Re: Chrisbb] #9119484 10/09/24 07:57 AM
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Foxpro makes several models that can fit your needs. I rarely use thermals for coyotes anymore. If you’re not shining a bright white light in their eyes, they can see you.

Re: Thermal for hogs and coyotes [Re: Chrisbb] #9119485 10/09/24 08:10 AM
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The best inexpensive thermal and one of the absolute easiest to use that I would recommend would be the Rix Strom S3 which is a 384 resolution thermal. I would not go with less resolution for a thermal hunting scope because as resolution decreases, identification ability decreases. In this video, I took a couple of coyotes at 225 yards. A better shooter could get more out of this scope than me, but 225 is beyond the average that most folks are hunting coyotes at night, so the capability is there.

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