THERMAL for daylight use ??

[niteowl]

I just had a phone call regarding this subject, it is a difficult one to give a full answer to. So I have made a page on my web site Australian night vision, down on the facts about thermal page to try to explain my thoughts on this subject.

I stand by to be proven wrong though. 😊

[vicfox]

Works for me. I do prefer hunting now at night with thermal over day time but have been a day time hunter for 50 years I just don't hunt through the day time much these days. I have seen game laying up in covert hrough the day that I would never have seen without thermal 

As much as I hate the cold weather and cold winter nights I still prefer to hunt by night because you see far more oportunities with thermal but thermal is a big plus for daytime over a conventional scope even in the daylight. I've used thermal spotters in the day time with a regular scope on my rifle [zeiss] and at times I cant find in the scope what I can see in the thermal.

The last good day out calling foxes with thermal was mid afternoon and I can honestly say it was enhanced because  I was using  thermal.                                     I spotted foxes that were in range of my 22 hornet  that weren't going to come in but were curious enough to allow them to be seen with the thermal  I'm

and  sure I wouldn't have seen them unless they were on the move so I was was able to harvest 4 of the 6 I saw that afternoon.

Not a result I have matched before or since in the midafternoon  daylight with a conventional scope. 

 

EVEN THROUGH THE DAY A THERMAL WILL SHOW YOU MORE GAME.

I usually reset my brightness and contrast to suit the conditions though