01-28-2020, 03:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2020, 03:31 AM by Arkhangel5.)
Went out last night after being told hogs were showing up again.
I recently upgraded to a Sightmark Wraith 4-32x Day/Night vision Digital scope, and was itching to see how it performed. The image seen at night is definitely a step up over the Bushnell Equinox monocular behind a night vision capable red dot sight setup I had been using.
I spent the first few moments setting up the IR illuminator that comes with the Wraith, panned and scanned around to get a feel for the sight picture before moving on to my target area for the night.
I went out to a spot I had seen hog activity before on previous nights, picked a spot that gave me good coverage to scan around.
After about 30 min I heard hogs moving thru the brush, I just bided my time till I got a shot as I had the wind in my favor, eventually I saw hogs moving in treeline and decided to take the first one that stopped long enough for a shot.
Having a choice of reticles to choose from is a big step up from just a biggish dot.
When I had the opportunity for a shot, I put the reticle on hog's head and sent a Nosler 120BT out. Shot hit the hog just below left ear and exited out the right ear. DRT.
She was about a 90lb sow, distance was about 35-40yds. Not a bad night.
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This is kill#10 for the little Grendel.
SY
I recently upgraded to a Sightmark Wraith 4-32x Day/Night vision Digital scope, and was itching to see how it performed. The image seen at night is definitely a step up over the Bushnell Equinox monocular behind a night vision capable red dot sight setup I had been using.
I spent the first few moments setting up the IR illuminator that comes with the Wraith, panned and scanned around to get a feel for the sight picture before moving on to my target area for the night.
I went out to a spot I had seen hog activity before on previous nights, picked a spot that gave me good coverage to scan around.
After about 30 min I heard hogs moving thru the brush, I just bided my time till I got a shot as I had the wind in my favor, eventually I saw hogs moving in treeline and decided to take the first one that stopped long enough for a shot.
Having a choice of reticles to choose from is a big step up from just a biggish dot.
When I had the opportunity for a shot, I put the reticle on hog's head and sent a Nosler 120BT out. Shot hit the hog just below left ear and exited out the right ear. DRT.
She was about a 90lb sow, distance was about 35-40yds. Not a bad night.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]15388[/ATTACH]
This is kill#10 for the little Grendel.
SY