What to do with all of your expensive thermal gear after Predator season ends in NY ?

[Shoots100]

What to do ?
Mount that thermal scope on a PCP .177 air rifle and hunt mice !
It's good practice during the off season and your killing tick carrying mice, Win Win.
This is a video of my first mouse kill with the backup RIX L3 Thermal / Fusion II air rifle.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

Coyote are big animals compared to a mouse and the trigger on the Fusion is a lot different than the Impulse predator, so I was a little shaky lining up the shot during the first hunt, but it didn't take me long to get back in the saddle.
Sometimes you need to take an insurance shot.

This Vole eluded me for awhile.

 

[Shoots100]

Was having some accuracy issues, so I switched to a heavier pellet and it seems to be working.
It takes a lot of patience waiting for a clear shot when hunting mice, but sometimes you need to throw caution to the wind and let it rip.
This was a beautiful night for using thermal and it looked even better with the HD feature turned on.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

Being I had the opportunity to hunt all night, I made the most of it by dropping two mice.
The neighbors down the street were having a party, so it made perfect cover for my nighttime escapades.
SJC

These mice weren't invited to the party.

 

[GOYABEAN]

Practice practice practice

 

[Bustedknees]

cool new hobby.

 

[S&W Fan]

I hunt them out back all the time. It’s great practice . The little bastards won’t sit still for shit though.

 

[JamieZ]

Im using my thermal mono for turkey hunting but since you are speaking of air guns,,, here is my new one. She is semi and full auto and I like it. I shoot the deer coming out of the woods and crossing the street, on the way over to eat my arborvitaes

 

[fresch]

Funny there "J" we know you don't shoot at the deer.

 

[JamieZ]

Funny there "J" we know you don't shoot at the deer.

You are right,, they jump 6ft in the air and run back into the woods because I told them " Shoo, get out of here "


My pee shooter doesnt have enough energy to do more than sting them in the ass. 430fps

 

[JamieZ]

 

[Bustedknees]

I hope you guys aren't baiting those mice or having some kind of illegal prize award for the most kills.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

I hope you guys aren't baiting those mice or having some kind of illegal prize award for the most kills.

Just for the taxidermy....

 

[Shoots100]

This one slowed down enough for me to get a shot.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

Patience is a virtue.
Mounted the L3 on a Barra 1100z .177 PCP rifle with a Buck Rail moderator.
A much needed improvement and on a whole other level than the Fusion 2.
Mus don't like it.

SJC

 

[JamieZ]

Patience is a virtue.
Mounted the L3 on a Barra 1100z .177 PCP rifle with a Buck Rail moderator.
A much needed improvement and on a whole other level than the Fusion 2.
Mus don't like it.

SJC

Got any farmers that will give you written permission to shoot coyotes because they are killing his/her farm animals?

Im going to give it another month to make sure the pups are out running around and then I will probably go knock them out over on the goat farm.

Got another chunk of property where the land owner says they have been trying to kill his dogs. His dogs arent small, so Im not sure how legal it would be to hunt them over there. Im thinking it for sure wouldnt be legal unless they actually killed one of his dogs.

For those reading this. You are leagally able to hunt coyote out of season if you have written permission from a land owner stating they are killing his property. As in killing his pets, goats, chickens etc. It is written on the DEC website. You would need a permit if they are only a nuisance

Remove Or "Take" Nuisance Animals Legally

dec.ny.gov

 

[JamieZ]

Got any farmers that will give you written permission to shoot coyotes because they are killing his/her farm animals?

Im going to give it another month to make sure the pups are out running around and then I will probably go knock them out over on the goat farm.

Got another chunk of property where the land owner says they have been trying to kill his dogs. His dogs arent small, so Im not sure how legal it would be to hunt them over there. Im thinking it for sure wouldnt be legal unless they actually killed one of his dogs.

For those reading this. You are leagally able to hunt coyote out of season if you have written permission from a land owner stating they are killing his property. As in killing his pets, goats, chickens etc. It is written on the DEC website. You would need a permit if they are only a nuisance

Remove Or "Take" Nuisance Animals Legally

dec.ny.gov

After reading that DEC page again " Damaging" consists of threatining your pets or livestock too. So that opens up another property for me to go kill them.

 

[Shoots100]

Got any farmers that will give you written permission to shoot coyotes because they are killing his/her farm animals?

I had one reach out to me two weeks ago after something killed half his chickens.
He said it was a fox.
We set out cameras and nothing has showed up since.
Proof that my scent alone will keep predators away.
The season will be here before you know it, so tread lightly my friend.

 

[Shoots100]

eRatification

 

[Shoots100]

This Mus got the Predator treatment.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

No time to play around when a mus is charging you in a rainstorm !
The RIX L3 handles the 1000% humidity very well.
SJC

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Yotes were plenty vocal in my neighborhood last night

 

[Shoots100]

Yotes were plenty vocal in my neighborhood last night

Pup's are getting near the weaning age right now and are getting vocal.
Even if we were allowed to hunt them at this time in NY, It's too hot out for me and I'd be down a quart of blood with all of the freaking mosquitos.

 

[Shoots100]

The Barra/Rix combo is dialed in.
SJC

 

[Shoots100]

After dropping this Mus, I had a fellow vermin hunter pass right through the kill zone before the rain came down.
SJC

 

[JamieZ]

The Barra/Rix combo is dialed in.
SJC

Whats the Barra in the Barra/Rix combo? Is it a rangefinder add on?

How do you like the Rix compared to the other backup thermal you had?
Which I believe was a AGM Adder.. I think.

 

[Shoots100]

Barra 1100Z .177 PCP Rifle.
Barra
The Adder TS35-384 is a good scope, but the L3 is a great scope.
Better controls, 18650 battery, Sensor, Display, Menu, Price and has Ocular zoom.
Got the L3 late in the season and didn't really get to test it, but after using it the last couple of months hunting mus, I really like it.
SJC

 

[Bustedknees]

I need a daytime camera for my background woodchuck and red squirrel shoots.

 

[Shoots100]

Arken Zulus HD 5-20 Day / Night Scope with range finder

I've had a thermal rifle scope for some time now and haven't settled on a proper home for it yet. Been looking for something in the IR arena, especially something I could mount on one of my crossbows. Carved out some time to get it mounted and sighted in. Had to make a shim for the picatinny...

nygunforum.com

 

[Shoots100]

Really buggy out , but I lasted long enough to get a shot at one mus.
SJC