How Thermal Scopes Changed Coyote Hunting

[@cruzmissileoutdoors]

A buddy of mine got me into thermal hunting last year. Did a tournament with him in April and was instantly hooked. Fast forward to today, I have 2 coyote setups. PA15 223 with an OSS suppressor running a pulsar xq38 thermal scope. Second setup is a Bergara B-14 HMR 308 with an YHM R2 suppressor with an Infiray RICO RH50 MK1 v2. And an MH25 helmet mounted on a standard bump helmet. Basically 14k in equipment to hunt coyotes, and be able to bring a friend along.

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

It's definitely addicting!

[@dakotadogsdown]

Thanks for having me on! It was a lot of fun and a great experience

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Thank you so much for joining us, Shane!

[@kaylawaldner2560]

Great video! Killin’ it Shane - literally!

[@dakotadogsdown]

Thanks!

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Literally!

[@CKreinerMedia]

Nice work Shane!!

[@dakotadogsdown]

Thanks Chris! It was fun! Thanks for checking it out!

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Shane crushed it!

[@certifiedbot1pubgm885]

Good podcast

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Thank you so much! We hope you learned some helpful tips. 😀

[@zachloewen3842]

Good Stuff

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Thank you!

[@willhorting5317]

In this old man's opinion, the only bad thing about using thermals... much like using suppressors, and e-callers...is now new predator hunters think that it's what is necessary to be a successful predator hunter.

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Useful tool? Absolutely. Necessity? History has proven otherwise.

[@willhorting5317]

@ScheelsOutdoors I think you possibly misunderstood my meaning. I am definitely not against hunting coyotes. I'm a 3rd generation coyote hunter. And I have been hunting them in one way or another since 1972. And I am also NOT against the usage of thermals, suppressors,or e-calls. I simply meant that new hunters (as in those who have only started in the last couple of years), think that the only way to be successful is to immediately go out and buy that stuff. Now, if a person can afford it, and that's what they want to do, great. I'm all for capitalism.😎 I'm simply saying that those tools are not necessary for the beginner. In fact, many seem to focus on buying those things...yet fail to go do the 2 most important things: #1) locate and get permission to hunt a decent quantity of properties; #2) once those properties have been accessed, scout them. I constantly see people stating that they only have a handful of properties that they can hunt. And many of those properties are 1/4 section or less. And then complain that they aren't calling any coyotes, because they have called the same tiny properties 10 times in 10 weeks. Happy New Year, and happy hunting!

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

Well spoken! The previous reply was just trying to state that many coyotes were successfully taken before thermals were ever invented, you just need to do your homework to find out where they live and how to get close. Good luck out there!

[@willhorting5317]

@ScheelsOutdoors 👍

[@paulwollman]

Not even fair....

[@ScheelsOutdoors]

It changes the playing field at night.

[@willhorting5317]

@paulwollman I am curious... What would you consider to be fair?