r/ThermalHunting

Someone asked for more pics and I couldn’t figure out how from my phone.

Hopefully this was the one that's been knocking over the neighbor's trash cans and digging up her garden. Smith and wesson 1854 in 357 magnum using 250 grain sub x handloads from about 25 yards using a DNT Hydra hs219. Humidity was about 80%.

A few weeks ago I got a DNT Hydra hs219 so I could see the raccoons at night without having to place lanterns around the property. As I was choosing which entry level scope to get, DNT and Goyojo were two that appeared in searches most frequently. The Texas Plinking review is ultimately what sold me on the DNT, but I was still curious about how the Goyojo compared.

So now I have the DNT for the 357 magnum lever action, and the Goyojo GRS225RF for the 22lr bolt action. So far the Goyojo is impressive. The packaging was nice, the shipping was fast, it was about the same price as the Hydra, it has a built in laser rangefinder, the app connects and works well to transfer pictures and videos, I like the image adjustability, and to my eye the image looks clearer than the Hydra.

I'll go to the range tomorrow to zero it and test it thoroughly to get it dialed in and be confident with it before I do any hunting with it, but so far it looks like a great, especially for the price. For my use case of hunting raccoons and groundhogs from about 75 yards or less, it looks like it will do just fine. I'd also like to test the battery life compared to the hydra. Maybe I'll do a more detailed comparison after using the two for a few more weeks.

This is the same raccoon last night from about 27 yards according to the rangefinder on the Goyojo. Humidity was about 80%. I adjusted the image settings on both to get the clearest picture. The base magnification on the Goyojo is higher than the DNT. To me it looks like the DNT has more contrast but the Goyojo is clearer. I'm happy with both so far for their price of about 800 usd.

They've been putting in overtime on tearing up the property recently. A sudden rain storm broke the extreme heat and soon after it stopped raining I got a notification from a trail cam that a groundhog detected. Hopefully I'll see the others soon. Gun is a smith and wesson 1854, ammo is 250 grain sub x 357 magnum handload, and optic is a dnt hydra hs219. Distance: about 15 yards.

First coyote

I live on 16 acres of hay field with acess to over 500 acre of family land and I've been calling for two months with no luck. I wasn't hunting tonight, but taking my dog out, saw eyeshine and silhouette about 20 yards out, ran inside and grabbed my rifle, no tripod so its a bit shaky, 20" 5.56 AR with honady vmax 50 grain AGM Rattler V2 25-320.

Pest control within city limits requires putting the firearms away and grabbing high powered airguns. Used ATN THOR 4 384 1.25-5x on top of the Benjamin Bulldog .357cal airgun.

Taking a Starling at dusk with a .25cal AEA semi auto airgun shooting 25gr NSA slugs at 950fps. It was about 35 yards even though it's showing 25 yards as I didn't get another range. The thermal scope was the ATN THOR 4 384 1.25-5x with the ABL Laser Rangefinder add-on.

Agm adder compilation mainly using 6ARC and 22-250 custom builds ran this scope for 3 years just recently replaced with a budget thermal scope (goyojo grl335) and gonna grab a 1280 or 640 adder or maybe a nocpix not sure yet open to suggestions tho thanks

About 60 yards away with a smith and wesson 1854 in 357 magnum using the 250 grain handloads. Thermal is a DNT Hydra hs219 on 8x zoom.

Duty called. A farmer complained that he was losing calves so I got to the feedlot and did some work. Shot was 172 yards, scope is a rix dbh d6, and the gun is a custom 22cm

Dnt hydra hs219 from about 30 yards away. I regret not getting the thermnight or higher resolution hydra

Custom Bergara B14
.308 159grs
Nitehog Viper Clip On
30m distance

90 Yards - AGM Rattler V2 19-256 - .223 Controlled Chaos

When there’s 3 other guns all shooting on a countdown shit happens 🤣

Had a decent group of pigs in front of us and a random Raccoon panicked when we started our countdown and ran right in front of him. What are the odds?

Purchased my first 1280 optic. here in Texas it’s 98% humidity and it was still able to produce this clear of an image last night of this neighborhood deer. i’d say that’s pretty damn impressive