dorg Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Has anybody used a thermal imager for finding lost game in typically sugarbeet on shoot day. I am thinking of getting a pulsar quantum and wondered if it would be any good for this as well as foxing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyw Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Has anybody used a thermal imager for finding lost game in typically sugarbeet on shoot day. I am thinking of getting a pulsar quantum and wondered if it would be any good for this as well as foxing ? or a good dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243ack Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Excellent for spotting foxes - or anything else it can 'see' as heat; but will not detect anything hidden or covered, even by grass. I have a Guide IR. Thermal is the future, but still has its limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo304 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Excellent for spotting foxes - or anything else it can 'see' as heat; but will not detect anything hidden or covered, even by grass. I have a Guide IR. Thermal is the future, but still has its limitations. Are you sure on this chap? mine will pick up a fox no problem at all in rushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orka Akinse Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Excellent for spotting foxes - or anything else it can 'see' as heat; but will not detect anything hidden or covered, even by grass. I have a Guide IR. Thermal is the future, but still has its limitations. Spot on. The TI has to "see" heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorg Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 I just thought it may be good for the picker ups to use with the dogs range may only be 10 or 15 feet, we all know what a bugger sugarbeet is to pick up in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243ack Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Are you sure on this chap? mine will pick up a fox no problem at all in rushes. Quite sure chap. The reason you can pick up 'heat' in rushes is because there will be 'bits' of the target showing between the stems. If its solid cover, 'our' level of TI cannot pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo304 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Quite sure chap. The reason you can pick up 'heat' in rushes is because there will be 'bits' of the target showing between the stems. If its solid cover, 'our' level of TI cannot pick it up. Ye i get ya if its full cover as say a tree you don't pick anything up, but it will pick up looking at say bushes, edgelines with ease, this is the biggy over nv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
223magic Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Are you sure on this chap? mine will pick up a fox no problem at all in rushes. Mine will pick up rabbits at 200 yards sat in fern a foot high, spots birds roosting in tree, thick ivy ! picks up heat from owl boxes so you can detect if they are home or not, dropped a fox last night in a large field of sugar beat he was 175 yards out and you would have no chance of retrieving him with a lamp but thermal found him. I love it its a massive step up from the best spotting NV Mine is a Pulsar HD38 the same as Andy ( camo 304 )............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorg Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Mine will pick up rabbits at 200 yards sat in fern a foot high, spots birds roosting in tree, thick ivy ! picks up heat from owl boxes so you can detect if they are home or not, dropped a fox last night in a large field of sugar beat he was 175 yards out and you would have no chance of retrieving him with a lamp but thermal found him. I love it its a massive step up from the best spotting NV Mine is a Pulsar HD38 the same as Andy ( camo 304 )............... What distance do you think a hd38 would pick up the heat signiture of a fresh shot pheasant laying in sugarbeet please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achosenman Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I use the HD38 to locate dropped foxes etc. It works a treat. The last fox cub I dropped in long clover I walked past three times looking for it with a light. In the end I took the TI and walked straight to it. It helps to be at a vantage point and walk a mate onto the location. Atb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo304 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Are SC not doing a try before you buy on there thermal gear? What distance do you think a hd38 would pick up the heat signiture of a fresh shot pheasant laying in sugarbeet please, Don't shoot pheas and none of my shoots have sugarbeet so sorry no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro6.5 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 What distance do you think a hd38 would pick up the heat signiture of a fresh shot pheasant laying in sugarbeet please You will only be able to see the phesant when you are directly above it looking down through the gaps in the beet. so about 2 yards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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