We don't have hogs here in N.Y but, I would love to, I have a aea big bore 357 over 300fpe and a 257 texan.
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Hog Hunting with Airgun
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Just a few weeks ago - Texan 457 SS with a very light 200gr slug. This is my 4th hog this year since moving from my powder burners to airguns around November of last year.
I have another video from last week I’ll post as well when I get a chance.
I have another video from last week I’ll post as well when I get a chance.
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It’s been a lot of fun. It’s certainly more challenging; I think dealing with a much slower projectile is personally my biggest hurdle, but I enjoy having to get closer to my target and focus even more on shot placement. I live on a few acres but I still have neighbors, they know when my powder burners go off, but my Texan they have said they can’t hear at all, even though I wouldn’t say it’s “quiet”.
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That's how it done. Head shot flip bang....sausage for days....sightmark wraith mini...video quality great
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N2 Shooter,
What mm barrel do you have on the Maverick? I have heard someone say that their 600 mm Wildcat barrel was quieter than their 500mm one. I could even hear the difference on YouTube, or so I think. Yes, I know that typically the longer the barrel the quieter the gun, but I have heard so many different opinions on this with different guns, I figured I'd ask. Thanks. S7
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The Maverick VP comes with a 600mm barrel. I run a DonnyFL Ronin suppressor on the end of it to keep the noise down.
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What power zoom do you like on your ATN's? I've never looked through one to know if 3x6, 4x8 or 5x10 would be better suited for me. I'm looking at the Thor LT 320 model. thanks!
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It depends on what you are hunting. Another big factor is how many mils or MOA for each tick mark. With my ATN Thor 4 1.25-5x 384 scope, each tick on the mil dot recticle was 14 MOA! It's gonna be more on the LT 320 because the resolution is less. If you are hunting hog at 75 yards, I'd go with the 4-8. If you are hunting coyote, get as much resolution and magnification as you can afford.
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I'm looking at being able to use this from my back yard 5-100 yards to some short field hunting for yotes. Realistically 200 yards max. I can't afford a 5K$ scope. Something in that 1600$ price range would be doable. I was worried about a 5x10 LT 320 being too grainy at 10x. The LT 320 does not have a mil dot reticle that I saw. It's pretty bare bones.
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The bigger issue is how will you accurately aim for a kill zone with that resolution at that distance? I was able to get hits on a 16 oz frozen bottle of water at 75 yards, but I can't say I would be able to reliably hit an apple at that distance with the Thor 4 384 1.25-5, and that is close to the size of a yote heart.
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My Ronin is tuned on the higher side at 95fpe, but it does a pretty good job, because without it, it sounds closer to a .22LR.
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Racoons are taken out quickly at 65 yds wtih my 96fpe .25 condor. I'm in the process of changing my shooting lane and hopefully I'll see about taking a couple of (guessing) 125# hogs soon that are coming in
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I'll let the bullet do the "work", I just need to be able to identify the critter at 100 yards. Can you tell between an opossum and a raccoon at that distance? Would a 4x8 be better than the 5x10? What would the down side be to a 5x10 thermal? All the specs show it being better as far as performance. I'm looking at the distances that they claim you can identify objects. I have zero experience with thermals. Is the picture clearer with lower power magnification models? The description for the 5x10 power is for extreme long ranges but does not give a number. Is that 100, 200 or 1000 yards?
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This ATN page states the identification distances for each scope. Notice, higher resolutions have longer identification detection ranges for the same magnification. But also notice in the fine print it says 16 pixles per meter, and that's not really a lot of resolution to determine what you're shooting at. With a thermal, you really have to observe and be aware of your game's movements and mannerisms before a final determination can be made.
You'll have no problem determining a coyote from a hog, or a coyote from a raccoon at 100 yards, but I'm not so certain you can tell a possum from a raccoon from that distance.
With my THOR 4 384 1.25-5x, I almost took out a possum thinking it was a raccoon, and that was at 30 yards! Now mind you, this was a absolute unit of a possum at +20 pounds, and probably was pregnant.
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I wouldn't mind to get one of these Thermal ATNs, I have the Day/night one and like it a lot.
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That's good information! thanks ; ) I think you answered my question wondering if the 5x10 was a "better" option. Sounds like the clarity does not get better with the higher power. I'm thinking the 3x6 or 4x8 is probably fine for what i'm looking for.
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