“Tag: thermal optics”

From keeping coyotes under control to catching poachers in the act, thermal optics may be the most exciting, beneficial new technology to come along in years.

Alternative optics such as thermal and night-vision optics, while great tools to extend precious predator hunting hours, don’t operate like your average scope or binocular. Here are a few things to take note of before embarking on your next nighttime hunt.

Coyotes and feral hogs, beware. SIG Sauer rolled out its new ECHO1 Digital Thermal Imaging Reflex Sight at SHOT Show 2017, and we could have played with it on the range all day.

The Leupold LTO-Tracker thermal viewer will allow hunters and trackers to see game and recover animals that have run off or fallen out of sight.

Field Editor Brian McCombie puts the latest forward-looking infrared sights to the test.

Combining 640x480 microbolometer strength with 12-micron pixel detail, the new Thermion XG50 delivers 2,400-yard thermal detection range in stunning clarity on a 1024x768 AMOLED display.

In the Red River region of East Texas and Oklahoma, Brian McCombie sorts heat signatures with Armasight thermal optics.

Leupold has doubled down on its thermal imaging devices with the release of the LTO-Quest. Here are four things you need to know.

Today’s hunters have a wide array of choices in both light-intensified optics and thermal optics to help them see their prey when the lights go out. Which technology works better, though, is more of a debate than you may realize.