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A Beginner’s Guide to Night Vision and Thermal Optics

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.

Leupold Debuts LTO-Tracker Thermal Optic

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.

First Look: Sector Optics F1 Rangefinder

The F1 transforms any riflescope into a laser rangefinding one, with a display giving both linear range and horizontal equivalent distances over 1000 yards.

Putting the HammerDown

The author goes to Texas for hogs and ’yotes in the night with a Henry lever action, an Armasight thermal scope and Federal’s HammerDown ammunition.

First Look: Leupold LTO-Quest Thermal Optic

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

Field Test: FLIR Scout III 640 Thermal Vision Monocular

Field Editor Brian McCombie takes a closer look at the new FLIR Scout III 640 handheld thermal vision monocular, including the advantages it offers hunters targeting feral hogs.

Thermal vs. Light-Intensified Optics

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.

SHOT Show 2018: Leupold LTO-Tracker HD Thermal Optic

The new compact, lightweight LTO-Tracker HD features 390x390-pixel, full-circle display with improved resolution. Pushing a button changes color palettes to show heat in different ways, and the unit detects temperatures from -40 to 572 degrees Fahrenheit.

First Look: SIG Sauer ECHO3 Thermal Reflex Sight

SIG Sauer has released the ECHO3 Thermal Reflex Sight, sure to appeal to the predator hunting market.

Sector Optics Introduces T3 Thermal Imager

Boasting double the battery life and four times the resolution of the company's T20 thermal imager, the ultra-compact T3 offers both image-processing enhancement modes and photo recording.

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