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Posted: 7/12/2018 2:24:50 PM EDT
I started browsing this forum to justify my decision to buy a FLIR Scout TK (preowned if I could find one) to look for critters with my daughter around the property. Not even to shoot them, just see them.
Now I have a shiney new PTS233 on the way from one of the site industry partners (wish I could support all of them, but alas $$$). Thanks, ARFCOM. Damn gun nuts....this is worse than the AR pistol forum. 
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Posted: 7/12/2018 5:37:49 PM EDT
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Enjoy, it's a blast! I will say i've probably used mine a little less over the summer because it's so hot and the outside temps don't have much differential. But when it was a little cooler out, I was outside constantly looking around at stuff.
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Posted: 7/12/2018 7:41:19 PM EDT
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Enjoy, it's a blast! I will say i've probably used mine a little less over the summer because it's so hot and the outside temps don't have much differential. But when it was a little cooler out, I was outside constantly looking around at stuff. |
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Posted: 7/12/2018 9:53:30 PM EDT
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Wife okayed the purchase today and I have one on the way too! She’s been curious about the animals in the yard at night. I’m excited.
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Posted: 7/12/2018 9:57:05 PM EDT
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I'd love to handle one of these for a weekend to decide if it'll work for me. I've rented a Reap IR for 3 weekends now and I'm in love with it, but at 8k....there's a reason I rent it.
For $2k that's very doable if it's actually worthy. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 2:33:27 PM EDT
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I'd love to handle one of these for a weekend to decide if it'll work for me. I've rented a Reap IR for 3 weekends now and I'm in love with it, but at 8k....there's a reason I rent it. For $2k that's very doable if it's actually worthy. Renting the reap for 3 weekends had to be expensive too though, eh? Would’ve been well on your way to owning that Flir. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 2:41:05 PM EDT
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The Flir is definitely worth 2k. What are you hunting and at what ranges? Renting the reap for 3 weekends had to be expensive too though, eh? Would’ve been well on your way to owning that Flir. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'd love to handle one of these for a weekend to decide if it'll work for me. I've rented a Reap IR for 3 weekends now and I'm in love with it, but at 8k....there's a reason I rent it. For $2k that's very doable if it's actually worthy. Renting the reap for 3 weekends had to be expensive too though, eh? Would’ve been well on your way to owning that Flir. Coyotes only, and I'd really like to be able to spot at 500+ yards. I live on over 2k acres and have lots of flat open areas. The reap ir has been used to spot coyotes at 1k for me and I love the size and functionality of it. Obviously this isn't a fair comparison, but if I can tell there's an animal at 500yds, that would work for me. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 3:08:01 PM EDT
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Obviously this isn't a fair comparison, but if I can tell there's an animal at 500yds, that would work for me. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 4:03:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup, $300 a weekend isn't cheap, but it was spread out over some time, 3 separate weekends. Coyotes only, and I'd really like to be able to spot at 500+ yards. I live on over 2k acres and have lots of flat open areas. The reap ir has been used to spot coyotes at 1k for me and I love the size and functionality of it. Obviously this isn't a fair comparison, but if I can tell there's an animal at 500yds, that would work for me. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 4:26:49 PM EDT
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Just to be clear, you will be able to tell there's something there. Identify, I'm not sure about how far. I have used the PTS233 to spot coyotes at 400+, but never pulled the trigger bc I wasn't 100% sure of what it was. That's a different damn topic though. The furthest I've detected something so far has been cows at 1100 yards. How'd I know they were cows? Bc we put them there
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Posted: 7/13/2018 5:09:07 PM EDT
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Just to be clear, you will be able to tell there's something there. Identify, I'm not sure about how far. I have used the PTS233 to spot coyotes at 400+, but never pulled the trigger bc I wasn't 100% sure of what it was. That's a different damn topic though. The furthest I've detected something so far has been cows at 1100 yards. How'd I know they were cows? Bc we put them there You guys are killing me right now though, I was just about to start a custom 6.5 CM rifle, but I already have one of those....I definitely dont have thermal. |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 5:33:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You guys are killing me right now though, I was just about to start a custom 6.5 CM rifle, but I already have one of those....I definitely dont have thermal. I killed the largest hog saying out of this group and it weighed approximately 175 pounds. Plenty of them in this group that were coyotes sized. To be fair and honest, these are probably no more than 400 yards away. I believe I said in the description of the video that far tree line is 650.  hogs at distance Flir pts233 (320/19mm) |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 6:25:50 PM EDT
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Here's some footage of two guys and a dog through the PTS233 at 300 yards. You'll definitely be able to detect a coyote at 500.
https://youtu.be/_PQuX1yVntY?t=11m35s |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 7:23:14 PM EDT
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Here's some footage of two guys and a dog through the PTS233 at 300 yards. You'll definitely be able to detect a coyote at 500. https://youtu.be/_PQuX1yVntY?t=11m35s
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