Awesome little compact hunting throw beam flashlight. My thoughts and review on the Olight Warrior X Turbo torch. Prime option for a weapon mounted torch / flashlight.

This little hunt was in a NSW state forest near Nundle. I'd planned to do some deer and pig hunting while we had a nice night in the bush camping. Mainly I just wanted to spend some time in the forest with my 5yr old little boy and brother in law Steve from 4WD Recon Australia. We are legally permitted to hunt public land under the NSW R license system, So I wasn't passing up the chance to take the 30/06 and have a few little opportunistic hunts while the boys spent some time in camp together. While always positively optimistic about hunting in a busy state forest that has no shortage of pressure. You could imagine my excitement taking a big mountain boar right on the doorstep of camp.

Hunt those marginal skerrick's of first and last light guys, This pig was shot in timbered cover right on the fringe of dawn. I'd awoken in the dark and started scanning with the bino's straight away when light permitted. Fortunately I'm running a high quality Swarovski rifle scope with an illuminated reticle so I could positively ID and aim. Who knows where this big boy was wandering too before the sun popped up.

The journey up to the forest through Glenrock and Barry station was a drive I'd wanted to do for a long time, Steve's 4x4 rig was more than adequate for that task and the scenery was amazing.

My thoughts with plenty of scope footage using the Pulsar Thermion XQ50 Thermal Rifle Scope. Always a lot of money to spend on a thermal rifle scope and the Thermion XQ50 is no exception, These things are expensive. I've put the XQ50 Thermion through some harsh field use over a few months and I'm now ready to let you know my unbiased, unsponsored impression of a thermal scope I purchased as a regular consumer.

I will link below to Arms and Ammo who I purchased the scope from. The staff there had the XQ50 Thermion shipped in overnight and I couldn't be happier with service like that. If you are looking at a pulsar offering it is well worth giving Tommy and the crew a call to see what they can do for you.

Quick shooting trip out to a local property night hunting foxes and wild dogs with the thermal gear. Some of these small blocks can be very productive if you get the timing right. Getting the drop on cagy wild dogs when small block hunting can be very hit and miss. Worth the effort though and you won't get results sitting at home.

My thoughts and Review on this newly released Olight Javelot Turbo flashlight. Awesome white beam torch for a hunting / shooting light.

Great little hunting trip on the ATV to some new country. We found feral goats, foxes, feral cats and rabbits. Also some wild pig sign as this location certainly holds them. Lots of promise with plenty of great area's. Unfortunately after all the rain since the drought broke the thistles are just so thick and tall. I now have all the boundary and a heap of hot spots plotted out in the GPS. Next trip should be a little easier to navigate around and get more ferals on the deck.

Local Friday night bunny busting wild rabbits. Plenty of the little buggers about but my 17HMR was hungry tonight. I'll definitely have to hit this place often to mop more rabbits up. Unfortunately they are making a hell of a mess on the open grass areas and underneath a few structures here. As you will see the effectiveness of night vision and passive shooting with the PARD NV008 is very efficient.

I'm away this trip on a family property fox hunting with my hunting ATV and thermal scope / scanner. At this time of year the ewes are lambing and the foxes must be controlled to reduce damage to young lambs birthing. I'm fox hunting off my ATV quadbike as transport and using a Pulsar Thermion XQ50 thermal rifle scope. It's a huge fox hunting advantage at night shooting these problem foxes. Call it passive hunting and the foxes aren't alerted like they would be to a traditional spotlight.

This ATV hunting setup video is a walk around and description of how I have built up my new hunting ATV quadbike. Hopefully it will help others who own, or plan to own and hunt off an ATV quadbike. It's certainly a topic I have been asked about on my previous Honda hunting quadbike. I figured when I purchased this newer 2017 Suzuki King Quad 500 AXI that it would be a good chance to show you guys and gals the rig.

The setup works for me, It's not a huge change from the last ATV quadbike I'd owned for 12 years.

This rabbit hunting trip was a zip out to a property I haven't hunted in over 10 years. Used to hold decent rabbit numbers and a fair few foxes. I was keen to get out on my new ATV Quadbike and give the thermal scope and scanner a run on the rabbits. Since the drought broke the grass has really shot up, The owner had warned me it was quite hard to see the rabbits and foxes but no way I was staying home. As you will see I racked up a fair old tally of rabbits shot with the thermal scope. I also shot a large feral cat and everyone know's I love nailing them.

This thermal comparison was fun. We lined up three (3) different thermal scanners and two (2) thermal rifle scopes. The thermal devices lined up - Night Tech HD-25 Lite (19mm lens), Night Tech XD-35 (25mm lens), IRAY XEYE E3Max (35mm lens), Thermion XQ50 (42mm lens) and a PARD SA45 (45mm lens). All the thermals have a 384x288 17um sensor. Cost values range from roughly $1600 through to $6000 per unit. It's a common question on what is the best value thermal or what is the difference between a XX and XX device. Running a comparison between 5 different lens sizes was quite interesting to see and it's a good gauge of performance. Larger the lens, the more detection range (AKA power). But also the larger lens increases the base magnification. I wouldn't call this a "thermal review", more just out thoughts as general punters out using this kit weekly. There's little bias in the products used, it's just what we own and use.

Huge thanks to Adam and Eric for bringing a few of them thermals we played with. This kind of thing doesn't happen without great mates helping out too.

I'm back on the local lucerne flats night hunting problem foxes again. Perfect area for my Lithgow LA101 17HMR fitted with a PARD NV008 LRF night vision scope. Thermal conditions were I think the best I have ever been in. Low humidity and 6°C. I was picking out hare body signatures at over 500 yards with ease. I've certainly put a good dent in the fox numbers on this small block. That's 13 foxes down in a short space of time. The farmer is very impressed with the effectiveness of thermal and night vision for hunting foxes. Winning all round