First big boar with my thermal!

[Jbird22]

Had some friends in town this past weekend to do some hog hunting with thermals. It was the most fun I've had in forever. A few days later and I had one for myself. Got it set up/sighted in yest evening and waited for my cam to go off. It did some time around 730 and I was in route shortly after.

I'm still learning the thermal but here's a video I was able to take. I thought he was facing me first shot but was able to follow up quickly after I realized what happened. Well over 200 lb boar hog.



I've killed a pile of hogs over the years but hunting them with a thermal is a whole new level of fun!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Good looking boar, congrats

 

[Creek bottoms]

What thermal are you using?

 

[Jbird22]

What thermal are you using?

AGM Rattler V2 19-256

 

[PossumSlayer]

Sweet follow up shot!

 

[338lapuaman]

The thing with thermal hunting that makes it so difficult is that you are basically seeing in 2D and have nothing to base your depth perception to unless you have a range finding scope or you know the terrain exceptionally well. Its a tough learning curve because with hogs shot placement really counts more since they have that "shield" shoulder plate or have a smaller brain size compared to their body size and also they virtually have no protruding neck their organs arent in the same place as a deer not to mention the shield. I had a really hard time adjusting to the organ placement and shield until I just said screw it and go head shots from that point on and my harvest numbers increased....lol