surpressed night vision hog hunts

[Donkey]

Is it legal in LA now to hunt hogs surpressed with night vision? what about wma's.

 

[freedive10]

Only on private land.

 

[aroundlsu]

Louisiana is indeed legal on private land with permission from the land owner.

I filmed this one in Texas. It's not as easy as you would think. We had several thermal imagers which really helped a lot. The thermal is good for the spotter and the nightvision is good for the shooter. I often spotted with the thermal. The FLIR thermal imager I had had an IR laser on it which let me pinpoint the pig for the shooter. Goggles and IR lasers mounted on the rifle worked way better than nightvision equipped scopes. With the goggles and IR laser you can just point and shoot. Even suppressed, after the first shot the pigs scatter like crazy so you can't really track them with scopes.



That's me in the video thumbnail. Edit: Actually I think that's Ryan.

 

[Donkey]

Yea, the surpressors don't help a lot with the game like people might think any sound and they run. Glad to hear the law changed. To bad my stamps are not going to make it back this year. Looks like yall have alot of fun. Question, will a 223 be affective on hogs. Planing on getting a 300 black out upper if obama lets me but this the strongest thing for my can I will have for a while.

 

[aroundlsu]

We had .300 blackout. It took solid hits to knock them down. I am not a professional hog hunter but based on my limited experience I would think .223 would be a little small. I am certain you could make good hits with .223 but if I had a choice I would want a .30 caliber round. The last thing you want is an angry wounded hog running towards you.

The suppressors really helped with communication between all of us. Since we didn't have to wear hearing protection we could easily whisper to each other and talk during the mayhem.

 

[longnkrnch]

Is it true that you no longer have to use rim fire for night hog in La.? I'd love to to some off season hoggin with my .223 or .450BM.

 

[mcinfantry]

We had .300 blackout. It took solid hits to knock them down. I am not a professional hog hunter but based on my limited experience I would think .223 would be a little small. I am certain you could make good hits with .223 but if I had a choice I would want a .30 caliber round. The last thing you want is an angry wounded hog running towards you.

The suppressors really helped with communication between all of us. Since we didn't have to wear hearing protection we could easily whisper to each other and talk during the mayhem.

i have killed 5 this year with my 300. i would not hunt them with a 223.

 

[Barney88PDC]

I'm going on an eradication mission in TX next weekend if anyone wants to let me borrow some thermal or NV.

 

[mcinfantry]

I use the VRL-1 varmint light, cheap and effective

 

[dbransco]

Just picked up a SCAR17 and DBAL-D2 for some night time fun up here in MO.