reaperjr

I caught that thread about the Thermal Scout, and read the Sun Times article. Interesting stuff. I went through the web site and it looks pretty cool. The posts earlier were saying that it was for hunting, I got out of it that it is for game recovery, scouting and patterning. I think it would be a huge deal in helping me be more successful. I only have a chance to bowhunt a few weeks a year. I'll see if a few of my buddies will go in on it with me, I hate losing deer, and being a suburban hunter, it is almost inevitable that the deer I shoot will cross property lines. What do you think?

Tribal

Make a clean shot and you should not have to worry about it. If it crosses lines contact dnr or owning landowner. Thats my advice. Are you losing that many deer? You said it woud be huge in making you succesful. Leads me to believe you are not getting carefully placed shots?

reaperjr

I practice shooting all the time, it's finding time to get out in the field and honing my woodsmanship that I need help in. Job sucks, but it pays the bills. The system seems like it would help me see the condition of the deer after the shot. In most cases, my deer fall within 30 yards, but I one lunged a buck last year and lost his blood and him after a very lengthy track job. I bounced him up after letting him lay for 3 hours and I searched for over a week on and off. I think if I or one of my buds had one of these Thermal Scouts, I could have seen him from a greater distance, therefore not jumping him and potentially recovering him in his bed. Plus, the camera looks really cool for scouting when the deer are up and at em! I was just thinking about this monster I have been seeing this summer driving around. I only see him when it's right at last light. I would love to watch him under the cover of darkness to see what he does.