Pulsar merger thermal bino replacing normal binos

[308 sako]

evening everyone

Is anybody using a pulsar merger for stalking and have ditched their normal binos for them? I currently use a pulsar helion and I’m thinking of treating myself to some mergers but carrying them around aswell as a pair of normal binos is going to be bulky. Just wondered about other peoples thoughts?



Thanks ben

 

[Mr. Gain]

Good question, but the short answer is 'No". Great at night when normal binos are no use; but for daytime, an Axion to spot and good optical binos to observe is the way to go.

 

[Jimmy6.5]

Couldn't agree more fantastic at night but not so sure they will replace my binos

 

[Rural Management Services]

You won’t be able to tell the difference 100% between a Roe Buck and Roe Doe unless it’s pretty close or in velvet. This means you will be going “ah deer over there and in range, before switching to the rifle scope to continue the spotting process”. This example might not seem massively problematic, but not exactly in keeping with best practice. Another example might be poor conditions on a winters morning when you spot a “muntjac”, switch to the rifle only to find you are looking at some super keen dog walkers spaniel. At this point a loaded and chambered rifle is pointing at something you 100% wouldn’t be wanting to shoot and safety alarms bells would be going off.

Mergers are good (I have owned and used a set allot) but they aren’t perfect or Infalible.

Worst example is probably summer time lots of cover. See a heat large spot in ferns or similar, can’t make out the profile of a deer 100% so the temptation would be to switch to the rifle glass to see more. This heat spot could be a deer in cover or literally anything from a dog to a human out bird watching.

Just my two pence and dim view of temptation and human nature lecture over.

 

[Polar Lynx]

Possibly the HIK Raptor (RQ 50) would do the job. Digital and thermal in same device. Never tried but worry about very low Hz.

 

[Dari]

Possibly the HIK Raptor (RQ 50) would do the job. Digital and thermal in same device. Never tried but worry about very low Hz.

I had a chance to test RQ50 for about a month in April.

Thermal channel is superb, but daytime and digital NV are not up to task, that you want to use it for.
I specifically tried to use Raptor for Roe deer observation and selection before season starts in May.
By using daytime channel, it was possible to distinguish between buck or doe. But it was impossible to estimate trophy value into detail.
Even more, when observing underdeveloped 1 year buck, with small button antlers, it was not possible to be 100% sure that it is buck and not 1 year old doe.
The problem is, that optical channel on Raptor cannot be focused, so the picture is somewhat blurry all the way.
Also, base magnification is too low and by using digital zoom, things went even worse.

Raptor is great LRF thermal binocular, with addition of optical channel that cannot be used for any kind of serious hunting situation.

Cheers

 

[jall55]

You won’t be able to tell the difference 100% between a Roe Buck and Roe Doe unless it’s pretty close or in velvet. This means you will be going “ah deer over there and in range, before switching to the rifle scope to continue the spotting process”. This example might not seem massively problematic, but not exactly in keeping with best practice. Another example might be poor conditions on a winters morning when you spot a “muntjac”, switch to the rifle only to find you are looking at some super keen dog walkers spaniel. At this point a loaded and chambered rifle is pointing at something you 100% wouldn’t be wanting to shoot and safety alarms bells would be going off.

Mergers are good (I have owned and used a set allot) but they aren’t perfect or Infalible.

Worst example is probably summer time lots of cover. See a heat large spot in ferns or similar, can’t make out the profile of a deer 100% so the temptation would be to switch to the rifle glass to see more. This heat spot could be a deer in cover or literally anything from a dog to a human out bird watching.

Just my two pence and dim view of temptation and human nature lecture over.

I dont agree - if you are not 100 percent - you never look through a rifle scope

 

[Rural Management Services]

I dont agree - if you are not 100 percent - you never look through a rifle scope

That was kind of my point.

 

[NickJ]

Everyo

evening everyone

Is anybody using a pulsar merger for stalking and have ditched their normal binos for them? I currently use a pulsar helion and I’m thinking of treating myself to some mergers but carrying them around aswell as a pair of normal binos is going to be bulky. Just wondered about other peoples thoughts?



Thanks ben

The only people I know who have them spy from the Argo with them and then leave them in it. You still need day glass to sex etc deer

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Get a Merger XL50 best thermal detail I have used to date, blows the rest out of the water...

 

[disco_ike]

Personally I use thermal spotter with my left eye so in low light situations I am not killing my shooting eye (right). I find by doing that if I spot something with the spotter I can get the monocular up to the other eye, see and confirm and switch to rifle much quicker than if I had had the thermal glare in that eye.