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Your certainly right about success rate. Thermal isn't a magic wand that'll make u a killer. I know guys who have dropped 5 k and still can't call in a thing unless I take them out with me. Having quality spots and knowledge on how to set is everything. Lights are great tools you just need to know how to use them properly to be effective killing tools and not just educating dogs all night. Attention to detail is what makes for consistently successful sets. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Sightmark photon rt is the newest scope. The previous scopes were good but required an external ir for longer ranges. The new one has a better screen and quality ir included and also records footage for less than $700. https://www.cowboysafes.com/products/sightmark-photon-rt-night-vision-riflescope-sm18015?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=6655839731740&gclid=CjwKCAiA-KzSBRAnEiwAkmQ15- Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

That's thermal. Night vision is less than $1000 for a quality scope. Sight mark photon is an awesome NV scope and the new one even records and has a good ir illuminator for less than $600. 5k will buy u top of the line 640 core thermal. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Yea I would've believed the same thing right until I switched to thermal and realized 90% of yotes you never see without it. All it took was killing 4 out of a 5 pack on my first set of the season and then continuing to finish dogs from hundreds of yards out to inside 50 yards all season to realize I wasn't even playing the same game anymore. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Gen 3s with a proper ir illuminator are great. The new photons are great scopes. Most important part is your going to see dogs that you'll never see with lights. Lights are great for foxes but our yotes don't cooperate with them 98% of the time. One issue with NV is u can't expect to be able to scan with your scope all night so your going to need a thermal monocular to scan and then a NV to finish the job to be more effective. Also a thermal scope is going to be far more effective for follow up shots and runners because you won't go flash blind after each shot. Imo the magnification is a non issue. 6-24 couldn't be more overkill for night hunting and has a lot of disadvantages. When you get into that kind of magnification the scope loses a lot of ability to bring in light and your forced to set your shooting light as bright as possible to get a good sight picture which is bad news. We aren't out west shooting Prarie dogs here. Keep the lights dim and buy the best glass possible with a big tube if possible. 3-12x42 or 4-16x44 are great options and still a bit overkill. Also buying a scope with a 30 mil tube will let in a lot more light. I have a monarch prostaff 7 with a 30 mil tube that I can see clear as day at night once we have snow. These nights with snow cover and bright moon I wouldn't use a single light at night if I wanted to kill yotes. By far your best option if you don't have access to thermal or night vision. If foxes are the game scan non stop from the time u leave ur truck til the time ur back in it and always be ready for ur shot. Keep the lights dim and your odds of finishing a yote if it shows up increase 100x. Bright lights are not the answer. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Same here. I salt dry everything and at the end of march it all gets boxed up and shipped off to mink and moyle. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Rotates 360 degrees. It's basically a turret some sets I sit in a chair and some I actually stand. Looking to upgrade to a professional photography type tripod with a leveling head or ball head now. Lot of money but super fluid movements and it'll keep my gun/scope safe. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Love me some fluffy foxes. Gotta be willing to let them go to really focus on yotes tho. Amazing how many times I've had coyote action after letting a fox slide early in a set Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Meant to post this pic on last reply. Super fluffy male from Nov. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

They've all been pretty good this year. Plenty of fluff. Most of them get a free pass but it's always nice to take a few for the furs. Of course the tail froze solid last night by the time I got home and somehow I ripped it I half while skinning him out. Wtf. Hopefully it'll sew together without being too noticeable. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Did 3 sets. Let a buddy shoot a fox first set so he could scratch his itch and we could concentrate on yotes. Zero action next 2 sets. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

This article will explain some of the DNA findings here in NY and the rest of the northeast and compares out yotes to those of the mid west and far west. I've read a ton of this stuff. Pretty cool reads. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/NatureCenters05/ConservationCafe/Kays_Coyote.PDF&ved=0ahUKEwjvvpLB_6_YAhVp5IMKHXU0A28QFgggMAE&usg=AOvVaw0NvjjAbHzl3pZ27oWfhoiN Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/coyote/coyote.htm Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Lots of DNA testing suggest otherwise. Although our yotes still have trace evidence of wolf DNA in them they haven't found domestic dog DNA in our packs with modern testing. 99.999% coyote. Our eastern coyotes are the perfect example of evolution and adaptation. The biggest and strongest survive and their genes carry on. Eventually avg sizes increase. Much like humans in the 20th century. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

And it was neutered. Lmao. Killed somebody's pet. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Do yourself a favor and don't buy into that crap for a second. I'm not gonna waste my time but I'm sure u can search the Web or snopes and find 20 different stories from this pic. Bottom line is its fake as hell and probably not even from NY. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Look at that chest. Beast

Yup there is no magic to it. Proven stuff all works. Not doing anything special. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Using a combination of hand calls and a fox pro fusion. In the video where I drop the double it's nothing but hand calls. A light rodent distress call and a raunchy cottontail call I have on my lanyard. I didn't dare reach for my remote with them staring right at me the whole time. Didn't want to light it up and give myself away. The fox pro I'll just play a mix of prey distress sounds and finish my sets with some yote vocals and pup distress. I always play a few minutes of pup distress at the end of a set or after any shot. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Some handloaded 35 grain bergers and some 32 grain factory vmax. Both seem to get the job done but shot placement is everything. That 1 runner that eventually died behind the trees in the video was shot through his neck and out his back and took another one through the rib cage while on the run with 32 grain vmax. Just tough damn dogs. The 48 pounder the bullet splashed on his shoulder bone so he got back up and made it another 50 yards before going back down. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Gun is a rock river arms lar-15 in .204 . Scope is a pulsar trail xq50 and I scan with a pulsar helion xq30. About 10 grand into what I carry into the field for a set. I'll be upgrading after March if anyone is interested in scope and scanner and save a few hundred off of full price. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Went out a couple days later and did 2 sets. Called saw 4 yotes and 3 fox in the 2 sets but the yotes winded the **** out of me. Tried to give the foxes a pass but 2 of them were dumb as bricks and we're still around at the end of the set so down they went. Check out how far this fox goes to get the wind right on the caller. Look at the 30 second mark and you'll see a 2nd fox working in. That one layed down and stared at the Fox pro for 10 minutes even with me howling at it and playing 5 min of pup distress at the end. Needed to die. Furs look great. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

5 round mag is NYS Dec hunting law. No more than 6 rounds in weapon including 1 in chamber for all centerfire while hunting anything in NYS. 10 Round mag is assault rifle ban law. Yes they overturned the 7 round bs but u still cannot possess mags larger than 10 rounds unless the are preban from before 1994. None of that applies to law enforcement as far as my weapon configuration but I still have to follow hunting regulations so I cannot possess mags with capacity above 5 while in the field. I just carry an extra 5 round mag and my ruger mark 4 22 pistol while out now. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

I'm Law enforcement so my ar15 is not nys compliant. Fully adjustable stock and pistol grip and removable mags. Gotta have some perks to the job. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Exactly. If that weren't the case I'd waste a lot of $$ on those damn runners. Lol. I had 5 in the mag and 3 in my pocket. Dusted the first 2 in 2 shots. Hit pup distress and another came flying in, dropped her with 1 and it took 2 more to finish her off. Put my 3 spares in the mag and walked up to that dog and it was still breathing despite having 3 holes in it. Started compressing it's chest and scanned the field and sure enough I had 2 more blazing there way towards me. Took a knee and sent one spinning like a top at 50 yards, next shot whiff to finish it off and then I had to take my time and managed to drop it on my final shot. The 5th dog just stood there. Now I carry 2 mags. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk