Predator 2025

[whaler1]

Son’s friend called in four last night, killed one. Cold weather is here for a spell. Just put the first roadkill in the backyard today. Curious to see how long it takes before they start to visit it. 

[fisherman21]

Got my son out on his first predator hunt the other night. We scored on our second set of the night! He loved being able to watch it all come together 

[whaler1]

Great job Manny!

[Rjs8569]

What’s everyone doing with the fox/yotes…. Up until this season used to have a guy that would buy them green.  No longer interested, from what I hear most are ditching them in the head rows … hate to just kill them n leave ?? 

[fisherman21]

1 minute ago, Rjs8569 said:

What’s everyone doing with the fox/yotes…. Up until this season used to have a guy that would buy them green.  No longer interested, from what I hear most are ditching them in the head rows … hate to just kill them n leave ?? 

If I get nice ones I will get them skinned and tanned. Anything I don’t want, I will give to a friend. 

[whaler1]

I have guys that will pick up clean ones. 
Any sign of mange they go elsewhere 

[orangediablo]

Still kinda new to pred hunting.  Just picket up a thermal scanner.  If anyone is interested in showing me the ropes, shoot me a PM

[idn713]

14 minutes ago, orangediablo said:

Still kinda new to pred hunting.  Just picket up a thermal scanner.  If anyone is interested in showing me the ropes, shoot me a PM

You will want a thermal optic as well. The scanner gets you in half the game, but if you consistently want yotes, you want to stay dark. Foxes don’t mind the red or IR lights near as much. 

[orangediablo]

23 minutes ago, idn713 said:

You will want a thermal optic as well. The scanner gets you in half the game, but if you consistently want yotes, you want to stay dark. Foxes don’t mind the red or IR lights near as much. 

Oh 100% agree.  But want to see how much I make it out to justify dropping $2-3k on scope

[idn713]

1 hour ago, orangediablo said:

Oh 100% agree.  But want to see how much I make it out to justify dropping $2-3k on scope

Yah I fully understand that. I will tell you to jump in full throttle. It is so much fun and honestly, one of the easier types of hunting to go out and do with pretty consistent action. Plus it seems like the last type of hunting where people will happily give you permission. I am about 3 real seasons in and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite types of hunting. If you have any questions about a thermal scope, send me a message. I did an insane amount of research and I'm on my second scope lol. There are a lot of gimmicks out there and one of the biggest things you need to worry about is base magnification. 

[orangediablo]

Been doing a bunch of research as well and what i've learned:

BOCO

640

12µ or less detector

minimum 60hz refresh

 

As for knocking on doors....I've knocked on 10 to hunt coyotes, got permission for 1 property

[idn713]

4 minutes ago, orangediablo said:

Been doing a bunch of research as well and what i've learned:

BOCO

640

12µ or less detector

minimum 60hz refresh

 

As for knocking on doors....I've knocked on 10 to hunt coyotes, got permission for 1 property

If you are going to go 640 you better have a base mag setting of at least 3.5 for fox and yote hunting (if shooting longer than 100 yds). Lots of guys get duped into the 640 prices for the 2x base mag and well guess what, with just one zoom up to 4x you are now at the shooting level and resolution of a far cheaper scope. This is not to say that the 2x models are bad, I previously ran a Rattler in the 384 and we had great success with it. This is the main reason I went with the AGM Adder TS50-384. Its base mag is 4 which is the highest in the industry so far, so it matches lots of the 640 scopes on the second zoom setting. So far I am very very happy with it. I called lots of thermal dealers and they all pretty much admitted that without going to the Bolt TH 50C price range (4K), then there is almost no advantage to a 640 optic vs the higher mag setting 384s. If I did move on from the Adder it would be for the Bolt which has a 3.5 base mag at 640, which to me is then a significant upgrade in resolution while maintaining the longer range capabilities. Just some food for thought, though you may have already known it all!