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You should read the thread before commenting. He has clearly stated he wants to use it only during legal hunting hours.Question: how is it legal hunting if it is outside legal hunting hours?
You should read the thread before commenting. He has clearly stated he wants to use it only during legal hunting hours.Question: how is it legal hunting if it is outside legal hunting hours?
I am looking at doing a hunt Colorado where glassing is commonly used, especially compared to my normal hunting in East Texas. When hunting whitetail in East Texas we will use thermals to scan treelines in large fields often seeing where the deer are behind treeline prior to coming into a field.
Does anyone use a thermal in western type hunts to locate prior to switching to glass in order to judge if it is something to actively hunt? I know that it can be difficult to just find an animal in wide open areas with glass, thermal would at least point you in the correct direction to look with glass.
I’ve read it. I know. He’s reading it wrong. That’s the point I’m trying to make. The “or while taking game outside legal hunting hours “ is standalone. If you take out the “or while taking game” and just have “hunting outside legal hunting hours”, which is just poaching.You should read the thread before commenting. He has clearly stated he wants to use it only during legal hunting hours.
Gotcha. Yes, I agree with you. Clearly based on the preceding, thermal is also not legal for depredation hunting. That is what the "or" is referring to. And, clearly, using thermal during legal hunting hours is NOT legal.I’ve read it. I know. He’s reading it wrong. That’s the point I’m trying to make. The “or while taking game outside legal hunting hours “ is standalone. If you take out the “or while taking game” and just have “hunting outside legal hunting hours”, which is just poaching.
Trying to save someone from a misdemeanor and $2000 fine.
2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 33-6-127 (2016)
Title 33 - Parks and Wildlife
Wildlife
Article 6 - Law Enforcement and Penalties - Wildlife
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 33-6-127. Hunting with artificial light, night vision, or thermal imaging devices
(1) (a) Unless otherwise provided by commission rule and except as provided in section 33-6-107 (9) for persons owning or leasing land, members of their family, or their agents, it is unlawful for any person to utilize any artificial light as an aid in hunting or taking any wildlife. For the purposes of this subsection (1), the possession of any firearm with cartridges in the chamber or magazine or loaded with powder and ball or a strung bow, unless the bow is cased, while attempting to project any artificial light into areas where wildlife may be found is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(b) A person who violates this subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars and an assessment of twenty license suspension points.
(2) (a) Unless otherwise provided by commission rule and except as provided in section 33-6-107 (9) for persons owning or leasing land, members of their family, or their agents, it is unlawful for a person to utilize electronic night vision equipment, electronically enhanced light-gathering optics, or thermal imaging devices as an aid in hunting or taking wildlife outside legal hunting hours according to commission rules.
(b) A person who violates this subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of two thousand dollars and an assessment of twenty license suspension points.
It's cheating. The end. Bye.
You are wasting your time. I bet 95%+ of the people saying it’s cheating, not fair chase, etc have never even used a thermal before.By that same logic, wouldn't using any magnified optics that enhances your ability to see game be considered "cheating"?
Just like humans didn't evolve to have the capability to see thermal imagery with our naked eyes, we don't have the biological ability to see 8x-60x magnification without the use of man-made artificially constructed optical instruments.
You would have an impossible task of convincing the game warden that you weren’t using it during hunting hours to aid in your hunt.If it's legal to use a flashlight or headlamp in the dark while carrying your rifle and then you put it away once it was legal shooting hours, couldn't you do the same with a thermal imaging device?
I agree. I'm just uncertain if it's actually illegal.You would have an impossible task of convincing the game warden that you weren’t using it during hunting hours to aid in your hunt.
If one uses a thermal to find downed game, is there a risk the GW who you run into thinks you used the thermal to take the animal? It seems like Leupold came out with a hand held thermal a few years ago and they went to some length to say it could (or should?) be used only to find downed game.To answer your question, no I have not ever used thermal on a western type hunt but for hogs or finding down game and such it’s always interested me. I’m curious what model(s) you’ve had success with? Thanks.
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By that same logic, wouldn't using any magnified optics that enhances your ability to see game be considered "cheating"?
Just like humans didn't evolve to have the capability to see thermal imagery with our naked eyes, we don't have the biological ability to see 8x-60x magnification without the use of man-made artificially constructed optical instruments.