There are still applications for a binocular when hunting with a thermal monocular?

[ssimo]

Hi everyone, i hunt in the italian hillside roes, boars and fellow deer, usually in the first hours of the morning.
I used to use my leica binocular a lot. Since i bought a thermal, i think i used the binocular 5 times in the last 10 hunts and most of the times i could have just used the rifle scope.
The pulsar thermal is handier and works sp much better as a spotter.

The only use i have for the bino is to better identify the prey when hunting a male but i really don't hunt for the trophy so i started wondering why should i keep the bino hanging on my neck or in a bino harness. I would probably better off leaving it home or keeping it in the backpack for sporadic use.

Do you see any other useful application for a bino when being able to use a quality thermal monocular?
I am sorry because with the use of the monocular spotting is much more effective but less fun.

Thanks guys

 

[Rocky723]

The only use that I could think is either like you said identifying the game with more detail or sometimes identifying game when there is other hot objects in the area such as rocks. I know sometimes especially in the evenings identifying game can be difficult when the rocks are still extremely warm. Other then that I don't know of much more unless there is an application where the thermal wouldn't be able to be used at all.

 

[ssimo]

The only use that I could think is either like you said identifying the game with more detail or sometimes identifying game when there is other hot objects in the area such as rocks. I know sometimes especially in the evenings identifying game can be difficult when the rocks are still extremely warm. Other then that I don't know of much more unless there is an application where the thermal wouldn't be able to be used at all.

That thermal has a good resolution and you can always differentiate between rocks and animals but maybe that's because where i hunt there are no big boulders or big rocks in general, there is a lot of vegetation mixed with open fields. I found myself using it mainly when i see some animals with the thermal in the woods and, just from that, i couldn't see clearly what species they were because of the vegetation. For sure in that case a binocular is handier than a riflescope but i am wondering if this application alone is enough to justify the bulkiness and heat (when hiking uphill) of a bino harness or just having a bino hanging on your neck if using a regular strap. I will make some tests.

Surely we are in a new world hunting wise with these amazing thermals.

Imagine that, taking more or less 15 deer per year, since i have the thermal the average shot distance went from 210 yards to 120. Crazy.