Double Naught Spy
Sus Venator
http://www.ladbible.com/news/weird-...oting-a-75-year-old-jogger-in-sweden-20190326
I hunt with thermal. Thermal offers some challenges to target identification that are more different and sometimes more difficult than hunting with a daylight scope. This hunter claimed he thought he was shooting at a deer. The target in question was a 75 year old jogger. The prosecutor says that from the video, it is obvious that the guy was shooting at a human. From the video shown, that he was shooting at a human is not obvious, but then again, it isn't obviously any animal. It certainly could be a human, or an animal with a quartered-toward approach. I could see where the hunter could not tell that was a human (from the short video shown) but there is no way in hell that he could identify it as a deer. All that the hunter has is a warm-blooded lifeform that is in motion.
On top of that, the guy is shooting toward buildings that are the backdrop to the "deer" he was trying to kill. He used illegal ammo, was illegally hunting at night, and apparently needed permission to be hunting with the sight he was using. Everything about this shot is WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Care must be taken when identifying targets with thermal. The scope in question appears to be a Pulsar Trail. Assuming it is on native magnification, it should be the XP50 model. It could be the XP38 zoomed from 1.2x to 1.6x, but I doubt it. I have used and/or hunted with the Pulsar Apex line and various models of the Pulsar Trail line of thermal optics including the XQ50, XP38, and XP50. I currently have an XP38 LRF (with laser range finder) for testing at this time.
You can ethically hunt with thermal and properly identify targets with thermal. This target obviously was not properly identified and based on the video shared, cannot be identified as the target the shooter claimed he thought it was.
I hunt with thermal. Thermal offers some challenges to target identification that are more different and sometimes more difficult than hunting with a daylight scope. This hunter claimed he thought he was shooting at a deer. The target in question was a 75 year old jogger. The prosecutor says that from the video, it is obvious that the guy was shooting at a human. From the video shown, that he was shooting at a human is not obvious, but then again, it isn't obviously any animal. It certainly could be a human, or an animal with a quartered-toward approach. I could see where the hunter could not tell that was a human (from the short video shown) but there is no way in hell that he could identify it as a deer. All that the hunter has is a warm-blooded lifeform that is in motion.
On top of that, the guy is shooting toward buildings that are the backdrop to the "deer" he was trying to kill. He used illegal ammo, was illegally hunting at night, and apparently needed permission to be hunting with the sight he was using. Everything about this shot is WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Care must be taken when identifying targets with thermal. The scope in question appears to be a Pulsar Trail. Assuming it is on native magnification, it should be the XP50 model. It could be the XP38 zoomed from 1.2x to 1.6x, but I doubt it. I have used and/or hunted with the Pulsar Apex line and various models of the Pulsar Trail line of thermal optics including the XQ50, XP38, and XP50. I currently have an XP38 LRF (with laser range finder) for testing at this time.
You can ethically hunt with thermal and properly identify targets with thermal. This target obviously was not properly identified and based on the video shared, cannot be identified as the target the shooter claimed he thought it was.
