I hunt coyotes most at night and live near a 20,000 acre state forest. Sometimes I locate packs, receive responses to my vocalizations but cannot get them out of the tree line. This is especially frustrating as there are miles of wide, maintained trails through the forest that are used for hiking, horseback riding, cross country skiing and snowmobiling that the coyotes use for travel (their scat is all over the trails). I have found through previous attempts that walking down a trail holding a magnified handheld thermal scope does not work at all. I explained my situation to Hans, as was I was inquiring about the Rix Stride ST6 Thermal monocular which has base magnification of 1.0. Hans correctly indicated that this was the optic I was looking for so I purchased it. I also purchased an inexpensive Airsoft Helmet and a Wilcox G24 compatible helmet mount which connects to a highly adjustable mount that RIX includes with the ST6. I have recently got to try out the entire set-up on some nighttime trail hikes and it has completely exceeded my expectations. I would like to thank Hans for his insights and Jessica in inside sales who arranged to have it shipped to a UPS drop off point so I did not have to worry about an expensive package sitting on the porch.
