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Hello guys, just an introduction.

Have been put in a situation where I seriously need to consider night vision to control the rabbits which are stripping the lower bark from fruit trees at an orchard permission, as well as scraping out new burrows along the walkways. These bunnies are 'very' wary, and are extremely lamp shy (any colour) and get hunted by rims and centrefires. I myself am on an air rifle HW100ks .22, and these things spot you at 100 yards, so air rifle pickings are quite slim. You can catch them unawares on occasion, but get more chances with an air rifle by getting plotted up and covering a warren. Anyways, I believe I shall enjoy gleaning NV info on here before arriving at a decision on how to progress.

Hiya, Plenty to gain on here mister.

Fluff up yer favourite cushion and cancel all the newspapers for a week mate.

some bloke wrote:Hiya, Plenty to gain on here mister.

Fluff up yer favourite cushion and cancel all the newspapers for a week mate.

Hiya some bloke, yep, that's what I'm here for. Even the less expensive NV is quite an outlay, so I'll have a good browse of the forum. Already put a bit of time in and know there's plenty more to go. Wouldn't mind having a go at a DIY effort.

I've already had a go at plotting up and lamping those bunnies, using a LEDray GL2 with a red filter and the sequence goes:- wait 10 mins, lamp on for a few seconds to see if any have ventured out, 3 or 4 bunnies, turn lamp off and shoulder the rifle, turn the lamp on and... no bunnies . Have tried leaving the lamp on but after a second or so they're in their holes. The white light is worse so NV it is..

Hi and welcome, there's plenty of nv kit ideas on here mate.

Atb, mike

We can see you have problems there, try smiling it can't be that bad ..............can it ???

Seriously ,if you can't find a solution on here you won't find it anywhere else

Thanks for the welcomes guys.

Hartshot wrote:We can see you have problems there, try smiling it can't be that bad ..............can it ???

Seriously ,if you can't find a solution on here you won't find it anywhere else

Hey Hartshot.... The sergeant wouldn't let me smile in the police line-up.. Anyway, that is my best smile Had a look for one of me smiling, but couldn't find one so used PSP to alter my avatar

Mister Gain wrote:Thanks for the welcomes guys.

Hartshot wrote:We can see you have problems there, try smiling it can't be that bad ..............can it ???

Seriously ,if you can't find a solution on here you won't find it anywhere else

Hey Hartshot.... The sergeant wouldn't let me smile in the police line-up.. Anyway, that is my best smile Had a look for one of me smiling, but couldn't find one so used PSP to alter my avatar

Priceless .............did you ever star in a Batman film by any chance, there's always one Joker in the pack eh !
You have to keep that, it's hilarious

Sounds like you need either a tubed dedicated NV rifle scope, or a digital dedicated rifle scope.

I say that because "dedicated or scopeless" as they have become known as very rarely need artificial light for air rifle ranges. Sure there will be an odd night or two when a small amount of very low power light will be needed but as a rule of thumb you will not need to emit any light at all. You probably already know of tubed gen 1 etc devices but possibly don't know of DIY scopeless devices, there are a few examples on here and things are still developing on that aspect.

A search of the term "scopeless" on here will bring forth some very useful recent topics but here's a couple to be going on with that I can link to by memory of the thread titles:

http://nightvisionforumuk.com/viewtopic ... peless+rig

http://nightvisionforumuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1579

Any questions on those rigs are best asked on the relevant thread.

Hartshot, I didn't actually star in any Batman movies, but my mouth was used as a stand-in stunt double for the entrance to the Batcave

some bloke, that is some very impressive stuff. Thanks for posting those links. It looks quite expensive, but I will keep an open mind until I've got my head around it all. I am retired, so plenty of time for me to evaluate (I hope), but limits the budget a bit.