TNVC 'Goes Hot' With The IRD Patrol XR Spotter -The Firearm Blog

They say the night vision disease is just as bad, if not worse, than the suppressor affliction – almost impossible to kick. So as I stand on the ledge contemplating the jump into the infrared world, the guys over at Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) aren’t really helping the situation. They just posted up a really sharp video of an IR Defense Patrol XR in use during a coyote hunt.

It has been years since I’ve had the pleasure of using night vision in a professional setting. But I have two very vivid mother nature memories related to standing post on the midnight rotation:

The first was when a mother Bobcat and three kittens came running out of a woodline and stopped nearly at my feet. Watching those kits through a thermal imager was like watching electrons bounce around inside a super-charged atom. The second memory comes from a bitter cold night when I watched a wolf (not a coyote) sprint down the side of a mountain using a thermal monocular. It stopped no more than 15 yards away from me.

It seems that technology has advanced a bit in recent years – the video shot with the Patrol XR is pretty amazing. The detail on small objects out to 200+ yards is very impressive.

In case you aren’t a fan of semi-graphic kill shots, I took a few screen grabs from TNVC’s video.