Pig Hunting with Thermal on Sorghum Stubble || Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 Scope

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2 жыл бұрын

Hunting pigs / hogs on and around a sorghum crop / stubble with my 308 Winchester rifle. The thermal gear certainly is amazing in these conditions but it is challenging to get the buggers with so much cover in the crop. They only come out to drink and mainly in the wee hours of the morning, Worth the effort though and the thermal conditions were nearly perfect resulting in some fantastic close range recordings through the Thermion 2 XP50 scope.
For those interested I'm shooting a Ruger American Predator 18" chambered in 308 Winchester. Fitted into a MDT Gen 2 LSS chassis and running reloads with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles. My thermal scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50.
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@mrashid3643 2 жыл бұрын

This video along with your other videos have given me a greater respect for the resilience and the formidable spirit of our farmers. I never realised how significant an impact the deluge of mice in the fields coupled with the havoc created by wild pigs is on the livelihood of the farmers. Our arid landscape in itself is such a huge challenge. Thank you so much for your efforts in giving the ordinary Australians an insight into what many of our farmers have to go through to put food on our tables and to continue to be the foundation of the agricultural sector despite the adversities.👏

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Great comment, and thank you for the understanding and support.

@ianmckinnon8461 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in pieces Love your feral stuff . You have great guns and rig Nathan

@SonnyHoood 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched some old ones, your videos have got real good over the past few years, you could get on tv just about now.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno about TV 😳 but thanks mate 👌

@mackbolan1733 2 жыл бұрын

Hot KFC = 10/10 Warm KFC = 10/10 Cold KFC = 10/10 Nice quick shots on those three pigs together!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect dietary requirements 👌

@joshuapriebbenow143 2 жыл бұрын

Got to love the black soil in the wet. Know all too well what fun it is😉

@ianwood1238 2 жыл бұрын

love that Beanie Mate...real class...bet it keeps the head warm

@Jesse-B 2 жыл бұрын

Me mate had a BAR in 30/06 for such situations, minus the night vision of course. That was 4+ decades ago, still fun to watch. I'm living vicariously through you mate haha.

@SikaSeeker 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Kiwi made beanie! Another good vid!

@peterdaalman462 4 ай бұрын

Great video they are dropping like flys

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 4 ай бұрын

Yes they do

@andrewsteele7663 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan, brilliant video. cheers

@joelmcmahan7386 2 жыл бұрын

You sure made a sweet looking Ruger American out of that 308. Your night footage is amazing, keep protecting your land and being a great shot. Good shooting and gods speed to ya and your family. 👍🎥🐗🐗🐗💪🏽

@markissboi3583 2 жыл бұрын

Miss hunting back in the 70s Mostly spotlighting & ferreting wabbits Country Vic

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

The good old days, target rich 👌

@masonjarhillbilly 2 жыл бұрын

Great job and patience passing out the black soil dirt naps.

@brettstewart6036 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent shooting mate love the sound of the gun cycling you have that down pat super quick cheers Yogi 🤙🤙

@petergrundy8081 2 жыл бұрын

Vermin control at its best great shooting

@darylthompson1132 5 ай бұрын

Love the hat mate. 👍

@karlullah9798 2 жыл бұрын

Another cool watch bro🤙🏽

@ozsmiley07 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what has more KFC ads? You're vids or the Friday night footy

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely my video's 😂

@ozsmiley07 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Love the NZ cap too! G'day from sunny Southland, NZ

@Nozas 2 жыл бұрын

great video mate can't wait for the next one👍

@the.original.throwback 2 жыл бұрын

You need a bucket truck so you can get up about 10 meters above the field in an elevated shooting platform. Great vids. Thanks. Jess

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome method.

@michaelsloanedog 2 жыл бұрын

That triple kill was great stuff

@robertw.gonzales8025 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching you take care of business. My recent outings have sucked the big one. Called in 8 separate coyotes during and over nighter that all came in hot running full bore. Missed every damm one of them. Not my rifles or equipment just me having a “Moment”! Pissed me off! So I decided to view “A Masters Videos on how to put my shit back together”!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

😂 Damn that sucks. You'll get em 👌

@oliverbenis 2 жыл бұрын

Great work again! Look forward to the next video.

@tonygillahan 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video mate 🍻

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony 👍

@chrissinnett3081 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shots. You are true hunter. I can`t stand mosquitoes.

@MaraudersWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work bud. 👍

@calibreman 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as usual mate, well done. Geoff.

@michaelkaylor6770 2 жыл бұрын

Great work! Keep it coming mate!

@swishswish386 2 жыл бұрын

Another great vid…Love your work 👍👍👍

@404nitro 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff bro. Keep it coming!

@MrBHuntingDownUnder 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shooting fella, the Thermion 2 is still bloody impressive, love your work

@carlinkay1151 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the next video, not long enough!

@alanwilliamson2259 2 жыл бұрын

Top vid !! And by heck you have some shot discipline but you lined em up beautifully

@Flipout1991 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff as always mate 👍🏻👍🏻

@lovejcdc 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video bro

@bunyuh 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage!!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@NZHardhouser 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, inspiring the masses to get out more ! Loving the beanie too!! NV is something else though, one day....

@Rooster1172T 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video mate!

@coll0070 2 жыл бұрын

Coll rad here. Brilliant. Thanks again mate

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Coll 👍

@redfaux74 2 жыл бұрын

Australia, being world renowned for large venomous spiders, has a ton of mice indeed. As someone who has raised tarantulas I would think the large spiders would keep these pests in check. I occasionally fed mice to mine. I know when my area is overwhelmed with crickets or grasshoppers that the spiders get great in number and very large in body mass. I'm in the west USA and we get venomous spiders here. Good video! ❤ Keep it coming.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

We have lots of spiders but the really venomous types are not prevalent where the mice were in plague numbers unfortunately.

@richardwatkin1234 2 жыл бұрын

Spot on mate 👌👍

@maxi2005100 2 жыл бұрын

good effort for sure , love the energy and expression , and of course the results , i have sent quiet a few of to pig heaven , its always pleasant

@craigtomkinson2837 2 жыл бұрын

nice work

@michaeltopolino8017 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work mate

@m.k.2931 2 жыл бұрын

And again a great Video 👌 i love it. Greetings from Germany 👋

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Glad you like em 👌

@bearlyawake3904 2 жыл бұрын

Jeez you showed some discipline there... nice work 🍻

@robhunter7236 2 жыл бұрын

Geez! I about soiled myself waiting for the shot to go off when the first one started feeding right up your muzzle. Totally enjoyed that sequence :) Bloody hell those rodents are a distraction!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Was a cool experience that's for sure.

@khlsquad9279 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate your the best hunter

@craigtrautman8447 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid mate. thank you

@Dave_1969 2 жыл бұрын

i dont know if its just me but i feel like a egg bacon cheese and onion roll now....great video keep them coming

@amandaandBooster 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shooting as always and the colour of that little black and white pig wow, it always surprises me the colours they have. Nothing wrong with cold KFC I love it 😊👍

@sailormanoyster1849 2 жыл бұрын

I can feel a pard 008 lrf necomimgup glt dale in the nda future

@s.jpestcontrolservices 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video again....my next purchase will be the thermion as i just bought the new accolade pro 2 binos.

@seanparchim9165 2 жыл бұрын

And cold KFC is the best hands down✌️ Napa California

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean 👌

@flashmore3 2 жыл бұрын

you look like a loveable character, the kind that gets home, kisses the wife and kids, does all the dishes and stuff. The next day however, BOOM! 6 pigs, 8 foxes and a bunch of rabbits haha very interesting.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

😂 Do I know you. That's strangely correct 😳

@flashmore3 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Strangely as well(and as a heterosexual male)Its in your eyes mate.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to wear sunglasses more then LOL. Can't have people knowing the truth of it all.

@flashmore3 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Sunglasses after a few too many reds the night before maybe. Out of interest are you or have been a LEO or Serviceman by any chance?

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

No, I'm just a guy mate. Have not served but many in my family have 👌

@wazza_fishing 2 жыл бұрын

What no cats..... 🤣

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

😂 I could smell a few from the last trip 😉

@sevenshadesofsmooth 2 жыл бұрын

I was watching the first pig and heard myself mutter "Those bloody mice are in the field again". Clearly far too emotionally invested in other people's pest problems.

@painmt651 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe how many freaking mice there are! They’re everywhere! I think I would just have to go hogwild with my Mossberg 22 I bet the little pigs that you got when you busted the three of them up close, I bet they’re some tasty little guys

@LeighWatkins747 2 жыл бұрын

Great work removing those destructive feral Cats

@martinbowes7823 2 жыл бұрын

Fast bolt Action there Mate .. Good shooting

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin 👌

@OFACer 2 жыл бұрын

Out to 3am in the cold, walking around in that heavy black mud. That's dedication right there!😁 I notice a couple of comments suggesting to get a Cat D. The speed you cycle that rifle I'm not sure a cat D would help much. As always, another entertaining video mate.👍

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I get some practice on the bolt gun 👍

@davidblake8612 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. You had a better class of hat on in this one :)

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@jameelrauf1977 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shooting

@debramage739 2 жыл бұрын

Good, less feral the better. Cats included, though am a cat lover. Ps mine stay indoors.

@terrywalters9400 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video. Thanks! :)

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry

@14ME78 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! thanks mate

@pasta759 2 жыл бұрын

Great work removing the pigs. I'm sure the farmer appreciate your hard work. Thank you for sharing.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

No worries Garry 👌 glad you liked it.

@rodgeorge7244 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Nathan nice bit of grain fed pork there mate it would make a nice bit of bacon and some salami maybe some prosciutto.

@tonyb9185 2 жыл бұрын

O No you shot bacon sandwich,now were is my apple source 😋

@anthonykhalil70 2 жыл бұрын

Great shooting

@wendymorrison5803 2 жыл бұрын

Great night. Hope you didn't lose your boots.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Tight laces 👍

@mackie_p 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of mice and rats is disgusting, thank you for taking care of all the varmints. 6:14 was some incredible shooting and footage!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mackie

@eddymaroun8941 2 жыл бұрын

You got me excited when i saw the mice! I thought it’s going to get messy! Lol

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@eddymaroun8941 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK keep me in your thoughts next time you out there….😂

@pcpafrica6763 2 жыл бұрын

Dont need a semi when your that fast👍👍 great shooting!

@sailormanoyster1849 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video bud

@paddingtonbear5172 2 жыл бұрын

Great video mate . If they were any closer they'd be inside you . It is frustrating to let a fox walk . Happy hunting mate .

@Murphyslawfarm 2 жыл бұрын

G'day great video mate. Wow the rats

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Heaps of rodents eh. Thanks mate

@pauljay1328 2 жыл бұрын

Good vid mate

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul

@tomsteginga2506 2 жыл бұрын

Top video excellent !

@FkRoP 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand, hasn't PETA relocated all the mice and rats yet? Good job, had to wince watching the foxes walk off though.

@BuntaBall40 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@arronjohnston742 2 жыл бұрын

come on who else started whispering when the pigs came into the scope "whispering, ooh fuck yeah can shoot you right in the fuck'n head, come here little piggy, ooh there's a second one fuck yeah can, ooh wait that's 3 little piggies fuck yeah, can take three of you fuckers!" wait why am i whispering ? hahaha ..... great stuff as always bud! keep em coming..

@benedwards4156 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work mate, nice quick cycle , it seems you don’t need a semi auto.👌

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I'm happy with aimed shots through the bolt gun opposed to spray and pray 😂

@benedwards4156 2 жыл бұрын

Ammo is a bit to expensive here for that. Looking forward to the next one.

@stevenlee798 2 жыл бұрын

You need to get a cat D licence and get a semi auto. Easier said than done I know but be worth it👌

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it would be great, maybe one day 👌

@Aussie.Mick.G 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Needed for work occupation reasons

@dustyfarmer 2 жыл бұрын

Could be something in that. I got good accuracy out of the '66 model L1A1 on the scrofa's back in my N.P.W.S days.

@txyankeehoghunting1899 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK I think you are my counterpart from half a world away. Prowling around by yourself at night! I can’t imagine having to do it with a bolt gun!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Try hunting wild dogs solo in pitch black. Hogs are pussies as they aren't hunting you back 😳

@stevenlord782 2 жыл бұрын

Clown feet & cold KFC 😂👍 all part of the fun. The pleasures of night time hunting! 👌

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

That they are. Wouldn't have it any other way 👌

@stevenlord782 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK yup. Walking about at night with a rifle shooting pigs! Pinch yourself pal! What a privilege! You've won in life!!!! 👌

@ninjamoves3642 2 жыл бұрын

6 pack of Jimmy's and the 2 dogs on the ur reg farm ute and the missus Staysharp out of the draw is stubble wars

@kgkg-nk6rd 2 жыл бұрын

Great video again , you could have a lot of fun with an air rifle with all those mice and rats !!

@paulfairbrass4424 2 жыл бұрын

That's 3 less pigs the farmer has to worry about. I still can't believe how many rodents there are chewing up the crop's.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

It's a sight to be seen with the rodents. 5 less pigs 👌

@txyankeehoghunting1899 2 жыл бұрын

You do good work. Nice shooting. People don’t appreciate the time investment in what you do. But it is a lot of fun!!! I hunt in Texas, not sure I would enjoy it as much without a suppressor and an AR10!

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

I'll take what I can get. But your toys would be fun 😁

@Kearnesy 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video mate just a thought if you had some kind of tripod to gain height in the crop would that make a difference in seeing more as your looking down

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I am running a tripod but it's only standing height. That sorghum is just so damn thick planted close together.

@eliantunovich7588 2 жыл бұрын

Nice beanie

@silent1967 2 жыл бұрын

That's what we call lowering the boom 💥 on them in Alabama. Fire up the barbecue pit, HOLD THE MICE ! You might need a 22 LR gatling gun for the mice, too damn many of them.

@paulreid2223 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant going mate !!!! The .308 is the right medicine for hogs in the sorghum paddock - plenty of punch and knock-down ... Almost makes me wonder if an elevated hunting stand (temporary) would help with acquiring more targets ..??

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Yeap, the 308 cuts through the foliage well. It would near the water sources. The actual crop area though is 2400m X about 900m at its widest. Lots to cover unfortunately.

@gozbil 2 жыл бұрын

Cherry picker or scissor lift would be awesome 👍

@mattyallen3396 2 жыл бұрын

Love the hat

@RacketTattoo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thats so many rats

@bowhuntingandshooting9425 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a furl cull cid please and your the best guy ever you make my day with your hunting video.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate. I don't quite understand what you mean.

@maxl3189 2 жыл бұрын

Great footage and shooting mate. Have you thought of getting your cat d? Looking forward to seeing the 6.5 in action

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

I have, might one day. We shall see what unfolds.

@maxl3189 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 22 auto on them mouse would be great fun

@DJSAS 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video mate. Bloody rodents are real issue. Almost need two shooters with that mob. Dam GOOD SHOOTING. And Cold KFC better than No KFC hahah. really good gear as well mate great content.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate

@jessewalters5173 2 жыл бұрын

Murderer 🤣 can I have a turn. Love your work man

@heinrichswart5331 2 жыл бұрын

Regards from sa

@sharkbait2354 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work on them ferals mate. Just a quick question, what do you do with the carcasses? When I was hunting up in the territory we would drop them off to local Aboriginals and they would eat them up. Pigs and roo's would be taken in a heart beat by them.

@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 2 жыл бұрын

Most of these are purely carrion or chucked in landfill. I take a bit but have a pretty full freezer ATM.