The Late Night Vision Show

On this special 2019 Thanksgiving edition of The Late Night Vision Show, Hans and Jason make the mistake of once again inviting their wives on to the podcast. Honestly, the wives pretty much invited themselves back, but that's another story. On this visit, the ladies offer up their unsolicited advice on how to get your wife to let you buy that new night vision or thermal scope you've been wanting...

If you’re considering buying a high end thermal scope for hog or coyote hunting, do not miss this episode! Hans and Jason break down their list of top picks for high end thermals over $6,000 into 3 categories; long range coyote hunting, Southern hog hunting and their favorite over all high end thermal scope. Every scope in this line up features a high resolution 640x480 12 micron BAE thermal core....

On Episode 80 of The Late Night Vision Show Hans and Jason give their favorite picks for the best thermal scopes between $4,000 and $6,000 for 2019. There are a lot of great scopes in this category with a wide range of image quality, features and specs. The manufacturers in this category range from FLIR, N-Vision, Trijion to Pulsar, all great companies who are known for making top of the line ther...

What  is the best thermal rifle scope under $4,000 in 2019? On Episode 79 of  The Late Night Vision Show Hans and Jason offer up their opinions and  personal favorites. Since there are a lot of scopes in this price range,  with some being more suited for long range hunting and some being more  suited for closer range hunting, they break it down into three  categories....

We often have viewers and listeners ask what tripod setups we use while hog and coyote hunting. This week we discuss and offer our full review of the Kopfjager tripod systems. Kopfjager is best known for their Reaper Grip that allows a shooter to quickly and easily lock in any rifle and have it held steady on a tripod. The shooter is then able to actually let go of the rifle and it still be held s...

Does hog calling really work? Hans and Jason get this question a lot of it’s been a topic discussed on several episodes of The Late Night Vision Show. We’ve interviewed the famous Texas hog caller, Glenn Guess, on two different occasions and he laid out his in depth methods and tips for calling in wild hogs. Hans briefly discussed some of his personal hog calling success on previous episodes but a...

Due to popular demand and listener/viewer request, on Episode 76 of the podcast Hans and Jason will compare the Sightmark Wraith HD and the Pulsar Digisight Ultra N450. We fully admit this seems like an unfair comparison since the Wraith HD retails for $499 and the Digisight sells for $1,299, but listen in as the guys offer the pros and cons of each optic and which one they believe is the better o...

On Episode 75 of The Late Night Vision Show, Hans and Jason deliver breaking news concerning the Pulsar Thermion XM30 thermal rifle scope. The Thermion XM30 has been one of the most anticipated thermal rifle scopes for 2019 since it's announcement at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas in January. Several weeks back Pulsar announced that they would be removing the focus-able objective lens and replacing it...

Even though it's only October, many people start to ask, "Hey, what new scopes are coming out next year?" Honestly, that's a million dollar question that we don't have the answer to. Traditionally in the hunting industry all new products are announced at or around the time of the annual SHOT Show, which is held every January in Las Vegas. Even though it's almost 4 months away, Hans and Jason decid...

On this episode of The Late Night Vision Show, due to a large volume of viewer/listener requests, we will be doing a full review of the new Pulsar Digisight Ultra N450/N455 digital night vision rifle scope. The Ultra N450/455 is the latest in the long line of Pulsar Digisights to be introduced over the years. The Digisights are well known for being the highest quality digital night vision rifle sc...

What’s the one tool that very few deer hunters are currently using but would revolutionize deer hunting as we now know it? Thermal imaging. No, we’re not talking about hunting deer at night with thermal scopes! We’re talking about using a thermal monocular or scope to spot and locate deer from the stand during daylight shooting hours and then finding dead or wounded deer in the trees, brush or gra...

This week on The Late Night Vision Show we have the rare occasion of discussing a current news article directly relating to the thermal and night vision industry. Last week (September 6, 2019) Forbes released an exclusive article announcing that the US Dept. of Justice has asked Google and Apple to turn over the personal information of all users of the ATN Obsidian App that is used in conjunction...

The Pulsar Thermion thermal scope line has been some of the biggest news to hit the thermal industry in over 2 years. While all the Thermions were highly anticipated, the one that has drawn the vast majority of the attention has been the Thermion XP50. While the XP50 is the most expensive of all the Pulsar thermal scopes, it’s also offers the best image quality at its 640x480 resolution and 2x bas...

This week on Episode 69 of The Late Night Vision Show podcast, Jason and Hans offer their input on a subject that generates many questions on a weekly and even daily basis…..”What about buying used thermal or night vision?” Buying used is a very attractive idea considering the new costs of thermal and NV optics and Jason nor Hans can blame anyone for considering the idea. Many believe that since J...

Episode 68 of "The Late Night Vision Show" Podcast, Jason (Outdoor Legacy Gear) and Hans (HansETX) were lucky enough to have a second interview with Byron South of Convergent Hunting Solutions.  In our second interview, Byron shares his advanced predator hunting tactics and goes in depth to help all of us become better predator hunters!  Please subscribe... New episodes go live every Thursday morn...

On this week’s podcast, Hans and Jason do a head to head comparison of the two most popular thermal handheld monoculars currently (2019) on the market; the “budget friendly” Pulsar Axion and the very popular Pulsar Helion. The Axions are significantly less expensive than the Helions and many people want to the benefits of spending more to buy a Helion and if it’s really worth it. There is often co...

On Episode 66 of The Late Night Vision Show we are honored to have Mr. Byron South, co-owner and CEO of Convergent Hunting Solutions, as our guest. Convergent is the maker of the extremely popular Bullet HP and Sidewinder electronic predator and hog callers.  Byron is one of the premiere predator callers in the hunting world and he has a lifetime of successful hunting and calling experience u...

On Episode 65 Hans and Jason introduce the one piece QD mount they’ve chosen to use on the Pulsar Thermion thermal rifle scopes. After much research and debate, the official mount of choice is going to be the American Defense Mfg. AD Recon QD mount. This extremely high quality mount is 100% designed and made in the USA and American Defense has shown themselves to be very excited to have their moun...

On this week’s edition of The Late Night Vision Show Jason and Has discuss some updates to the not-yet-released Pulsar Thermion XM30 and the latest news for July 2019 on the popular Sightmark Wraith HD.  On the second segment of the show the guys talk about a recent article in a popular Texas hunting magazine that discusses the limited availability of affordable hog hunting in Texas. The auth...

“Should I buy a 640x480 scope? Is high resolution really worth it?” This is one of the most common questions Hans and Jason hear when talking to customers about thermal optics. When asked, many night hunters and thermal dealers will give an automatic “Yes!” reply. However, others who often haven’t had a lot of experience using many different scopes, might give a quick “No, it’s not worth it!” repl...

We’re back this week with a full review of one of the highest quality thermal rifle scopes that a hog or coyote hunter in the US can buy. If you haven’t already guessed it, we will be talking about the N-Vision Halo LR. N-Vision rocked the thermal world in 2019 with the release of the Halo and Halo LR thermal rifle scopes and they set the biggest players in this industry back on their heels by jum...

Since it’s announce at the SHOT Show in January, Hans and Jason have been dying to get their hands on the new Pulsar Thermion XP50 thermal riflescope. Thankfully that days has come and the wait was well worth it. On this episode they give their first impressions of the scope and their thoughts on how it compares to the Trail XP50. Listen in as they give a sneak peek at the newest high resolution 6...

On Episode 60 of The Late Night Vision Show, Jason and Hans compare two thermal scopes that couldn't be more perfectly paired.....the brand new Pulsar Thermion XM38 and the very popular FLIR ThermoSight Pro PTS536. Both scopes are 4x base magnification, in a similar price range, both have internal video recording and both are made by two of the most respected thermal manufacturers in the world. Ha...

This week Hans and Jason give a full review of the Pulsar Thermion XM38 thermal rifle scope. They’ve both been in the field with this scope for several weeks and have both killed hogs with it and spend many hours behind the eye piece. The XM38 is one of the first in the Pulsar Thermion line to be released. It has a 4x base magnification, 320x240 resolution, 12 microns, picture-in-picture function,...

Should hunters be required to buy a hunting license to kill wild hogs? That’s a question the Texas legislature recently considered and passed a new law concerning. Listen as Hans and Jason weigh in with their opinions on this subject. Jason also gives an update on the Pulsar Thermion shipments and the future of the Pulsar Trail thermal riflescopes.  If you’re looking for night vision or therm...