The Late Night Vision Show

The wait is over and the speculation can end,  we finally have our hands on the brand new Pulsar Thermion thermal rifle scopes. Outdoor Legacy was chosen as one of the small handful of Pulsar dealers to receive a small pre-shipment of Thermion XM38 scopes. Jason and Hans have both been out in the field fighting bad weather conditions to kill hogs and test out these new scopes and so far, they are...

The Late Night Vision Show is proud to have Cody St. John, the lead gunsmith at Diamondback Firearms, as a special guest on episode 56 of the podcast. Hans and Jason are big fans of Diamondback AR-15/AR-10’s and Hans has put many of their rifles through his own personal torture tests that he calls “East Texas hunting”. In this interview Hans and Jason ask Cody lots of questions about Diamondback,...

On episode 55 of The Late Night Vision Show we review the 3rd and final Pulsar Axion handheld thermal monocular, the XM38. We also compare, contrast and offer our thoughts on each of the three models compared to each other. The XM38 has the highest base magnification at 5.5x, which makes is great for longer range scanning and along with the larger objective lens, makes for a very nice image qualit...

One of the most confusing aspects of thermal optics is all the different specs and jargon that gets thrown around. Thermal core resolution, pixel pitch microns, NUC’ing and the list goes on. Sometimes it sounds like a whole other language is being spoken when the discussion of thermal scopes comes up. On this week’s episode of The Late Night Vision Show, Hans and Jason take the most commonly discu...

On this episode of The Late Night Vision Show Hans and Jason are back with another handheld thermal monocular review. This week they discuss the Axion XM30 which is 2nd model of this new-for-2019 thermal handheld lineup. This is the mid-price range of the 3 current Axions and it’s the least expensive model to include internal audio/video recording and the StreamVision smartphone app. Like the othe...

Join us this week as we celebrate a milestone for The Late Night Vision Show; the 1 year anniversary of the FIRST and ONLY podcast dedicated to all things night hunting, night vision and thermal optics. On this special episode Hans and Jason reminisce about the last year and most importantly they draw the name of one lucky listener who will win a Sightmark Wraith HD night vision scope. Later in th...

 On this episode of The Late Night Vision Show, Hans and Jason give a detailed review of the Pulsar Axion Key XM30 thermal monocular. The Axion is the new for 2019 handheld thermal monocular line featuring 3 monoculars ranging in price from $1,899 to $2,599. The Axions are the smallest and lightest full functioning thermal monculars with base optical magnification to ever hit the market. The...

A question we’ve been getting repeatedly is, “how does the Sightmark Wraith HD compare to the Sightmark Photon RT?” That’s a great question so this week on the podcast Hans and Jason decided to tackle the issue with a side by side, head to head comparison of both scopes. The Photons have been the most reliable, affordable and popular digital night vision scopes on the market for 5 years and now th...

On Episode 49 of the podcast we talk about a few current updates in the night vision and thermal industry, as well discussing two hunting and shooting related news stories that have been in the mainstream headlines recently. In the 2nd segment we talk about building and using pig pipes. For those that are unfamiliar with them, a pig pipe is usually made out of 4 inch PVC pipe with holes drilled in...

On Episode 48 of The Late Night Vision Show Hans and Jason give their full hands on review of the Sightmark Wraith HD 4-32x50 digital night vision scope. The Wraith has proved to be one of the most anticipated and sought-after night vision scopes to ever hit the market. We have never seen anything like the excitement and stir caused by the announcement and release of the Wraith. We’ve had our hand...

It’s N-Vision Halo review time! We’ve been talking about N-Vision and their new high end thermal optics for several months but we’ve finally had the time to get in the field and use the final production Halo thermal optic and we’re extremely impressed to say the least, we’re actually blown away. If you’re looking for unmatched image quality, this is the scope you’ve been waiting on. Listen as Hans...

This week on The Late Night Vision Show, Hans  offers up some quick tips on calling hogs with the Convergent Bullet HP electronic  caller after having a huge success calling hogs over the last several nights.  He offers the tricks and tips he’s learned from the mistakes and success he’s had.  They guys have been so impressed with the capabilities and quality of  the Conver...

We’re back with another great episode and again this week our guest is Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies. If you missed last week’s introductory show with Glenn, stop now and go watch or listen to it. Glenn is one of the premier predator callers in the hunting world and whether he’ll admit it or not, he’s by far the most knowledgeable and experienced hog caller in the country and maybe the world. Glenn h...

 We’ve had a lot of great guests on The Late Night Vision Show but this week we’ve got another great interview that definitely ranks up there as one of, if not THE most informative interview we’ve ever done. We are honored to have Glenn Guess aka The Boar Caller of Hog Zombies on the podcast. For many, Glenn Guess is a household name but for those that aren’t familiar with Glenn yet, he is th...

We’ve had some recent listener questions that we wanted to address on the show, so this week spend some time discussing two topics. A question that has come up several times recently, has to do with gaining access to land for hunting hogs or coyotes. Hans and Jason talk about some different methods and ideas on how to  get access to hunting land, as well as other issues surrounding the topic....

This  week we’ve got another preview of a soon-to-be released thermal optic  for the Spring of 2019. On Episode 42 we dive into the specifics of the  new Pulsar Axion handheld thermal monoculars. The Axions will replace  the now discontinued Quantum Lite series, as well as the very popular  Helion XQ28 monocular. The  three Axion models will be the Key XM30 2.5-10x $1...

ATN. Say the name and you’ll get a strong response. Sometimes it’s a glowing review by a happy customer and other times it’s a foul language from an unhappy customer. For 40 episodes of The Late Night Vision Show, we mentioned almost nothing about ATN. Never a scope review, never a recommendation, we basically acted as if they didn’t exist and this puzzled many people and generated many questions...

On Episode 40 of The Late Night Vision Show Hans and Jason dig into the specs and details of the soon to be released Sightmark Wraith HD 4-32x50 digital night vision rifle scope. The Wraith will retail for $499 and features a full HD color daytime mode, as well as a black and white HD night time mode. If you’re interested in hearing everything we currently know about the Wraith, tune into this epi...

Episode 39 is The Late Night Vision Show recap of Hans and Jason’s week at the annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The good news is they both made it back to Texas with enough money left in their wallets to buy more thermal and night hunting gear. It’s a good thing the SHOT Show doesn’t allow companies to sell their products at the show because if they did, Hans and Jason would probably both be broke....

We are live from the 2019 SHOT Show in sunny Las Vegas. We have a jam packed schedule but we didn’t want to let our listeners down, so we recorded a podcast here in Vegas. We put together a few quick looks at several new products including the Sightmark Wraith, Pulsar Axion and Pulsar Thermion. We also talk to Matt at N-Vision about their new high end thermal scopes called the Halo and Halo LR. We...

Episode 37 is full of more news from the night vision and thermal industry. We discuss the announcement of the new Pulsar Axion thermal handheld monoculars and some breaking news about the Pulsar Core RXQ30V thermal rifle scope. The big news of the week is the announcement of the N-Vision Halo and Halo LR thermal rifle scopes. N-Vision is a thermal company that has been dealing with the military a...

 On first half of Episode 36 we briefly discuss several topics such as, the SiOnyx Aurora, SHOT Show, the discontinued Pulsar Apexes and our Trijicon REAP-IR review from Ep.35. On the second segment of the podcast we dive in heard first to the topic of how to move your recorded videos from your NV or thermal device to your Mac or PC. Hans offers up his expert advice on the subject and explain...

Many of our listeners have been asking us to do a full review on the Trijicon REAP-IR thermal rifle scope for a long time. We haven’t been intentionally ignoring this request; we use and love Trijicon thermals but we just haven’t had time to get around to a full review. Finally, the wait is over and on Episode 35, we offer up our take on the REAP-IR; the good, the not-so-good and our overall thoug...

Sometimes there are questions you just shouldn’t ask. Maybe you won’t like the answer, maybe there is no easy answer or maybe by asking the question your inviting the person stretch the truth. Whatever the reason, Hans and Jason came up with “Questions You Should Never Ask a Hog Hunter”. In this light hearted episode the guys poke fun at some common questions they often hear and they even admit th...

This week Hans and Jason talk about the newly announced Pulsar Thermion thermal rifle scopes. Pulsar just released a very small sneak peak of these scopes that will be coming out in 2019. On this episode we discuss what we know about the Thermion, what we don’t know and our first impressions. Pulsar will be releasing all the details of the Thermion at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas Jan. 22-25 2019. Ja...