About

Who runs this site

Chad C.

Chad started calling coyotes at twelve, unsuccessfully at first, and has spent the years since becoming a polished predator caller. He worked in the predator hunting industry full time, guiding, testing gear and filming hunts, and has run Coyote Hunting 101 since 2014. His best day was nine dogs. He has had more goose-egg days than he can count, and thinks both numbers matter.

He started night hunting with lights in 2011 and helped design and develop a hunting light brand from 2012 to 2014; he is no longer affiliated with it. He started hunting with thermal in January 2017, with a SkeetIR, and was on Pulsar's pro staff in 2019. He enjoys testing gear, and a site that holds every optic to the same numbers was a natural fit. He is not sponsored by any brand. He runs @night.hunting on Instagram, where about 17,000 night hunters follow along.

Why this site exists

Search for a thermal scope and you get retailer blogs, maker blogs and lists that repeat the box. The box says detection range, which tells you how far away something warm becomes a dot. It doesn't tell you whether that dot is a coyote, a fox or the neighbor's dog.

So every model here gets the same treatment: the maker's own specs, blanks left blank, and the numbers a hunter cares about worked out from them. How big a coyote looks at 100, 200 and 300 yards. How far out you can still tell what it is. How much ground fills the screen. How we measure explains each one.

How the site pays for itself

Buy buttons go to Amazon and eBay. If you buy through one, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. No brand sponsors the site or Chad, no maker pays to be listed or ranked, and commissions never change an order on a best list or the models we suggest comparing. Where a model isn't sold through US dealers, the page says so instead of sending you somewhere it can't be bought.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections and gear you want added: @night.hunting on Instagram.