Video: Nighttime Hog Hunting Using Thermal Imaging

Because feral pigs are more active after the sun goes down, hunting wild hogs at night is usually your best bet. It’s not easy and presents a wide range of challenges, but if you have the right equipment, you will reap the benefits of hunting at night, and experience a hunt unlike any other.

This night hunting video shows some really cool footage of what a nighttime hog hunt looks like using the REAP-IR thermal imaging scope.

Be sure to use discreet lighting when stalking hogs at night because they are very sensitive to light and will spook if spotlighted. If you have to use a light, make sure you’re using a red light, as the pigs are less sensitive to it and they won’t be as alarmed.

Scent control is also much more important when hunting in the dark. The hogs can’t see much better than you, and are therefore forced to rely on their other senses like sense of smell to detect any danger.

OutdoorHub Editor: Keenan Crow

Keenan Crow is an outdoor writer who graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in journalism and creative writing. He has been writing for OutdoorHub for nearly five years, but anybody he is close with will tell you he has been telling hunting stories for far longer. He uses his experiences outdoors to write about things he loves - bow hunting, fishing, upland hunting, shed hunting, turkey hunting, waterfowl hunting, dog training, shotguns, ATVs and the outdoor lifestyle he lives in his home state of Michigan. Outside of hunting/fishing, he also loves to cook - especially with wild game - play golf and go on hikes with his yellow lab, Stella.