Editor’s Note: October 23, 2025: As veteran Contributor Justin Park begins testing a new round of night vision and thermal imaging gear, we’ve updated this story with some early frontrunners based on ...

Night vision scopes aren’t just for the military. With an explosion of invasive animals such as wild hogs, coyotes, and armadillos, hunting at night has never been more popular—and sometimes necessary ...

While some night vision goggles rely exclusively on enhancing ambient light to improve the user’s vision, this set by Nightfox Swift uses infrared (IR) light to create images, even when it’s pitch ...

Thermal cameras, monoculars, and scopes are cheating. I don’t know a plainer way to declare my opposition to devices that could allow us to bypass legal hunting hours. But, as long as this new class ...

Kansas is considering extending the coyote hunting season to allow night hunting with night vision equipment from September through March, excluding a brief period during deer season. The Kansas ...

Jamey Caldwell has spent thousands of hours working with night vision devices—in war and for hunting feral pigs. He spent 21 years in the US Army, with the first seven serving in the 75th Ranger ...

A good set of night vision goggles can illuminate the darkness without letting others know you are out there. They can be helpful whether you are trying to identify an animal, secure your property, or ...