Hunting with night vision: a brief history

Many of the creatures in the wild can see in low light, allowing them to hunt in (almost) completely dark conditions. Unfortunately we as humans have far inferior night vision capabilities hence the development of night vision hunting equipment to help us.

Used for many purposes, from work situations to ghost hunting, one of the most popular uses today (or tonight) for low light optical enhancement equipment is night hunting.

Originally used exclusively for military purposes, night hunting is the most obvious public use and it’s easy to understand why. We may be using man-made tools, but in reality we are simply using some of nature’s best hunters and predators as a guide. With the help of modern technology, we are now able to locate and hunt our prey during their busiest time of day … night!

A relatively recent major scientific breakthrough. Privileged night hunters using good quality optical enhancements for the first time are almost always amazed by its ability and ease of use. It’s the absolute thrill of finding and stalking a target with the use of low-light enhancement scopes that had me and many other hunters hooked on night hunting and its strange but exhilarating natural techniques and equipment.

Today, there is a wide range of advanced devices on the market at affordable prices. Among them, some of the most popular are night vision goggles, night vision rifle scopes and night vision binoculars all with many high-tech features. All these wonderful gadgets vary in price, size and are designed for different but specific conditions and uses.