A few months ago SHWAT Prostaffer Jared Hilton tagged me in a Facebook post. He didn’t know it at the time, but that action would later cause a chain of events to occur that lead to 118 hogs down in two nights. The post I clicked on took me to a video about the...
AGM ASP TM35-384 Handheld Thermal Monocular Review
When it comes to hog hunting at night, you have to be able to find those swine before you can shoot them. Not only are hogs hard to see while destroying crops in the dark, but they can also smell or wind you and sometimes seem inclined to turn the table on you. You...
Dual Tube vs. Sing Tube Night Vision? Which NVG Should You Bet?
Heading west out of Dallas, Texas, running late and chasing the setting sun, I began to think about my objectives for the upcoming hunt. The first was obvious: Put down as many feral hogs as possible. The second, was to evaluate dual tube night vision versus single...
The Best Gear for Hog Hunting in 2019
“What’s the best gear for hog hunting?” Ten plus years ago I didn’t know enough to ask that question. But last Memorial Day I decided it was time for me to answer it. I guess you could say that Memorial Day is the “Unofficial” birthday of SHWAT™. A lot has changed in...
The Holy Grail of Night Vision? Hunting with the Dual Tube FLIR BNVD-51!!
The 8 year old version of me had a Lamborghini poster on my wall. If my wife would let me put up posters as a grownup, I would have a poster of BNVDs hanging on the wall. The chance to review a FLIR FLIR BNVD-51ss 3G White Phosphor Binocular Night Vision Device, left...
What Do You Know, It Works! Hog Calling with the Convergent Bullet HD!
In my introduction to the Convergent Bullet HP at the 2018 Dallas Safari Club, I was skeptical, very skeptical. The hunting world is full of gimmicks, gadgets and gizmos. As for videos all over YouTube showing people calling in cats and dogs with an electronic call,...
Best Thermal Scopes Yet? N-Vision Halo and Halo LR Hunting Review
The N-Vision HALO and HALO-LR thermal optics changed the thermal game this year. For that to mean anything useful, all we have to do is look back a few years. Not too long ago if you were in the market for a new thermal the choice was simple; get an ATN Thor. Well,...
For hunters! SiOnyx Aurora Color Night Vision “Explorers” Kit
How can hunters best utilize the SiOnyx Aurora color night vision camera? It's a question that I asked the SiOnyx team when we first met. The action camera wasn't initially created for hunters. I've seen Law enforcement running Auroras, the cameras are big with...
When the Weather is Bad, but Your Equipment is Bad A$$: A Review of the FLIR 536 & 736
It seems since I came on board as a Pro Staffer for SHWAT, the weather in Texas has been working against me. Our latest trip it was no different. After picking up J.D. from DFW Shooting Sports, Stephen Owen,fellow Pro Staffer, Jared Hilton, and I headed out. It was...
Ten Hogs, Three Coyotes, One Night Solo Hunting with the Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel and Pulsar Thermal Scope
Enough already! All week people around me were obsessed over dove season’s opening day. I’ve dove hunted. It was fun. We limited out in less than an hour and went home. I’ve never limited out in hog hunting, not even close. In Texas that’s not even possible. And I...