After many weeks of patient waiting, we received our first samples of the new Pulsar Telos LRF XP50.
Keen to take the Telos for its first hunting trip, I arranged a fallow deer hunt with dad Rick and brother Greg in Canvastown. It was Greg’s first fallow hunt and he was keen to harvest some meat.
The day was warm, but as darkness set in, the conditions became cool and clear. The first thing that I noticed with the Telos LRF was how crisp and clear the image was, identifying animals was easy even at long distance. The zoom focus ring on the Telos made changing magnification really easy.
Arriving at 9.00pm, we immediately noticed a herd of 15 Fallow at 600m, feeding on grass. We decided these were too far, so we walked a track along the way spotting deer at 200500m. We continued on until we spotted 2 deer feeding amongst pine slash at 150m. Stealthily closing the distance to 80m, we set Greg up to take his shot with a 6.5 Creedmore Begara B14 and Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XQ50 Pro. One accurate shot dropped the first fallow much to Greg’s and our joy.
Using a headlight to recover the carcass, we failed to locate it until I climbed a track overlooking the area, I turned on the Telos and immediately spotted where the animal has fallen.
After recovery, we continued to walk up the valley, spotting deer, possums, rats and livestock. Happy with Greg’s fallow, we decided to shoot some possums. I spotted with the Pulsar Telos, while Rick used a Pulsar Merger LRF XP50 and Greg used a Pulsar Merger LRF XL50.
The Telos LRF XP50 formed a very clear and crisp image with its <18mK sensor, making identification and retrieval easy. In summary, the Pulsar Telos LRF XP50 is the ultimate tool for hunting and navigating along terrain in pitch black darkness. All in all, we had a fabulous trip and great first outing for the Pulsar Telos LRF XP50.
