Guest psefirestormlite Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 For a person that can't see blood if it was right in front of my face it has always been a challenge trailing animals by myself. So for Christmas my father in law bought me a game finder that detects body heat. Has anybody used one before and if so what is your opinion on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: game Finder My best advice would be to put it back in the box and return it for store credit. I wrote the following a few years ago when the question was asked here, and will repeat it for your benefit. **************************************** I have one and I will be more than glad to give you a product review: Mine is called the Heat Seeker, made by AimShot. 1. It is the #1 most useless piece of equipment I own. 2. There is no way you could use this thing for finding a dead deer and it is questionable as to whether it will work for a live one. 3. If it is below freezing and the deer is freshly killed and retains it's body heat, it might work. So far it hasn't worked for me. 4. You must understand that it looks for a heat source. The fur is an insulation for the animal. (Place your ungloved hand on the fur of a fresh kill, It is usually about the same temperature as the ambient temp.) 5. If I get within fifteen or twenty feet of my dog, I can pick up a signal. Of course if I am within fifteen or twenty feet I can also see the downed deer. 6. Once the outer coat of that deer is the same or close to the same temperature as the ambient temperature it won't pick up a reading. 7. It must be calibrated every few minutes or it gets accustomed to the ambient temperature, and you must keep it moving around at all times. 8. It won't seem to work at all unless the temperature of the dead game is at least 50 degrees higher than ambient temperatures. 9. If you skin the deer first, you may be able to find it if the outside temperature is below 40 degrees. 10. If you cook the deer first(whole) and throw it into the weeds you may be able to pick up a reading if it doesn't cool down too quickly. 11. You can't even pick up a reading of a fellow hunter fifteen feet away if the hunter is wearing any clothing. (although I have never tried looking for a naked hunter) My advice: Save your money. The most expensive piece of equipment you will ever own, is something you can't use or won't work for the purpose intended. (So this is the most expensive hunting toy I own) I hope this helps. .....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: game Finder Your post is a little ambiguous popgun. Are you saying you don't like it? Your just being a little unclear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: game Finder Back about 4 or 5 years ago, I had wondered about the gamefinders, I asked in here about them, and seems there were a few people who had experience with them and their opinions were about the same as popguns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psefirestormlite Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: game Finder thanx, I think my father-in law spent about three hundred on the newest on on the market called the FINDER from Game finder incorp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbowhntr77 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Re: game Finder I've got the Gerber Carnivore, its a tracking light, works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Re: game Finder I have a Game Finder model GF-A but have never used it, sits in my basement. Brand new, would sell it if someone wants one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacktailslayer Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Re: game Finder I have got to use a $12,000 IR finder from the military. I could see deer and people out to 900 yds. It would have been the best hunting toy if I could only afford one. I also got to watch 2 bull elk fight during the rut over 300 yds away. It had a pretty good zoom and was clear, but was from the military and I had to give it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Re: game Finder yeah yours cost about $11,850 dollars than mine did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutz4bucks Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Re: game Finder [ QUOTE ] I've got the Gerber Carnivore, its a tracking light, works well. [/ QUOTE ]Same here works very well for me too All for only 75 bucks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I have used mine many times while in the stand scanning over thick pines. My game finder has worked great on detecting heat source from live game both deer and bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, [email protected] said: I have used mine many times while in the stand scanning over thick pines. My game finder has worked great on detecting heat source from live game both deer and bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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