I have a buddy down in FL that, along with several friends, hunts these feral hogs with AR-15’s equipped with expensive thermal scopes, for fun and profit. These animals are incredibly destructive to crops. Farmers hire them out and give them 25 bucks a head. They often get 50 or more in a night. His scope records video, and they are good shots. They stand line abreast and count down to fire,, for maximum surprise. Now they just started using a transmitting drone with thermal vision to help locate the herds. They do it at night, hopefully with no moon so the hogs don’t get spooked too early - and yes the thermal scopes can see in what we think of as total darkness.
This video isn’t his team but you get the idea. My favorite videos from my friend are the ones where a big hog takes a shot and gushes blood 6-10 feet in the air, but that’s just me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ribiDIkEv_s
That is one fun video! Well worth the watch!