How to get good gopher shooting video

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Lilswede1

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Have a small digital video camera with oodles of recordable space and a 60X zoom.
That's right 60X. Have to use a tripod for anything past 20X.
Problem is seeing the gophers on that little tiny screen, especially in the sunlight.
Course, if you are lucky enough to find a 6" gopher at 150 yards, zoom in til it looks really close, then you gotta hope it sits there until you can jump on the shooting bench, find the same critter and blow the _ _ _ _ outta it.
Again, trying to come up with a better method for finding the critters on that little tiny video screen. Even wearing 3.00+ cheater glasses only helps nominally.
Last year tried aiming the camera in the general direction of the critter, zooming in and shooting. A Hope-and-Poke thing. Got some pretty good blow-up video and would like to get a lot more and better next season.
Any suggestions on how to do it without spending a fortune on high tech gear would be appreciated.
 
I agree Carne

But finding that someone is not easy.
A few have tried and they can't see that little screen any better then me.
Tried shading it with a black umbrella but still too much reflection from behind and the sides.
 
If you are really going on a shoestring budget, remember the "old time" plate cameras? You know the ones where the photographer got behind and under a big black drape that went half way down his/her back. (Hint, hint...)

Or, if you have a tent blind, or even a darker colored tent...

Have you tried polarized sunglasses?

+1 to having a dedicated videographer.
 
How about this

Couldn't get close enough to grandson's little league football final game last week so set up camera in back of truck then zoomed in to field. Had same problem - glare and hard to see little screen.
Had a flat screen 19" TV for after game replay. Plugged it into an inverter I have in the truck then plugged the camera up to the TV. Videoed the game by following the action on the TV screen instread of the camera. Kinda like the big boys do I think.
Anyway, it worked for the game, got some really nice footage.
Thinking it will work for the critter shooting too.
 
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