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Step 1
Adjust your rifle scope correctly. Aim at a specific target low and away from any living creatures and buildings and shoot. If it hits, your rifle scope is adjusted. If it shoots too far to the left or right, it needs adjusting. Adjust the elevation on your rifle scope by moving the lever on the top of your scope. Adjust your scope for windage with the lever on the right side of your scope. Test a few shots to get your scope properly adjusted.
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Step 2
Review the color codes specific to your scope. If it's not an infrared scope, your rifle scope will show only black and white images when you look through it and therefore you won't need color codes. If your scope is in color, check the directions that came with your scope to determine what each code means on your scope. Each scope manufacturer makes different color codes.
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Step 3
Look through the scope at night just as you would in the daytime. Night vision scopes have special lenses that brighten surroundings up so that you can see them at night. That's why they're used for night hunting.
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Step 4
Aim at your target by looking through your scope and lining up your target in the bull's eye of the scope. Shoot when you know for sure that your scope is adjusted properly. If you shoot straight at your target looking through your scope and miss, you will scare the prey away, and you'll need to readjust your scope again.
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Step 5
Take the night-vision scope off when you're not hunting at night. This helps protect the scope and doesn't wear it out as quickly.
