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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2015, 08:24:50 PM »
I have had to do this with Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers. If not done properly it can end quite poorly... It can end quite poorly even if done tactfully if they suffer from Small Man Syndrome.
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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2015, 08:30:13 PM »
What model? Do they come with red filters?


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I have 4 of them. The best all around is the 170. Good size and plenty of light. They also have a adjustable beam. They offer some with a dimmer switch now. I just run the plain full on models. The 240 is amazing but is pretty bulky.

For weapon mounted the wicked lights are my go to for mid range work. Not even close to the distance of the lightforce but very useable on most nights to 200-300 yards.

You can get red lenses if you like. I have spend a couple thousand hrs behind a light hunting predators. I have had the best luck with plain white light. If you are hunting bobcats you might use a red lenses but you don't get the distance out of the light with the red lenses/filters etc.
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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2015, 09:30:11 PM »
If you have more luck with white light why do they say not to use it? If I'm in the woods will white light not be good?


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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2015, 05:16:22 PM »
It's kinda like asking what brand of truck is best. Everyone has there opinions. There is a crew out of texas that films there hunt. They run a rig that looks like a football field setup and have some of the best night hunting videos out there. They have pretty much put to rest the idea that you need a red light just like I have found over the years. If a coyote is edjcated to spotlighting it don't matter what color light you hit them with. The red light is more dull which limits the range. Yet some feel it makes the animals more relaxed. With a un molested coyote white or red it does not matter. With cats they tend to look away with the harsh white light more then with a red lenses. So that is the only time I even consider running a red light.
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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2015, 05:23:09 PM »
Here ya go.

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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2015, 10:05:12 PM »
Any thoughts on green lights? I hog hunted with some guys in Texas that felt green was the way to go.

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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2015, 12:41:03 AM »
Dang... looks like I know what I am asking for christmas.

Do you guys who spot at night prefer public or private land, for avoiding conflicts with humans?

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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2015, 04:07:09 PM »
Any thoughts on green lights? I hog hunted with some guys in Texas that felt green was the way to go.

I have read with hogs a lot of guys do prefer the green lights. I have no experience with hogs at night so I could not give any personal feedback all mine have been killed in the day light.

Dang... looks like I know what I am asking for christmas.

Do you guys who spot at night prefer public or private land, for avoiding conflicts with humans?

I hunt both. 75% private but do target some public ground. You will find a lot less pressure after all the big game seasons and with running a light you have to quit during certain big game seasons anyways. There is not a ton of guys that go out and run lights at night so you should not have to much competition.
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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2015, 12:31:10 AM »
I have been with my buddies in one of their f350 with white spotlights pointing every which way and a drunk guy in the back and we had a pack of about 7 run right up to the decoy 25 yards away from the truck. I don't think the color of light matters.
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Re: Hunting spot light.
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2015, 08:31:53 PM »
Love my cree Led light

 


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