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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: bhylton on March 14, 2011, 07:02:06 PM

Title: spotlight hunting
Post by: bhylton on March 14, 2011, 07:02:06 PM: anybody hunt with a spotlight for coyotes or bobs? i have never done it but it look fun. how does it work? what kind of calling do you use, lights, stand set ups? any special rules or regulations? just looked interesting to me, thanks for you input.

Brady
Title: Re: spotlight hunting
Post by: Bofire on March 15, 2011, 05:58:01 PM: Do a search this has been beaten to death.
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Post by: bhylton on March 15, 2011, 09:13:24 PM: oh my bad. will do, im fairly new to the forum
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Post by: bobcat on March 15, 2011, 09:19:32 PM: I actually don't recall much posted about the "how to" of night hunting for predators. Most of what I've read has been concerning the legality of it. I'd be interested in how people do it and the best type of lights to use as well.
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Post by: Alan K on March 15, 2011, 09:35:06 PM: I've hunted at night for coons before on the salt water during a minus night tide several years ago, think I might have been in middle school still. It was pretty fun. Haven't done anything for predators though. I too would be curious to learn more about it.
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Post by: bhylton on March 15, 2011, 09:37:18 PM: ya, sounds fun to me... i wanna try it up by trout lake when the weather gets better
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Post by: stumprat on March 15, 2011, 09:52:42 PM: P.M. sent
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Post by: KFhunter on March 15, 2011, 11:33:09 PM: check out ebay and the cree stuff from hong kong, cheap way to get started
http://cgi.ebay.com/18650-HeadLight-5W-CREE-LED-HEADLAMP-FLASHLIGHT-Ch-/330464824993?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf13d0ea1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/18650-HeadLight-5W-CREE-LED-HEADLAMP-FLASHLIGHT-Ch-/330464824993?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf13d0ea1)

I got this headlamp, and its bright and zoomable from spot to flood. make a good search light for eyes if you put some red film over it

BUT the cree stuff takes FOREVER and a day to ride the slow boat from hong kong

I'm going to get me a bright flashlight and fab it up as a kill light, mount it to the scope.

I'm not a die hard serious hunter that'll scoff at any kill light under 300 bones, for 20 bucks hell I'll have fun with it.
Title: Re: spotlight hunting
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 16, 2011, 12:38:24 AM: The best lights out there are lightforce. But they are very spend. I run a lot of q beams. Good lights for the money. Use standard calls,watch the wind, and know the area u are hunting. So you don't shoot in a direction that is dangerous.
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Post by: yottie on March 18, 2011, 01:43:22 PM: A couple months ago I was asking the same thing. What kind of light to use spotlighting. I got many answers about light types and colors. But I wanted something that wasn't going to look like a prison break out there. What I landed up with is a laser designator by laser genetics.
It's called a ND-3 subzero. It's beam is adjustable from the size of a pea to a frizby. I use it about halfway inbetween. It is adjusted by windage and elevation knobs to line up with your scope. When I look through it, I dont see any difference from looking through a night vision scope. I haven't got a kill yet. Just haven't had the weather or the time to go out lately. It has brackets to mount to scopes,binoculars and spotting scopes. They advertise it to 300 yards but I'm sure it works further. There are also larger ones ND-5 to go to 500 yards. You also don't get the shadows from the environment, brush, branches etc. like you would with a spot. It doesn't work well in fog, it tends to defuse the light some. Depends on what kind of terrain your hunting in.
Will give a report as soon I'm ble to get out in the evening.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 18, 2011, 01:57:50 PM: Is that a plug into the ciggarette lighter type or a rechargable battery type?
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Post by: yottie on March 18, 2011, 10:41:50 PM: skyvalhunter...who you asking?
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 19, 2011, 12:27:20 AM: I did predator control with spotlights for a black-footed ferret reintro in WY. Technique then was to use a red-filtered spotlight, when you picked up eyeshine move the light beam to the periphery, then look with binos to ID species. If centered in the beam, they were much more likely to bolt. Yotes, red foxes and badgers got a bullet, raptors, ungulates, jacks, swift foxes and bobs got a pass. I was very excited to do it at the outset, all I'll say is that changed for me.
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Post by: Harold on March 19, 2011, 01:13:47 AM: i wouldnt mind tagging along on this thread. I ran into a few yote hunters tonight up on scott turner and thats the first time ive ever been around spot hunters. i use to coon hunt with a buddy alot we always used head lamps and good ole mag lights. it seemed like every hand held we got would go dead within 2hrs or so. even got a couple of surefires and of they were on non stop i would have to replace the batteries after everynight and at 8$ a pop it was gettin expensive.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 19, 2011, 05:11:19 AM: I agree with you on the hand helds not lasting. Maybe they are better now.. :dunno:
Title: Re: spotlight hunting
Post by: CAMPMEAT on March 19, 2011, 12:36:59 PM: Look at the Streamlight Polystinger LED. I do surveillance around my house with it. I cannot believe how bright it is.