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| HEH, get your wife to carry a motorcycle battery in a backpack, and use a handheld million candlepower spotlight!! DAMMIT WOMAN! youre walkin too damn slow!! |
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| Surefire makes some really nice mountable lights. I have one on my Benelli Tactical and really enjoy it.
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| Surefire as Jeff said.They aint cheap and eat batteries,but they are the best and brightest!
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
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| | | Posts: 1107 | Location: Houston Texas | Registered: 06 March 2005 |
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| I have a 12v varmint light that clips on the tube of any 1" scope. I use a 12v gel-cell battery that I carry in an army 2-qt canteen cover when I walk the roads at night stalking. Works great--and they are about $75-85 from Cabelas
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| What is the procedure for this "night stalking? Do you run the light constantly, or mostly walk in the dark and occasionally flip it on? |
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| I would guess that most hunters wait over a feeder or known area of activity.Some ride around known areas.If you do the on and off keep your weak eye closed to preserve its night vision.
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
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| | | Posts: 1107 | Location: Houston Texas | Registered: 06 March 2005 |
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| My suggestion would be a full moon night and a Schmidt &Bender. Like shooting at high noon.
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| ANY of the Sure-Fire products will work. They are well worth the money. http://www.surefire.com
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Thunder ranch urban rifle ilumination kit. |
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| Try http://www.burnhambrothers.com for a nice selection of lights, batteries, chargers and red filters.
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| | | Posts: 9438 | Location: Shiner TX USA | Registered: 19 March 2002 |
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| quote: Originally posted by MarkL:
What is the procedure for this "night stalking? Do you run the light constantly, or mostly walk in the dark and occasionally flip it on?
The soil on the ranch is light colored and if you have a bit of moon, you can see the pigs in the roads quite well (not so the rattlesnakes). I walk slowly, upwind, and shine the light intermittently above the hogs' eye level as if you hit them suddenly in the eye at close range they often spook. When I find the one I want, I check for snakes, assume a sitting or kneeling position, and put the crosshairs on the "aiming spot" which is the hog's eye.
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| Back in the old days when the highest tech thing out there was a mag light, we used to bungee strap a 4-6 D cell light to a rifle. If you feel handy, buy a 30 watt 12V outdoor spotlight bulb from wal mart and make a PVC fitting housing for it and use a small lead acid battery, I got one from an old UPS power supply.
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