That's a bummer. I hope you at least got a nice fish or two.

have an Eotech and it gets very dim on low. pretty good for 25 - 30 yards at night with only moon. (if open and no trees)

one word no

Good looking rifle. For my hog hunting needs I couldn't get by without one. I have a green kill light and a leupold vx-r on my R25. It's ideal. Not a necessity in all cases but it sure is nice to have.

I have an illuminated reticle on a Bushnell scope that goes either red or green, and has five intensity settings for each. No matter what I select it's too bright and tends to wash out whatever I'm trying to see through the scope. I never use the illumination.

I also have another rifle with an EOTech sight. That one I use frequently, even at night. It's not the version for use with night vision equipment (those get really dim) but it dims enough to be useable at night. That one I like. However, I don't know that it's necessary, it's just that the EOTech is useable at night - not that it's absolutely required.