Forums46
Topics541,371
Posts9,774,741
Members87,278
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Red Lens Flashlight
#8485888
12/24/21 09:57 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 48
Learnin to fish
OP
Light Foot
|
OP
Light Foot
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 48 |
I am needing a red lens flashlight for hog and armadillo hunting. Can anyone recommend a good one that won’t brake the bank? This is hunting around my house so don’t need an extra long battery life.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8485944
12/24/21 11:23 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 10,188
texasag93
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 10,188 |
Elusive WildlifeI have bought this company's flashlights for myself, as presents, and suggested them to others for years. Good quality and not really expensive. Green works great for hogs. Here is the one I like the best. 250 model
Last edited by texasag93; 12/24/21 11:24 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8485974
12/25/21 12:00 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 19,723
Biscuit
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 19,723 |
I love the elusive wildlife stuff
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8486031
12/25/21 01:22 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 48
Learnin to fish
OP
Light Foot
|
OP
Light Foot
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 48 |
Any experience with armadillos? Do they spook less with red or green? I have shot many on our place with a regular light but am hoping a colored light will let me get closer and do a better job with the shotgun. I have neighbors close enough that I won’t use a rifle or anything with a range of greater than 100 yds.
I’ve never heard of Elusive wildlife but they look like really high quality! Just what I was hoping for when I asked for a recommendation.
Thanks for the help.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8486258
12/25/21 12:58 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,578
Reloder28
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,578 |
I’ve never heard of Elusive wildlife but they look like really high quality! Depends on what you buy. Not all of it is good.
You don't know what you don't know.........until you know.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8486284
12/25/21 01:48 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,571
garyrapp55
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,571 |
I'd go with red. Do some research on the colors of the spectrum hogs can see. Also, red won't ruin your vision nearly as bad. It can take 45 minutes for your pupils to fully dilate after exposure to light, considerably less with red. When my dad would get out his telescope, he'd use a cheap flashlight with at least one weak battery and the lens was colored red with a Sharpie. A light like this may keep you from tripping over a stump but if the light is to be used for spotting the hogs, good luck.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: garyrapp55]
#8486472
12/25/21 06:28 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 5,434
flintknapper
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 5,434 |
I'd go with red. Do some research on the colors of the spectrum hogs can see. Also, red won't ruin your vision nearly as bad. It can take 45 minutes for your pupils to fully dilate after exposure to light, considerably less with red. When my dad would get out his telescope, he'd use a cheap flashlight with at least one weak battery and the lens was colored red with a Sharpie. A light like this may keep you from tripping over a stump but if the light is to be used for spotting the hogs, good luck. Pupils 'can' dilate again fairly quickly (depending upon circumstance) but the reproduction of Rhodopsin is what can take up to an hour or more. And you are correct, exposure to red light (at modest levels) is much more forgiving in maintaining low light vision than green or white light. Green is also in the spectrum of colors that Hogs can see. How/if a hog reacts to any light is another matter and depends on many things. But Red is always my first choice for a variety of reasons.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8486574
12/25/21 08:33 PM
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 4,091
CharlieCTx
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 4,091 |
Red vs Green is like Chevy vs Ford…
Either will work, just turn it on and lower it down vs point at them and turn on.
Good luck!
Charlie
Kel-Tec RFB + Griffin Sportsman Ultra Light 300 + Pulsar Apex XQ-50 M&P-10 + AAC Cyclone Remy 700 + Leupold VX3 3.5x10x50 CDS
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8486710
12/26/21 12:13 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,051
Cattleman
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,051 |
Look at snipers hog lights.
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8488015
12/27/21 07:27 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,018
HornSlayer
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,018 |
Try an Ultrafire XP-E2 Green light on Amazon. $28 Don't use their batteries though. Buy some real Panasonic NCR18650B Batteries and a charger.
Last edited by HornSlayer; 12/27/21 07:31 PM.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
|
|
|
Re: Red Lens Flashlight
[Re: Learnin to fish]
#8488045
12/27/21 08:06 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 32,608
sig226fan (Rguns.com)
duck & cover
|
duck & cover
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 32,608 |
I use Streamlight weapon light in Green.... to me it's brighter and still doesnt spook varmint ts
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|