Hi all. Just asking what is the best type of hunting flashlight that I can buy or build. I was thinking the obvious answer is luminus sbt 90.2 for power and long range. I can get convoy thrower flashlight host with large reflector. Has anyone got experience with red or near-IR flashlights or other colors of light (I heard rabbits cannot see red). If someone could help me out this would be great. I am planning to run the flashlight off multiple 18650/21700/26650 batteries.
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I think if you use a flashlight you will scare the animal away and you are going to end up going to a restaurant to eat. Wouldn’t you run if someone was pointing an SBT90.2 at you.
That sums it up.
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Anekim has a bunch of hunting lights in red (monochrome) and green (both monochrome and phosphor-converted). They’re on the pricier side, but include regular and remote tailswitches (both momentary and click on/off), picadilly mounts, the usual accoutrements. On Amazon, too, under the Predator name.
I got a bunch, but to be fair they were for review, as I don’t go a-killin’ with lights.
Maxtoch is also Highly Regarded, but I ain’t got’ny. “By hunters, for hunters.”
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Armytek and Acebeam and others have green and red flashlights for “hunting”.
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Animals react differently to humans. The idea is a hunting method called spotlighting or lamping where a high powered flashlight is used to dazzle the animal. This is just what I heard.
Based on your description, if that method is the same as what’s commonly known as “shining” in Michigan, as in “shining deer”, is illegal here and likely in other states.
To eliminate any chance of being hit with a fine, you should check the local &/or regional laws where you live regarding this practice. It may not be an issue for you at all, but better safe than sorry!
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Yes I am aware but as you said better safe than sorry. Where I am from, hunting animals the government defines as “pest” like Rabbits,foxes and rats at night using flashlights, dogs and/or f1rearms is perfectly legal as long as you dont use any vehicles or hunt on or near a road.
Depends what you’re hunting I suppose. An sbt90 would definitely stun a rabbit but it might be too much heat if you need the flashlight to stay on for awhile. A convoy thrower with an sft40 definitely stuns rabbits and would run cooler.
I don’t know if rabbits can see red or not, but Ive found, when I’m checking for skunks at night, that it’s really really hard to see small critters with a monochrome light. It turns everything the same color. Rabbits just disappear from your vision. I’d want just a white led
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Thermal imaging
Yes I was considering getting a night vision device or thermal imager but they cost thousands and Im broke
The idea of a red (or other) flashlight just seems more appealing.
Look for a green light
I dont know about green flashlight as I have no experience with them. I heard its used for hunting wild boar (which are not in my area) and the beam is bright and visible through fog or mist. However rabbits can see color green from what I know. Thank you for the advise, i will do more research.
I do not understand how a critter on my property- Foxes, coons, etc. can stare at 100k candela for a few minutes while I stare back at them and then just run away and I assume still be able to see the next day?
Imagine everything’s relative. I’d be curious about actual light intensity from X far away with any flashlight, vs a brightly sunlit cloudless day at high noon.
It probably only seems brighter because everything else around is all dark.
Yes but isnt that what hurts your eyes? That difference in light/dark? If the sun was as bright as it is in the evening, I think that would hurt too.
Not that I would try it, if you shined a 20k lumen light at someone in the daytime, it may not be that traumatizing.
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They dont have the same understanding of the flashlight. The light actually masks the hunter as they can only see the light and not the human hunters behind it.
Although I never had a deer tell me this, seeing a high power light come on at 3AM while simultaneously hearing that all familiar (to the deer) lock and load sound must be terrifying.
I am just guessing like I said I never had an aminal tell this to me.
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