Predator hunting lights

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coolbrze

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Should I get a gun mounted light w/ a handheld scan light (Wicked Lights 403IC Predator Pursuit for $340) or a gun mounted light w/ a head lamp (Wicked Lights 403IC w/ ScanPro head lamp for $300)? Any help here is greatly appreciated as I have no idea what I'll need/use...

Guess I could bite the bullet & buy both the Predator Pursuit & ScanPro for $440 but that's a little over my budget
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I have the scanpro headlamp and 403ic for the gun mounted light, and they work great together. The wicked lights are great lights for the money.
 
I think it depends on how you hunt. If you hunt solo, the headlamp will probably be your best bet. If you hunt with someone, then I would say the Predator Pursuit Kit. Night hunting is much easier if you have someone that is a dedicated light/call guy. You can focus on just making the shot.
 
For solo hunting a head lamp is a must. With a partner I like a hand held scanning light. I have only used "Kill Lights" but they have done well for me.
 
If you are interested in something that works really well at close to half your cost look into the Orion M30C, it's 700 lumens, has a barrel and scope mount, pressure switch, runs on one 18650 and comes with two batteries and a charger.

I can see clearly to 200 yards on the medium setting, the highest setting is way way brighter.
 
I've been using this Orion I got, and it is bright enough on the middle brightness I can easily identify out to about 200 yards which pretty much covers my fields of fire, I can even make out just the head when that's all that's showing. For myself I see no need to turn on a regular light, the target and cross hairs are as clear as can be. Are guys using the lowest brightness possible to keep from scaring them off? So far the ones I'm seeing are not seeming like they care about the light.

One of the things I'm wondering is if the clarity is a lot better on the Zeiss Diavari I'm using, and if poor light gathering scopes wouldn't be dramatically reducing what can be easily seen because of the light spectrum being on the harder side of light pickup? My hunting buddy has a cheapy Bushnell on his .22-250 and that thing is completely worthless at night. He could not pickup any vision of a Bobcat I was spotlighting in a tree at about 125 yards that I could see as clear as day through an Elite 4200 6-24x. I told him to take my rifle, it was on about 10x, look for the light and he would see the cat on the big open branch that was exposed. Right away he said "OMG, I'm getting one of these, how much are they?" I told him he didn't want a 6-24x, he could get a 3-9x or 4-12x a lot cheaper.
 
Originally Posted By: woodguru
One of the things I'm wondering is if the clarity is a lot better on the Zeiss Diavari I'm using, and if poor light gathering scopes wouldn't be dramatically reducing what can be easily seen because of the light spectrum being on the harder side of light pickup? My hunting buddy has a cheapy Bushnell on his .22-250 and that thing is completely worthless at night. He could not pickup any vision of a Bobcat I was spotlighting in a tree at about 125 yards that I could see as clear as day through an Elite 4200 6-24x. I told him to take my rifle, it was on about 10x, look for the light and he would see the cat on the big open branch that was exposed. Right away he said "OMG, I'm getting one of these, how much are they?" I told him he didn't want a 6-24x, he could get a 3-9x or 4-12x a lot cheaper.

This exactly what I've been saying for years. What you see through your scope with your eyes and your light is what you are able to see. It's not what everyone can expect to see.

Better eye sight and better optics your gonna see more.

Poor poor eye sight and poor optics your gonna see less.
 
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