Using a light on your scope....

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AlphaDog

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I've been thinking about getting into night hunting, and saw a light with a filter on it for predator hunting. I think you just flip up the filter and the coyote gets illuminated by the light and you take your shot. Now when your calling do you just have the gun at chest level and just swing it around looking for eyes and then when you have eyes, you mount it to your shoulder?
More info?
 
Hey Dog, go to the main Predatormasters page, and read the night hunting article. It might answer a lot of questions for you..let me know if you don't get the answers you want. Randy
 
Scope lights are a great addition to your coyote arsenal especially when you do not have a light man with you. When I am calling solo I have two lights. I have my scope mounted light and a handheld. I use the handheld to spot eyes with and then shoot with the scopelight. If you are trying to scan for eyes with your rifle it can get very heavy and also you are making alot more movement than you would with just the handheld. This is just my two cents worth but it has been the best for me so far.
 
Thanks Randy great article, but looking for info alittle more like what Rodney Gave.
Too much movement and too bulky? When would you use one of those then?
 
Any time I am by myself the scopelight is mounted. If I am hunting with a partner I usually do not mount the scopelight unless it during a tourney. If two dogs come in and split up my partner can take care of one as I attempt to get the other one. It takes some time getting use to the hassle of having two lights and cords but after a few setups you should have everything under control. I take up nearly all of the slack in the scopelight cord because it is never too far from you. That helps the tanglefree process.
Goodluck with this it really does work well. Any more questions I will be happy to help you.
 
My light is fastened to the chair, and never comes off. of course, if you are hunting without a chair, then it would be a good idea to have a light on your gun, so that you wouldn't have to hold the light and shoot. Randy
 
When working solo I use a scope mounted lamp. When you add a bipod to your rifle, that set up starts to get heavy. The solution is a "Safari Sling" which allows you to carry the rifle the right way up parrallel to the ground and makeslife a lot easier! I made my own out of seatbelt webbing and paracord, but Cabelas sell them.
I use the Laser-lite which can be either scope mounted or handheld.

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Here in the UK Laser-lite and LightForce are probably the two most popular brands of light for people looking for a quality unit for lamping either foxes or rabbits.
 
Pete, welcome to Predator Masters /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif it's good to see a few Brits posting here lately.

The safari sling idea sounds like a good one.

I have never been entirely happy scanning for a fox with the light on top of my rifle. No matter how often I reassure myself that I am being safe it just doesn't feel right, if you know what I mean.

If I walk out on my own now I use one of Clusons Shootalights. It has a mount that can be left on the scope, so that I can lamp with the light in my hand and the rifle on my shoulder. When a fox is spotted it is fairly easy to just slot the lamp onto the scope-mount and shoot. If I come on one close I'll have a go Robert Bucknell style, with the rifle rested on the forearm of my lamp hand, tricky but with practice I'm improving .

Take care,

Pete
 
Randy, I am interested in a setup like you have own your pickup. About fifty percent of my calling spots are walk ins but we use the truck the other half. Can you make alignment adjustments on the light so that it is lined up with the shooter. I noticed in one of your pics that the light is mounted below the gun. Does that help on glare? My setup now is a 3 seater with two gunmen up front with the lightman in back. Any suggestions of improving this setup would be appreciated. The shooting rail is stationary in front so backdoor dogs have to be free handed.
 
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