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I went out this weekend we spotted 4 on one stand. Never got a shot i am using a qbeam max three million. I have read from some of the other post that most of you seasoned pros' use 750000 or less for scanning. Is three million to bright.Also read some leave light on some dont. I got eyes on all four one jumping as came in. But as soon as light hit gone. how far do you scan maybe lighting them up to soon? Going to try again tommorow thank for the info
 
Don't shine the light directly at them until you are ready to shoot.

3 million is pretty bright, especially for a Qbeam. We run 400,000 on our BigMax Qbeams and it's more than enough for several hundred yards.

Are you using red or white light? Either way, I think you're probably burning them way too early. In reality you can use the brightest light in the world as long as you just keep them in the halo until it's time to pull the trigger.
 
Ok i,m using a red lense but that makes sense using the halo. Do you use a reastat on yours. how far out do try to scan i was scanning a couple hundred yards. also put tin coffee can on light do you paint the inside black or leave shiney
 
No rheostat. Never needed it, just learn to control the light and it's not necessary.

We scan from right at the truck out to however far the light can pick up eyes. There are a bazillion ways to play this game, some work, some work better.
 
Better to paint the inside of the can flat black. Shine out as far or farther than you can see. You will pick up eyes farther than you can pick out bushes or land features.
 
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Better to paint the inside of the can flat black.




Why? A black reflective surface absorbs light rather than directing it outward. Ever replace a headlight? That headlamp is seated in a bright shiny chrome receptacle. Same as the bulb in your flashlight. For a reason.
 
Those refectors in car headlights are also angled to direct and focus the light. Coffee cans and sylindrical tubes are not. Just my opinion, not fact. I prefered mine painted flat black.
 
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Those refectors in car headlights are also angled to direct and focus the light. Coffee cans and sylindrical tubes are not.



Just my opinion too, but when holding that light in your hand, you are directing and focusing the light. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
The bulbs in flashlights and in headlights are also usually in front of the reflective material but also sometime surrounded by it, that's what they are there for, to make the light brighter and make the beam more directional. Without it all you have is a small halogen bulb that doesn't cast as much light.

In this case if the inside of the hood is shiny then it is reflecting the light all the way to the end of the hood and is still going to produce a HALO when it exits the end of the hood. By making it darker or painting it flat black, you cut down on the amount of reflection, thus cutting down on the amount of halo at the end of the hood. The amount of light doesn't get any more or less intense, because the light is being made at the spotlight not in the hood.
 
Here's an easy test. Take two hoods, coffee cans or whatever. Paint one flat black, leave the other shiny. Go outside at night and try one hood after the other. The shiny tube lights up the area around you. The painted tube directs the light away from you. You'll do as I do after seeing it first hand. You'll paint all your hoods flat black.
 
So, what you guys are saying is that a shiny tube scatters the beam as it exits, whereas a painted tube concentrates the light into a narrower beam?
 
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So, what you guys are saying is that a shiny tube scatters the beam as it exits, whereas a painted tube concentrates the light into a narrower beam?



Sort of. There has never been a time when I hunted with somebody that was using a shiny tube that they didn't end up painting it after comparing my light with theirs. The shiny interior of the tube throws a halo out at nearly 90 degrees. You'll light up your vehicle and every thing within a few feet of the front of the hood. The flat black interior keeps the light out front where you want it. There is still a nice halo at range for working animals and you'll still have the bright part of the beam to burn 'em with when the time comes.
 
i cut my hoods at about 1/3 angle from top to bottom. puts the halo more up and keeps from shining down on truck or shooter. you can hold a dim light low and pick up eyes far out. many ways to rig a light and i have tried most!! i use 200,000 cp with a reo. or stepdown and never felt i needed more light. 3 mil. cp. would make me run at half a mile!! lol good luck!! grandpa fudge
 
Since I've only hunted with a red lens, I guess I've never had to worry about halo size. My red light has always been good enough, unless they hang up way out there. If they won't come in any closer, they get a free pass. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
It's never been about "quantity" for me. They'll be there next time I come back.
 
wow thats a lot of info to take in.Think i'm going to paint the inside and try it. I notice alot of light around the truck when trying to scan. Thanks alot for the advice.



KEEP THE LEAD FLYING AND THE DOGS DYING
 
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If I recall, that's what Ted Knight as the
club snob Judge Smails calls his putter in "Caddyshack", right?
 
Hi there....

When making a Tube for your Light use Flat Black Only.......

No gloss Black paint......Its Reflective....

Use a clorox Bottle or Coffee can,Plastic flower pot, Light weight Tube is inportant......if your the Holder of the Light.....if you make a Heavy tube, you will be feeling it in your arm in a while....while scanning.....

Good Hunting.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif...Rick
 


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