Just a thought (on technology)...

Bowwild · December 31, 2013, 07:35:00 AM

My use of lights or not has nothing to do with being "trad" or not. If I am hunting a wooded area I'm unfamiliar with I will use a small red light to keep from running small twigs into my eye.

I've also had an occasion or two where I needed to be able to see something at my treestand. For instance, if I fail to tie down my haul line and the wind has blown it to the side, I've been known to activate the screen of my iPhone for a bit of light.

One time I had a deer blow up in the woods upon seeing the reflection of that phone light on my face.

Also, like have some have written, if I'm on land where and when a firearms hunter might be I may also hold a redlight in my hand with fingers "shading" the light.

My main reason for going lightless most of the time is like was said above, my night vision is good and gets even better as I walk away from my parked truck. Heck, sometimes I don't even turn on my truck lights for the 3/4 mile drive from my drive-way to where I park the truck.

Rustic · December 31, 2013, 07:44:00 AM

No offense, but for me the less hi-tech gadgets I use, the more I enjoy my hunt.

Sam McMichael · December 31, 2013, 11:41:00 AM

Just too expensive for me to consider. Plus, I just don't think going in with a flashlight is going to spook any more deer than just the noise I make walking in.

December 31, 2013, 05:14:00 PM

Those newer head lamps can do all kinds of things. My wife has one that will flash red like a cop car. We were on a border to South Dakota public area and some hispanic kids showed up at dark. They did not care that I was there, but they did not look like they were up to any good. My wife was out very late and I was debating leaving the vehicle with them messing around, when I saw my wife coming. She thought that if she put her red flashing light on, that I would come running, she shot her deer. When those kids saw that red flashing light, they ran back to their car and took off in a hurry.
This area seems to attract criminal types, a couple of years back, there were a bunch of small business robberies. They stole the entire safe out of businesses. This was where they ended up being dumped after they were cut open.

Thumper Dunker · December 31, 2013, 05:21:00 PM

Illegal to have while hunting out here.

jjwaldman · December 31, 2013, 05:30:00 PM

I think it is a great idea for recovery! Just too stinkin expensive.

Michael Arnette · December 31, 2013, 09:23:00 PM

Have you ever shown your light on an animal walking past your stand? I have a few times just to see what response I get...nothing! I am not sure that game animals even take notice f unnatural light, I think it is the sounds/scents we make while holding those lights that alert them.

Just my two cents

Just a thought (on technology)...

Bowwild

Rustic

Sam McMichael

Thumper Dunker

jjwaldman

Michael Arnette