Hunting/Tracking

[Lou Minescence]

Will the Armytek Predator Pro support anything relating to red light for coyote hunting? I'm probably going to do short distance light for tracking right away. Then split a longer thrower for coyote hunting and tracking with my brother...I just need an option that supports red light.

Check out the Solarforce line of lights for colors. Red, Green, Blue, White re all options. I sent you a PM bower4311 with a couple links.

 

[TRiley]

I have been tracking at night with my dog Barley for 5 years. Barley is a lab I started tracking blood at 8 weeks old and he is very very good at it. I have a armytek predator and a wizard pro headlamp but the light I use when I'm on the end of that 30 foot rope is streamlight survivor it's a right angle flashlight that you see the fireman use. It's comfortable and tough with good run times. make sure you wear safety glasses because when your dog is dragging you through the woods it's dam hard to look food blood and protect your head at the same time. If I can be of any help let me know.
good luck

 

[Norm]

Yeah I figured that would be not the appropriate place but I wasn't sure how to get my three posts over there since it's a separate forum.

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There is an off topic area were you will have no problem posting thre posts.

Norm

 

[bower4311]

I have been tracking at night with my dog Barley for 5 years. Barley is a lab I started tracking blood at 8 weeks old and he is very very good at it. I have a armytek predator and a wizard pro headlamp but the light I use when I'm on the end of that 30 foot rope is streamlight survivor it's a right angle flashlight that you see the fireman use. It's comfortable and tough with good run times. make sure you wear safety glasses because when your dog is dragging you through the woods it's dam hard to look food blood and protect your head at the same time. If I can be of any help let me know.
good luck

Yeah that seems to be very useful for tracking, having something right angle. I'm purchasing this light, http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/sh...l-ring-80-shipped-CONUS&p=4802564#post4802564 as a close range light for spotting blood if I need to stop the dog, and just navigating through the woods. I didn't think long range would be as useful. Do you track for many people with your dog? How many tracks per year?

 

[TEEJ]

The Wizard I mentioned is. A right angled light.

 

[bower4311]

The Wizard I mentioned is. A right angled light.

I see that, that is probably next on the list.

 

[TRiley]

He averages about 12 per year dam dog is more popular than I am this time of year. be happy to discuss it with you but let's move this over to the cafe. I'll look for your post there.

 

[TEEJ]

I see that, that is probably next on the list.

They make a foodier and a throwier version, if your range is as described, a floody beam will be best typically for tracking, as it gives peripheral vision as well as context information. With very tight beams, its like looking through a paper towel tube to see what's out there, and you can't see it all at once...but the "throwy" version of that right angled light IS floody to start with, and the floodier version is just even floodier, etc.

When you only see part of something, its harder to realize that it IS part of something, etc.


When looking for tracks/blood, you want to avoid too much of a hot spot, as it glares out details. A wide angle beam that makes a smooth even coverage of light, more like turning on a ceiling lamp in a room, etc...allows the eyes to look for small details more easily....as if you shine a tightly focused beam right AT what you want to see, you can't see it because of the glare.

:D

BTW - There are two ways to get a red light: A filter over the lens that removes all but the red light, or, a red emitter that simply IS emitting red light.

Obviously, a red LED will be more efficient than a white LED with a red filter, as MOST of the white light's light will be removed from your beam...but, its a cheap fix...and the white lights are stronger to start with...but you are using a lot of your cell's reserves to make light that you can't see with.

A red LED might make fewer lumens to start with, but, at least you see everything it does make, etc.

 

[bower4311]

They make a foodier and a throwier version, if your range is as described, a floody beam will be best typically for tracking, as it gives peripheral vision as well as context information. With very tight beams, its like looking through a paper towel tube to see what's out there, and you can't see it all at once...but the "throwy" version of that right angled light IS floody to start with, and the floodier version is just even floodier, etc.

When you only see part of something, its harder to realize that it IS part of something, etc.


When looking for tracks/blood, you want to avoid too much of a hot spot, as it glares out details. A wide angle beam that makes a smooth even coverage of light, more like turning on a ceiling lamp in a room, etc...allows the eyes to look for small details more easily....as if you shine a tightly focused beam right AT what you want to see, you can't see it because of the glare.

:D

BTW - There are two ways to get a red light: A filter over the lens that removes all but the red light, or, a red emitter that simply IS emitting red light.

Obviously, a red LED will be more efficient than a white LED with a red filter, as MOST of the white light's light will be removed from your beam...but, its a cheap fix...and the white lights are stronger to start with...but you are using a lot of your cell's reserves to make light that you can't see with.

A red LED might make fewer lumens to start with, but, at least you see everything it does make, etc.

Thank you for the info. I think the M31LL will do a good job for me for the start as a general light. But I think I'll be grabbing one of the ones you're mentioning right away if I do a lot of tracking. That way, if this doesn't pan out, I still have a good light that can be used in many ways for quite a few hours on AAs.