viking
New Member
Anybody ever use one of those red spotlights mounted on a scope. I think they call they varmit lights. Anyway I am buying one for hog hunting. I was just wondering what to expect.
Maybe we were to close when we got the "stampede" effect from those pigs we lit up. Hey do you mean a lot when you say a lot.I have the Big Red set up from Texas Boars and it is awesome. The pigs do not see in the red spectrum{ If you are too close they can see the source , but it looks like a grey orb} and they do not notice the illumination.
The scope lights are so so but if you are close enough{ under 50 yards} they are alright.
I do kill a lot of pigs, and by a lot , I mean a lot.
Good luck.
I've found that I can move around a bit and make some noise without much issue. However, any metallic or mechanical noises get them running every time. Once, my wife scared off a pig we had been trying to get for 4 years. It was the first time we got to really see him, he always came to the same area (but never came out in the open). We were ready to shoot (simultaneously)....and the click from taking her rifle off safety was all it took for him to disappear. It was almost an instant response, we never got to fire.Maybe we did make noise with the light I can't remember wind direction but it was most likely in our face.