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Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? #5077773 04/19/14 12:21 AM
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I'm looking to buy a flashlight to hunt varmint at night and I just want to know which color is best?

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Red or amber for me.. Or white with a dimmer

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I use red!!!


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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078077 04/19/14 05:49 AM
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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078086 04/19/14 06:45 AM
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I use red but am becoming more and more a fan of the green lights.


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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078136 04/19/14 12:12 PM
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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078288 04/19/14 02:21 PM
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Red.

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White lets you see farther and more clearly. Just my opinion.


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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078464 04/19/14 05:06 PM
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Here is what Elusive Wildlife Technologies have to save about it:

"We highly recommend using RED LIGHTS FOR PREDATORS and GREEN LIGHTS FOR HOGS for a variety of reasons. Predators are least likely to be spooked by a red light. Our red lights can shine eyes easily up to 500 yards even with our small 100 yard light. Hogs are color blind and the red or green doesn’t bother them but hogs are usually dark in color and are much harder to see with the red so green is the best choice for hogs. Green light is much easier for the human eye to see than red light which is why most people choose green. We have many customers that use green for predators and report great success but we have personally been the most successful with red when it comes to predators. If you will do both predator hunting and hog hunting we offer many of our lights in Pro Packs which come with all 3 colors, white, red and green so you can easily change the LED color for your given situation."


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I like red all around but LED in any color is good.. Iv shined plenty of pigs with a strong white led and plenty of them just stood there not noticing a thing..

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Main thing with green if your shooting long range it just dosnt hold the beam a white or red would

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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5078986 04/20/14 01:54 AM
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Elusive wildlife kill lights suck. I use a combo red and green. Green is easier on my eyes and the red green combo makes for some really good vision.




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for coon/ringtail, we had best luck with red lens unless overly foggy, then we used yellow/amber. A older smart coon will only look at a white light for a very short time where the red seems to really arouse their curious side.


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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5081126 04/21/14 05:50 PM
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thanks for answering my question. i think im going for both red an green

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Originally Posted By: Geezer Ranger
Here is what Elusive Wildlife Technologies have to save about it:

"We highly recommend using RED LIGHTS FOR PREDATORS and GREEN LIGHTS FOR HOGS for a variety of reasons. Predators are least likely to be spooked by a red light. Our red lights can shine eyes easily up to 500 yards even with our small 100 yard light. Hogs are color blind and the red or green doesn’t bother them but hogs are usually dark in color and are much harder to see with the red so green is the best choice for hogs. Green light is much easier for the human eye to see than red light which is why most people choose green. We have many customers that use green for predators and report great success but we have personally been the most successful with red when it comes to predators. If you will do both predator hunting and hog hunting we offer many of our lights in Pro Packs which come with all 3 colors, white, red and green so you can easily change the LED color for your given situation."


Totally agree. You may start off using white, but after a few those animals are hunted, they soon realize that the white light means things are NOT GOOD. I prefer the green, it seems easiest to see in my scope at night!


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Re: Whats the best flashlight color to hunt varmint at night? [Re: ag93] #5082173 04/22/14 08:18 AM
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