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Headlight or No Headlight

I remember watching one of Infalt’s videos where he was walking deep into the marsh without a light and he heard a bow draw on him. That’s enough for me to have at least a red light on any time at m walking in on public. Gun or archery season.


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TexaninSconny said:
I remember watching one of Infalt’s videos where he was walking deep into the marsh without a light and he heard a bow draw on him. That’s enough for me to have at least a red light on any time at m walking in on public. Gun or archery season.


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This is exactly what I was going to say. If I’m anywhere there’s a chance of people I at least have a dim red light.


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I have a Princeton Tech. It’s white and red. It’s called remix pro. I use the red when climbing and on way down it’s a must. I can see me and my feet when climbing down. But not much past that. I like the pro cause it runs off 123a battery. I keep a extra battery in pocket takes up very little room.
 
I use a light in the dark to see where I’m going or what I’m doing, but more importantly, I hope it saves me from some dumb yahooooo….. I don’t trust people. I was shot at in daylight years ago by some rejects I hunted with for years before it happened. I hunted alone for years after that. Luckily now, I have 3 friends I trust well enough to hunt with people again.
 
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On the roads I see by the moon, white in the real thick stuff, and green majority of the time and while climbing and setting up. Too many snakes, alligators, and skunk apes to be walking around in the dark. Majority of the woods are too dense/thick to attempt in the dark. I'm sure the smart old buck maybe knows the light is bad but most deer I encounter in the dark aren't scared by the light....I've tried red but maybe my eyes are screwy....it just doesn't allow me to see well enough when I'm in yucky terrain. The yellow/orange reflective trail markers I use show up better in green also
 
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On the roads I see by the moon, white in the thick stuff, and green while climbing and setting up. Too many snakes, alligators, and skunk apes to be walking around in the dark. Majority of the woods are too dense/thick to attempt in the dark. I'm sure the smart old buck maybe knows the light is bad but most deer I encounter in the dark aren't scared by the light....I've tried red but maybe my eyes are screwy....it just doesn't allow me to see well enough when I'm in yucky terrain. The yellow/orange reflective trail markers I use show up better in green also
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You may be a green eyed guy vs red. This is the same phenomenon that caused Eotech to make a green holographic site vs just the red option.
 
I probably have more headlamps than the average human, but I use them a lot more duck hunting than I do deer hunting.

Most of the time deer hunting I’ll walk in without a light, but I always have one with me and if needed I will pull it up from around my neck. Also, I prefer green to red.
 
I'm glad I read this tonight....it reminded me the only thing I've changed/added to my hunting system this season from prior is an amber lens pair of safety glasses. Now I gotta go test out the headlight with the glasses to see if the amber lens changes how I see my reflective markers.


Edit....no change with the yeller lenes. Now if I can just remember to put the glasses on I'll be in good shape
 
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On the roads I see by the moon, white in the real thick stuff, and green majority of the time and while climbing and setting up. Too many snakes, alligators, and skunk apes to be walking around in the dark. Majority of the woods are too dense/thick to attempt in the dark. I'm sure the smart old buck maybe knows the light is bad but most deer I encounter in the dark aren't scared by the light....I've tried red but maybe my eyes are screwy....it just doesn't allow me to see well enough when I'm in yucky terrain. The yellow/orange reflective trail markers I use show up better in green also
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I've had the same reaction from deer with the green light. Had a lot of green eyes staring back at me without an alarmed response. I know they're thinking, look a one eyed deer. LOL
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I hunt a lot of bedding areas only time I stray off is when bucks start getting locked down so I’ll go see what I can find. That being said I’ve always ran a white light brightness up. The red and green lights do absolutely nothing for me. In fact I think they make it worst because my eyes cannot adjust to them but at the same time my opinion is fairly irrelevant because I’m colorblind lol
 
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