My cousin jason and i headed out hunting tonight. We had a new farm to hunt tonight. About three minutes into the first stand jason had eyes downwind about 300 yds. He worked him till finally he started working his way laterally in the field. We id'd him as a red fox and i got him stopped by woofin at him a few times. Jason tried a shot at 300 yds. We walked down and looked but we found no red. We hopped across the road into another field and jason ended up callin a grey in but no shots fired.
We ended up going out to my uncles farm. We made one stand and moved deeper into the farm. After half way through the next stand a siren went of and a group of coyotes lit up on the oppisite side of the farm. We got a game plan and decided to drive around using roads to get downwind of em i had a good idea where they were. We got over to that side of the farm and we called for 2 mins appx and i see my jasons shooting light go on. I turned mine on as well and id'd the target as a coyote. I said shoot and then squeezed the trigger. I heard a satisfying thump and jas cursed me. He said theres another one there. I got on a open reed from brad gainey and did some quick kiyis and sure nuff she popped up. Jason shot and another whoop came back. We walked to his first because he said he saw mine roll over. His was dead shot right between the eyes. Small hole in no exit. We then walked over to mine and sure nuff mine was laying there as well. A male and a female pa double using white lights and heres the kicker both were shot at 200 + yds. It was a good night.
Glory shot
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Jason carrying them back to the truck
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:yoyo: Thats what Im talkin' bout right there!! :yoyo:
:yoyo: :highclap: SUHWEET!! That's a great evening right there!!!
Awesome, guys! WTG! Good shooting!
Jim
You guys did real good Ben! Just think of all the fawns you saved by taking that pair out of commission. :congrats:
HuntnCarve
Dave
Congratulations, :congrats: way to go Ben. :yoyo:
Pat
That was a good night for sure. Nice job gentlemen. :congrats:
There's a lot of controversy over the white these days. Remember back in the day white lights for callin was unheard of. :wink:
Congrats to y'all !!! Thanks for sharing.
Awsome job for sure. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Good stuff Ben!!!!!!!!!
Thanks fellas. I was happy my cousin was with me for years i have been looking for a calling partner. We work well together and can anticipate each others moves
Yeah jim there is alot of people that dont believe in using white light 3 or 4 years ago i went to a regular scope and no ill ret. so i decided to use white led instead of red. I never noticed any problems with white hurting me. In fact i can id critters easier as well now so there is no wasted time. I figured if some of these guys in texas could use white i could to.
Our regs just got changed this year so we can legally use white now...I dont night hunt much anymore though.
I can remember when I hunted Texas. If you got caught using white lights, or someone seen you and ratted you out...you got run off the lease.
They strongly felt the white light spooked the coyote and educated them in the long run.
I think it'll be a much debated topic for a while yet.
I know a couple pa guys say theres no way white is as productive as red. Coincidently they all sell red led lights. Go figure. My white led setup ran me around 75 bux total. A red led setup will run you 250 bux. I have been using white since the predator pursuit guys came to pa and spoke. I figured if they could use two white lightforce lights on coyotes then i could use white led in pa.
I see there's an article in December's Predator Extreme discussing this very thing.
And from a Texas Caller.
Yeah that article has sparked some controversy on the pa based boards.
Good info on the lights, Centerfire223 and I plan to do some night hunting this coming weekend and will try the white kill light . CC Congratulation's on the double and good shooting. cc
Thanks
Good Shootin Tex! Congrat's!!
I just got the white led bulb for my xlr250. I will still use the red led for the xlr100 scanning light. We will see how it works now that white light is legal in WV??
Jim
There are cheaper alternatives for white lights out there other then the killlights.
eastern pa? no snow on the ground. good stuff. tried my first outting today, unsuccessful.
Hi I'm new to the site an im bigbens cousin
Welcome to the site Bullydog.
Any cousin of bigbens cant be all that bad. :wink:
Thanks
I recently used the white light on a night hunt and we called in several Fox and the white light did not spook them at all also using the white light did not drain the battery as with using the red light, I agree with Big Ben that the white light is the way to go. cc
CONGRATS ON THE DOUBLE!! I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT A COYOTE WHILE PREDATOR CALLING. MUST BE CALLING IN THE WRONG SPOTS OR USING THE WRONG CALLS. ANY ADVICE???
The nice thing about the white light is you can identify quicker. I won't go back red if i don't have to
Good to hear cc.
You boys are spoiled! :laf: I wish we could use lights here in Iowa.
You can't hunt at night in Iowa?
I know this conversation is a little old but, I have used Red, green, and white. I choose red as my best all around light. If there is fog or light snow the red does not wash out my vision. Also when I use red, my eyes adjust better. I use flood style scanning light and the gun light can be concerted to focus on the critter and that gets me all the distance I need.
I had no color spook a coyote or fox when used correctly. If I burned them early they would stop or run away. I did notice that using red and green in conjunction held a few up. Whether that was the lights or something else I am unsure.