Hunting with a red light

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   Hunted rabbits, goats and deer with red lights, mostly Maxtoch torches, red does distort your spacial awareness through the trees.
used to carry a red pen light on a string pointing down to the ground to light my way as animals still spook if they see the source of the light eg bright torch moving through bush or towards them.

Use greenlight for pigs as they cant see green light unless again they see the bright source, some spook some dont.

Nightvision be the way to spot them/shoot em for discretion.

We used thermals to spot deer, nv to shoot them, red light pountung down to light our path

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vault Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2026 Location: Dunedin Status: Offline Posts: 101	Post Options Post Reply Quote vault Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hunting with a red light Posted: 09 May 2026 at 4:45am
	Hunted rabbits, goats and deer with red lights, mostly Maxtoch torches, red does distort your spacial awareness through the trees. used to carry a red pen light on a string pointing down to the ground to light my way as animals still spook if they see the source of the light eg bright torch moving through bush or towards them. Use greenlight for pigs as they cant see green light unless again they see the bright source, some spook some dont. Nightvision be the way to spot them/shoot em for discretion. We used thermals to spot deer, nv to shoot them, red light pountung down to light our path

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 3023	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2026 at 6:18pm
	Sorry thats now gone. Got a mate keen to come over.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 3023	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2026 at 4:43pm
	So didn't realize it was labour weekend. Ec cant make it. Anyone want to come out with air rifle for day and hunt.? Approx 40 km up taihape rd from Hastings end.as a rough guide to distance.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 3023	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 2026 at 1:13pm
	Ec the unexpected happened. Finally got the farmer to let me bring someone on farm to shoot. So if you want to try red light, try my guns, hunt rabbit ,hare, cats, pigeons,various other small game this saturday is open. Your welcome to head up. Just let me know via this and can sort the rest out.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 3023	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Apr 2026 at 11:49am
	Yes a lot. Rabbits hares are way less responce to a red light. Color red in genral, catch is if your shooting the same area all the time they learn its a threat eventually. Eye shine off a red light will show up way more than green or white. Red light doesn't kill your night vision either. If you want to try before you buy you can borrow my scope torch, and a couple of batteries, charger to if you need it. Has red, green ,white light. Three brightness settings. If your scope is a 30mm tube i can provide a scope mount with it all for you to trial. If not you'll have to hand hold it as im not sure where the reducer rings are. You will have to zero on again if scope mounted as it will throw the gun out due to it. However once its on its only a matter of dialing up the zerozero on scope via turrets for naked or torched. Edited by kruzaroad - 21 Apr 2026 at 11:55am

-Ec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2025 Location: Matamau Status: Offline Posts: 215	Post Options Post Reply Quote -Ec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Apr 2026 at 9:52am
	Has anyone tried hunting with a red light spotlight? Ive read that the red light don’t spook the quarry as much as a white light does and am thinking of trying a red light torch on my airgun to see if I have better success.
	Regards, -Ec