Any one done this? I've read that you can use a red light attached to your bow, tree, etc. Any info? How did it work out?
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Need to get one of those to tryComment
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I use a solar powered light from Home Depot. I put in a tree that points to the kill zone. After a while, the hogs will totally ignore the light and will come in to eat. At that point, they get to meet the business end of a Slick Trick.
Lots of different ways to do it. There should be lots of good replies to this. But if you asked it after deer season, you'd get a lot more :-)Comment
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Texastaxi, does the color of the light matter? The Hawglite picture leads me to believe its blue. I heard that red is the color of choice, but I'm not sure. I guess you've used this. Do hogs get spooked when the light goes on?Comment
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They come with both red and blue filters.
I've had good luck with the red for hog ... I don't even know what I did with my blue one.
The main thing to remember is to aim to the sky while you draw and turn on the light. Then slowly lower it down on the hogs. If you just blare them with the light, they'll spook. Once they're in the light, don't take forever to shoot.
Kelly, the inventor, is a member here. He might add to this post if he sees it.Comment
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Do you see the light shining behind these hogs?
That's a frustrated me in my pop-up blind shining my Browning flashlight!
Trying to balance it on my video tripod! The opening in the mesh was just big enough for my video camera, but not to shoot through too!
Was doing just about everything I could think of to light these hogs up in front of the mesh and shoot my bow at the same time!
Note the time on the trail cam photos. All this spanned about 25 minutes!
Frustrated, I finally ripped the velcro on the mesh and the hogs scattered.
NOW I own a Hawg Lite!
And now I know to leave a big enough opening to shoot through in case hogs come in after dark!Comment
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Planning your hog hunting around a full moon works great too and there is usually no need for a light.Comment
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In hindsight, this is what I should have done... I should have left the flashlight balanced on the video tripod shining on a hog. Then I should have slowly unzipped the door and crawled out the back of the blind. The zipper wouldn't have made near as much noise as the velcro and I could have done it very slowly. Then I would have been able to ease around the side of the blind and take the shot. Sure, I think of that NOW!
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Hawglites are truly great. They do what they say they do, and do it well. I've had really good luck with mine and wouldn't hunt hogs without it. Texastaxi's tip is a very important one. Lower the light slowly on to the hogs and then take the shot. Also be patient sometimes they run out of the light and come right back so don't force a bad shot, they're hard enough to find at night. Another tip I would have is to practice shooting in the dark... things like nocking an arrow, hooking up a release, etc can seem unusually difficult the first few times in pitch black; because in my ground blind after dark... its definitely pitch black.Comment
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Texasboarsnitelights are very good also..they have 12 and 6 volt systems.Luxeon stars thay are awsome.
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On two hog stands(with the lights in place deer are off limits) I put three solar landscape lights from Home Depot one on each leg. Works really well for the first 8 hrs after sunset. They are like $15 bucks each if you catch them on sale.
But nothing works better than corning a crossroad/senderos for about a half mile each way then sitting back off in the brush at the crossroad waiting for them the feed by in the moon light.Comment
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I have the hog light. in Cotulla we had rheostats off old Chevy pick ups with trailer brakes hooked to the bottom of the feeders..when the pigs came in we made it brighter & brighter..The switches were strung across the road to our tripods..Right now what im working on is hooking photo cells to the trailer lights so I dont need the rheostats & wire I can just hook them to the battery & solar charger...& people say im addicted to hog hunting ?!?!
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Thanks Thumper...I've heard about people using solar lights on tripod legs. That may be an option.Comment
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Or just get a Double Bull blind then you ain't got to worry about no steeenkin' velcro.Originally posted by Snakelover View PostIn hindsight, this is what I should have done... I should have left the flashlight balanced on the video tripod shining on a hog. Then I should have slowly unzipped the door and crawled out the back of the blind. The zipper wouldn't have made near as much noise as the velcro and I could have done it very slowly. Then I would have been able to ease around the side of the blind and take the shot. Sure, I think of that NOW!
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