Thread: Lasers for night hunting

Laser pointer or laser illuminator?

If the latter, had a play with one one night while chasing wallabies.
It was scope mounted and hooked up to pressure switch.

Very tight beam, maybe 3-4m at 100m, so no good for scanning, but the approach we used was to walk along with the led spotlights until we saw something, then kill the lights and line up with just the laser to make the shot. The green light didn't seem to concern the animals, so you'd watch the wallaby happily feeding away while you lined up the shot.

Downsides were that it took a second or two for your eyes to translate from the white light to the green, and it also reduced contrast which made it a little more difficult to actually find what you were looking for through the scope. Not overly cheap either.

Was impressed with how undisturbed the animals were when lit up with it, also the tight beam could be considered a plus in some settings. Capable of plenty of range, too.

May end up shelling out for one, if I can't find a decent scope-mounted torch setup I like.