Thread: Best spotlights for deer at Long distance

I was going to chime in with a 40mm Bofors, but that 88mm beats the 40mm by a hair.

Originally Posted by 40mm

I was going to chime in with a 40mm Bofors, but that 88mm beats the 40mm by a hair.

A hair and the nut it's attached too?

I have a 2S and 2X maxtoch, the versions that don't like the longer 3600mA Panasonics. I dedomed the 2S which makes a considerable difference in distance, but I would struggle to have the confidence to shoot much past 250/300 and it would have to be perfect conditions. I've had the experience of an 'empty paddock' and shining up a fallow only to find a handful of beefies running down into the overthrow area behind the deer. Turns out a mate of the manager was on the farm that day and didn't reset the gates after driving through so all the animals were in the wrong paddocks. Again a 'tightly controlled, no access/no hunting' farm - we did the right thing by not shooting and stayed to give the manager a hand, but never got the chance to return for another go as it was just too much of a piss around for the farm manager.