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Thread: Torch/spotlight colours ?

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    Torch/spotlight colours ?

    Just wondering what colour torch/spotlight people are finding most effective for use on light shy small game?
    I have the opportunity to shoot rabbits on small lifestyle blocks and a couple of farms in my neighbourhood. Every year around this time we see an increase in the number of rabbits and when pressured they move in closer to houses, buildings, firewood stacks etc. After a bit of night shooting they seem to get quite a bit scarier and before you say it, no we don't miss many.
    We generally use a white LED spotlight and/or a Maxtoch from a quad or S x S.
    I recently purchased a green torch from Jacob at Piercing the Darkness and have tried it as well as a red filter on the spotlight or maxtoch. With both of these the rabbits seemed to be less scary leading to better success. I noticed with the green light one neighbour's Alpacas remained relatively undisturbed but went nuts when a white light was shone near them.
    When using these lights we run the bikes on most of the places with the lights off or with a small red or green pilot light on some places (just enough to see where we are driving and open gates etc.)
    I find the green light easier to see the game in and was wondering what others have found best or use.
    I have seen on youtube a couple of pest controllers in Australia using either Green or red lightbars on their bikes with good success and am wondering which colour would be best before I go that way.
    Sorry in advance if this has been asked in previous threads.

 

 

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