What is the first step in the night hunt? To see the animals clearly, of course. Nowadays, few people use the time-consuming and laborious method of night hunting, such as patrolling the mountains with hounds. Simple optical devices can give hunters eyes to see through the dark.
Thermal imaging and night vision are used to “silently” observe animals, while hunting flashlights expose prey to bright light! If thermal imaging and night vision are the means of “sneak attack”, then hunting with a flashlight is a direct confrontation with the animal, more requires the hunter’s excellent hunting skills as a baseline! Today we are going to introduce hunting flashlights.
The most important thing to pay attention to is to grasp the most appropriate timing, because when the flash of hand lightning, it represents the official start of the battle between the hunter and the animal! For those who truly understand the true meaning of hunting, hunting is not a game between fights, but a struggle of life, patient deliberation, and the sharpness of human nature. Therefore, hunting equipment is absolutely critical.
With the development of the market, there are more and more hunting torches on the market and their functions are more and more diverse. It is easy for people to catch a blind eye, but from these basic aspects, plus the choice of functions you need, you will never go wrong.
Function: In order to attract customers, many flashlights are added more and more functions, many people in order to “make the best use of everything”, avoid double investment, buy some miscellaneous flashlights, but I do not recommend doing so. The more features and parts you have, the easier it is to break. Keep in mind the core requirements and don’t be blinded by the clutter of features.
Brightness: This is a purchase condition that must be carefully considered. When you’re night hunting, you have to be pretty sure that the shot is exactly where the prey is.
Beam adjustable: I believe many of you have experienced the loss of a night Hunter’s charge that cannot be adjusted beam, which is a bloody lesson. The Night Hunter torch requires a wide and narrow range adjustment, which allows the hunter to see the entire area at a glance.
Reliability: In short, it’s sturdy and durable. Although flashlights are very common, a reliable hunting torch is a rare commodity. The circuitry itself is complex and fragile, and it often stumbles during the hunt, so a flashlight that goes down on impact can ruin a well-planned night hunt.
Efficiency: This efficiency refers to hunting efficiency. Hunting torches now come from a variety of sources of power, but I recommend using one that uses both batteries and recharges, which will keep your budget down and prevent you from getting blindsides during an emergency power outage.
No matter what the situation of night hunting is inseparable from the flashlight irradiation, and different situations need different functions of the flashlight. If you are in a dense forest with long-term fog, I recommend using a red light flashlight, because red light has the longest wave and the most penetrating light, so it is the best way to conquer the dense forest. On the other hand, if you’re hunting in the plains, the green light is less intense but brighter.
Incandescent: Incandescent bulbs used to be the mainstay of the flashlight world, and while they’re still used on many large, common lamps, they’re out of fashion. Although the HID lamp brightness is high, but the energy consumption is huge, and the volume is also very large, in the hunting flashlight use very little (is the potential stock). Now the most common LED lights are the most commonly used by hunters, high brightness, low energy consumption, high reliability, long life, but also can resist a variety of harsh environment.
Reflective cup: Reflective cup has the effect of focusing light, to achieve the effect of lighting. The deeper and larger the diameter of the reflective cup, the better the concentrating effect. However, this does not mean that the focus intensity is always good. If hunting at a distance, such as hunting wild boar, you need a strong focus flashlight, and if hunting at a close distance, such as pheasant, you should choose a better flood light.
Lens: A lens is a detail that is often overlooked by hunters, but is actually crucial. Lenses focus or disperse light by refracting it. Look for obvious bright or dark circles when choosing a flashlight, and discard them immediately.
Circuit system: The circuit system of the flashlight is very fragile, why some of the flashlight can be used for several years, and some can only last a few hours? The circuit system of a flashlight has an inescapable relationship. The most stable is the constant current circuit system, it makes the flashlight in the use of brightness always at the same level, increasing the stability of lighting.
Power supply: We have just introduced, it is best to use the hunting flashlight which combines battery and charging. The battery is divided into dry battery, high energy battery and lithium ion battery, which can be selected according to different needs.
Shell: The common hunting flashlight shell is divided into several kinds: metal materials, engineering plastics, aluminum alloy surface treatment. If the budget allows, I recommend aluminum alloy surface treatment shell better flashlight, that is, no metal materials easy to rust, but also avoid the shortcomings of engineering plastics poor thermal conductivity.
Post time: Jan-30-2023