Spotlight for hunting coyote

The answer is pretty simple. You can mount a very bright light onto a scope and not have it cost an arm and leg like a Surefire or not require off-gun wiring harnesses for external power sources and do so in a very lightweight package, fairly small as well.

What I suggested will work sufficiently well beyond 100 yards for bigger animals and will be a dandy of a light for a .22 setup for things like coons, which is something JD3020 wanted.

I have ordered a bunch from Deal Extreme, but you can cobble together similar setups with other products. You can take any 1" tube like and attach it to a rail (if you have extra rails on your rifle) with a cheapo 1" scope mount from Wal-mart. You can get a pair of quick release mounts for $15-20, IIRC, but pay $20-80 for similar mounts "designed" for lights elsewhere. There are a variety of companies that make a 1" to 1" tube to tube mount for the purpose of mounting lights over scopes or have 1" tube mounts with a rail onto which a laser, light, etc. can be mounted.

There really are a lot of options, but if you are a bit creative, you can do it inexpensively.
 
sorry i must of skipped over that post after reading all of them. that looks like a good set up for a cheap price. i was looking at the stream lights and they are a bit bigger and about 18 times the price yet the small light has 220 lumen and the stream light is only 185 lumen. cheaper seems to be the better way
 
I apologize, guys, I know that this topic is very old, but maybe my answer will help someone in the future.It's like helping from the past to the future, with the help of the past:)
I'm really liking that Primos gun light. I'm out on the front porch most nights around 10 pm, and it has enough beam for me to see to the front gate, which is about 130ish yards. I have found that it works best to keep the scope power on the low end of the variable scale. That gets me most light and field of view, which of course is obvious but is also what I ignored a couple of times. I haven't gone the 12 volt route yet. I put the battery on a string loop that I put around my neck, but the battery is heavy and two of them seems a bit much. From critter watching, I'll say that possums, skunks, raccoons and hogs don't get too worried when the light hits them. Deer run like crazy. Haven't had a coyote in the light yet, so I don't know how that's going to go.I just purchased the VRL-1 Ultimate Kit and the VRL-1 Scanning Light https://bestoutdooritems.com/predator-hunting-lights-reviews/ These lights were very affordable. I have not yet used them in the field, but I expect that they will act very strongly. Between the light mounted on the gun with red and green LEDs, scanning light, 2 rechargeable batteries, wall charger and car charger, and gun mounts, I spent only 230 dollars.Yesterday came across YouTube on a very cool video on this topic, look I think you will appreciate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bsxFPVFZs
 
I have heard all kinds of mixed opinions on using red or green lights for hunting varmints at night. I can tell you I've spent plenty of times watching coons, possums, skunks, cats, foxes, and deer with a regular white flashlight at night, and they didn't mind the light at all. Haven't had as much experience with coyotes, so I asked a very avid coyote hunter I work with. A couple years ago he swore up and down that a white light would scare them away, and now he says it doesn't matter. Got the same story from several other coyote hunters. If critters bolt on ya, I think it's because they're sensing you some other way. They heard your clothes rustle, or heard you click the light on, or can see the muzzle of your gun brightly lit up by a light mounted too far back.
 
I also thought I'd mention, there are some super powerful lights on the market now, that didn't exist when this thread was started back in 2011. Some rated for upwards of 1200-1500 meters of throw, meaning you'd have enough light to identify (not just a pair of glowing eyes) and shoot a critter upwards of 300 yards away.

They are big and expensive, but still cost waaay less than good night vision or thermal.
http://flashlights.parametrek.com/index.html?throw=989+_
 
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