I watch YouTube and guys are walking in with headlamps on. I know they are obviously turning them off as they near their spot. But I've always been one to be nervous to have headlamp on at any time. I try to know my spots well enough to get in with out and going slow enough in. What is y'all's headlamp theory?
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As little light as possible to safely navigate to wherever I'm going. I don't like tripping over stuff and falling hurts a lot more than it used too. I'll use one if I need it to move quietly but I prefer a small handheld green led flashlight that I can point straight down in front of my feet.
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I use the camo Power caps and Panther caps with the white and green led's ...
I believe 100% lights scare turkeys.
,Stay at your truck until daylight.
I use these and use the green light which is not bright at all for times that I need a little light
https://www.amazon.com/Coast-FL72-Focusing-Lumen-Pack/dp/B01M5LGEM3/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1S2QORQH4W7UA&keywords=coast%2Bheadlamp&qid=1645910937&sprefix=coast%2Bheadlamp%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-8&th=1
I rarely use a light turkey hunting, once in a while in dangerous terrain. I do have a really dim red one that weighs nothing i will carry with just in case.
I see very well in the dark. So I use a light very infrequently. But I always carry a small, white LED flashlight. If I need light to see, I turn it on but close my hand over it and only let a couple fingers far enough apart to let a tiny beam out.
Don't use one much myself
I use a headlamp with a green setting, pointed at the ground. You walk 50 yards away from your buddy who's wearing the same model, and you don't even see the bulb (no beam) if it's not pointing *right* at you.
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Might use a light to navigate new terrain until I get close enough to hear the birds I'm looking for but these days, it's a wash. I know where I'm heading on the farms I hunt and the other locations that I've hunted for years. But I'll not use a light anywhere near if I think a bird might have a chance of seeing it.
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I use one, like already said, until I get close to the roost. I hunt deep woods and don't want to trip while walking in. Helps keep cobwebs off my face
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I carry a small Maglite with a red filter in my vest but use it very seldom.
Sometimes!
When I use it, I use the floodlight setting and I'll pull it over my head and around my neck like a bow tie, keeps the light on the ground where it belongs and reduces me being blinded by the reflection of my fog breath.
Also your buddies will appreciate not being blinded. Boy nothing can get me hotter than someone trying to talk to me with their headlight in my face! Simple courtesy people!
LED flashlight
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I use one when needed, it might hurt my chances sometimes but it has helped quite a few times for sure.
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If I use a light while going in, I use the glow from the screen on my phone set on a lower brightness setting. Just a little shine here and there to verify footing.
Never carry one. If I get myself in a sketchy situation I just the light form my phones home screen at most.
The terrain pretty much dictates the need for myself. If your walking in a mile, in most country at least 3/4 of that mile doesn't really matter to much as long as your not shinning all over the place. Now that last 1/4 its moon light only !
A lot has to do with how much time you have too. Covering ground in the dark takes a little longer.
I fall enough in the daylight. Carry a small red light cupped in my hand that runs a long time using just one AAA battery. That helps keep me upright. Mostly.
I use a green LED one if I'm by myself. But if I'm with a buddy, I follow him at a short distance so I can check up if he trips and falls...
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Quote from: born2hunt on February 27, 2022, 10:38:24 PM
The terrain pretty much dictates the need for myself. If your walking in a mile, in most country at least 3/4 of that mile doesn't really matter to much as long as your not shinning all over the place. Now that last 1/4 its moon light only !
A lot has to do with how much time you have too. Covering ground in the dark takes a little longer.
This, except for the moon part. It ain't there about half the time. Depending on where I am at I usually have a headlamp with me and always have a little green pen light. Pen light is for when I get close. At times I've been a mile from the truck and headed away from it trying to roost a bird at 20 minutes after sunset. I have also been out in complete darkness where there is no moon, no stars (clouds), and no city lights. Can't see you hand in front of your face in those situations.
I don't carry a headlamp but I do always carry a little light from Streamlight that is the size of a pen in my vest. I try to only use it when necessary
Most of the time I don't need to use a flashlight. But if it's a moonless night, or difficult terrain, I use a red light that is just bright enough for me to make sure I don't trip and fall. As a back up light, I use a green Stylus pen light, but I rarely have to use it.
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These are great, just a single LED.. way bright enough to be able to see where you are walking. Hold it in your hand down low when walking ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/154672134024?hash=item24032d7788:g:n2QAAOSwJothaH6I
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Quote from: ClayR089 on February 26, 2022, 03:45:22 PM
I watch YouTube and guys are walking in with headlamps on. I know they are obviously turning them off as they near their spot. But I've always been one to be nervous to have headlamp on at any time. I try to know my spots well enough to get in with out and going slow enough in. What is y'all's headlamp theory?
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Agreed, no lights
I always have one for emergencies. Use either the green or red light to preserve my night vision. Don't turn it on at all unless the situation forces me. Bought one made by Energizer at Academy that has a switch that toggles between red and green and another switch for different intensities of white light.