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Night Bacon & Sausage
2/2/2012 7:31:24 PM
The Olight M-20 Crimson puts 225 pounds of fresh boar BACON on the table tonight!
Barnes 70 grain TSX @ 225 yards DRT.
Barnes 70 grain TSX @ 225 yards DRT.
2/2/2012 7:33:01 PM
Good job... Looks crazy in the bobcat... I like it..
How do you sneak upon on boar in that thing..
How do you sneak upon on boar in that thing..
2/2/2012 7:45:21 PM
I have a little tray that I put some corn in and when they come up to taste it I close the Grapple on them.... Best mouse trap ever! 
2/2/2012 10:01:55 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
I have a little tray that I put some corn in and when they come up to taste it I close the Grapple on them.... Best mouse trap ever!
I have a little tray that I put some corn in and when they come up to taste it I close the Grapple on them.... Best mouse trap ever!
hahaha
that's a lot of lil' smokys for superbowl sunday
2/3/2012 7:39:48 AM
nailed him right next to the small live oak in the upper right hand corner of this pic @ 225 yards using the Olight M-20 Crimson RED LED:
2/11/2012 4:51:28 PM
More midnight sausage falls to the Ruger Mini-30...
2/12/2012 12:45:35 PM
how do you like that mini 30 on hogs??? you usually post up with the sig or single.
2/12/2012 5:19:46 PM
It is a new Mini-30, they are much more accurate than the older ones. It has the same Leopold VR-X Pig Plex 1-4X scope as one of my SIGs, really like that scope too, especially for night hunts like this one.
The round seems to work very well at ranges out to 100 yards, just using Hornady 123 grain shells, not reloads.
Sig also makes a 7.62X39mm called 556R and that works good too.
The round seems to work very well at ranges out to 100 yards, just using Hornady 123 grain shells, not reloads.
Sig also makes a 7.62X39mm called 556R and that works good too.
2/15/2012 6:53:56 PM
Here is the Olight M-20 Crimson from 250 yards away last night when I shined some hogs with it from the Game Cam's Infrared Camera:
Here is the Olight M3-X with Green Filter from 250 yards away from the Game Cam's Infrared Camera:
I shined these two lights on them off and on for over 30 minutes with zero response from any of the hogs....
Hogs will die this weekend when I have some time to run the sausage grinder....
Here is the Olight M3-X with Green Filter from 250 yards away from the Game Cam's Infrared Camera:
I shined these two lights on them off and on for over 30 minutes with zero response from any of the hogs....
Hogs will die this weekend when I have some time to run the sausage grinder....
2/17/2012 8:53:25 PM
That looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Thanks for the pics of the light with the various filters... I'm going to have to pick one of those suckers up.
2/18/2012 6:23:44 PM
Do you have any pics of the M-20 with white led from that range? I do a bit of spotlighting but thinking this may be a practical solution for some applications.
2/18/2012 9:48:06 PM
I just ordered a PVS-14 Gen3 PINNACLE Night Enforcer with a LDI DBAL-D2 Class 1 IR Green Laser from TNVC to go "whole hog" so to speak.....
Sure hope my new NV gear works as well as my Olight M3-X Green LED does @ 225 yards!
Sure hope my new NV gear works as well as my Olight M3-X Green LED does @ 225 yards!
2/18/2012 9:50:52 PM
Originally Posted By TX03RUBI:
Do you have any pics of the M-20 with white led from that range? I do a bit of spotlighting but thinking this may be a practical solution for some applications.
Do you have any pics of the M-20 with white led from that range? I do a bit of spotlighting but thinking this may be a practical solution for some applications.
The new Olight M-20X with the XM-L LED will work out to almost two hundred yards, but the best is a Olight M3-X with the XM-L and two 18650 batteries, it will work out to 400 yards with a super tight throw.
The older Olight M-20 Warriors with the XP-G LED are good out to about 125 yards.
2/18/2012 10:37:38 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
The new Olight M-20X with the XM-L LED will work out to almost two hundred yards, but the best is a Olight M3-X with the XM-L and two 18650 batteries, it will work out to 400 yards with a super tight throw.
The older Olight M-20 Warriors with the XP-G LED are good out to about 125 yards.
Originally Posted By TX03RUBI:
Do you have any pics of the M-20 with white led from that range? I do a bit of spotlighting but thinking this may be a practical solution for some applications.
Do you have any pics of the M-20 with white led from that range? I do a bit of spotlighting but thinking this may be a practical solution for some applications.
The new Olight M-20X with the XM-L LED will work out to almost two hundred yards, but the best is a Olight M3-X with the XM-L and two 18650 batteries, it will work out to 400 yards with a super tight throw.
The older Olight M-20 Warriors with the XP-G LED are good out to about 125 yards.
Awesome! Thats what I was wanting to hear. I like the M3X as well but dont know how I would like it weapon mounted as its a little large. I may pick it up also though and give it a try just in case, If I dont like it mounted I can still use it as cordless spotlight for longer shots!
2/18/2012 11:16:24 PM
The M3-X is amazingly light and easy to handle and fits into a standard 1" flashlight mount, it has two levels too.
I normally leave mine on high all the time when mounted on my rifle for shooting.
I do have three of them and often have another one in my hand in my stand.
The Cree XM-L LED puts out some terrific light waves, however do NOT get a red ground glass filter for it as the XM-L puts out very little in the red light spectrum as the filter blocks all other light waves.
With the green ground glass filter it has plenty of throw and spill for scanning and shooting as the XM-L LED puts out allot of green light photons.
I normally leave mine on high all the time when mounted on my rifle for shooting.
I do have three of them and often have another one in my hand in my stand.
The Cree XM-L LED puts out some terrific light waves, however do NOT get a red ground glass filter for it as the XM-L puts out very little in the red light spectrum as the filter blocks all other light waves.
With the green ground glass filter it has plenty of throw and spill for scanning and shooting as the XM-L LED puts out allot of green light photons.
2/19/2012 10:25:04 AM
I had just setup for coyotes about 7:30PM in pitch darkness, no stars as there was a big storm coming up over us. Turned on my PB caller and did a couple of domain calls as there was a lone coyote male howling like mad out behind the house the night before at this time and I thought he'd probably be back again.
No sooner did five minutes pass and a herd of hogs came out of the woods into my little prairie opening.
Turned on the Olight M3-X with green filter and put the crosshairs of my Leopold VR-X 1-4 Pig Plex FireDot on his shoulder and pulled the SIG 556 trigger.
At 225 yards I could hear a nice THWAK when the bullet hit him and put him down, walked out and he started to get up so I shot him again in the head and he was DRT.
It was a big 325 pound boar hog. There were quite a few more that size or bigger in the group.
No sooner did five minutes pass and a herd of hogs came out of the woods into my little prairie opening.
Turned on the Olight M3-X with green filter and put the crosshairs of my Leopold VR-X 1-4 Pig Plex FireDot on his shoulder and pulled the SIG 556 trigger.
At 225 yards I could hear a nice THWAK when the bullet hit him and put him down, walked out and he started to get up so I shot him again in the head and he was DRT.
It was a big 325 pound boar hog. There were quite a few more that size or bigger in the group.
2/26/2012 7:16:09 PM
Could not go out target practicing today because it rained all day long, however I took the SIG 556 with an Olight M-20 Crimson out after dark and immediately shot this hog in the head at 100 yards DRT.
75 grain Hornady BTHP reload.
75 grain Hornady BTHP reload.
2/27/2012 8:49:18 AM
Postmortem is a brain stem/C1 hit…instant death, DRT.
Nice hams and tenderloins, loins are marinating now.
Nice hams and tenderloins, loins are marinating now.
2/27/2012 10:23:15 AM
How well would the M-20 with white LED work with green filter?
I have been looking for something with good throw that would let me see at 100 yards.
I have been looking for something with good throw that would let me see at 100 yards.
2/27/2012 11:13:45 AM
I have not tried to use one of my white M-20 LEDs with a red or green filter. As you can see in the photos above I do use a ground glass green filter on my Olight M3-X white CREE XM-L LED.
Basically, most types of CREE LEDs do not put out much in the RED wavelength so putting a red filter over them pretty much gives you not much, however they do extrude quite a bit of GREEN wavelength as you can see in the above filters, so it might work if you try it out.
Just don't try to use a red filter over a white LED light, you lose about 98% of the light.....
If you want RED, be sure to get a RED LED like the M-20 Crimson.
Basically, most types of CREE LEDs do not put out much in the RED wavelength so putting a red filter over them pretty much gives you not much, however they do extrude quite a bit of GREEN wavelength as you can see in the above filters, so it might work if you try it out.
Just don't try to use a red filter over a white LED light, you lose about 98% of the light.....
If you want RED, be sure to get a RED LED like the M-20 Crimson.
2/28/2012 7:48:29 PM
Man this ITT PVS14-17 is awesome, one shot @ 255 yards in the head with a handloaded Barnes TSX 70 grain dropped right there!
Wish I had this nice piece of NV gear 5 years ago...
Wish I had this nice piece of NV gear 5 years ago...
2/29/2012 2:32:50 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
I have not tried to use one of my white M-20 LEDs with a red or green filter. As you can see in the photos above I do use a ground glass green filter on my Olight M3-X white CREE XM-L LED.
Basically, most types of CREE LEDs do not put out much in the RED wavelength so putting a red filter over them pretty much gives you not much, however they do extrude quite a bit of GREEN wavelength as you can see in the above filters, so it might work if you try it out.
Just don't try to use a red filter over a white LED light, you lose about 98% of the light.....
If you want RED, be sure to get a RED LED like the M-20 Crimson.
I have not tried to use one of my white M-20 LEDs with a red or green filter. As you can see in the photos above I do use a ground glass green filter on my Olight M3-X white CREE XM-L LED.
Basically, most types of CREE LEDs do not put out much in the RED wavelength so putting a red filter over them pretty much gives you not much, however they do extrude quite a bit of GREEN wavelength as you can see in the above filters, so it might work if you try it out.
Just don't try to use a red filter over a white LED light, you lose about 98% of the light.....
If you want RED, be sure to get a RED LED like the M-20 Crimson.
Thank you very much for the info.
3/2/2012 1:13:31 AM
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
3/2/2012 7:26:34 AM
Originally Posted By yobo:
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
3/2/2012 7:57:20 AM
SkyPup,
Thank you for your reply.
Have you had hogs run off immediately when you hit them with red/gree/blue light or do you usually get a few seconds before they run off?
The reason for my question is that I have mounted a green led light on my rifle but I don't have a remote switch to turn it on.
I'll have to use my left hand to turn on the light and then grasp the forearm... which takes few seconds.
I had someone tell me that I should turn on the light pointing up into the sky and then slowly bring the light down on the hogs.
Do you have any advice for me?
Thank you for your reply.
Have you had hogs run off immediately when you hit them with red/gree/blue light or do you usually get a few seconds before they run off?
The reason for my question is that I have mounted a green led light on my rifle but I don't have a remote switch to turn it on.
I'll have to use my left hand to turn on the light and then grasp the forearm... which takes few seconds.
I had someone tell me that I should turn on the light pointing up into the sky and then slowly bring the light down on the hogs.
Do you have any advice for me?
3/2/2012 10:18:00 AM
Originally Posted By yobo:
SkyPup,
Thank you for your reply.
Have you had hogs run off immediately when you hit them with red/gree/blue light or do you usually get a few seconds before they run off?
The reason for my question is that I have mounted a green led light on my rifle but I don't have a remote switch to turn it on.
I'll have to use my left hand to turn on the light and then grasp the forearm... which takes few seconds.
I had someone tell me that I should turn on the light pointing up into the sky and then slowly bring the light down on the hogs.
Do you have any advice for me?
SkyPup,
Thank you for your reply.
Have you had hogs run off immediately when you hit them with red/gree/blue light or do you usually get a few seconds before they run off?
The reason for my question is that I have mounted a green led light on my rifle but I don't have a remote switch to turn it on.
I'll have to use my left hand to turn on the light and then grasp the forearm... which takes few seconds.
I had someone tell me that I should turn on the light pointing up into the sky and then slowly bring the light down on the hogs.
Do you have any advice for me?
I would follow the advice that was given to you above, do not shine the bright central cone of the light throw onto them until the moment you will shoot, just bathe them with the spill from the beam on the periphery.
3/2/2012 1:09:10 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
Originally Posted By yobo:
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
way-back, back in the day, had used a spot-light fixed on open area, & put corn down were light would shin about 20ta25 yrds out.. ran extra wire into a toggle switch, so could hold it in left hand, so could flip switch whin had hog in sight... u have some good info, hog's tipped over me corn feeder three night's in a row during deer season this year.. went an sat with me pistal few times, dog's keep em moving around here.. haven't seen no sign lately... what part of Fl. u be?
3/2/2012 1:11:24 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
Originally Posted By yobo:
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
hit submit & it went ta different sight, clicked back, hit submit again, & it ended up doing a double.. so edited.. have hard enough time with me spelling let alone this high-tech internet stuff...
3/10/2012 8:01:00 PM
No sooner do I get this DBAL-I2 laser dialed in target shooting today than a nice boar hog about 275 pounds shows up right after dark, one laser sighted round @ 175 yards bring home the bacon... :eek:
Man I am liking this DBAL-I2!!!!:D
Man I am liking this DBAL-I2!!!!:D
3/10/2012 8:36:19 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
Originally Posted By yobo:
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
SkyPup,
Do hogs react in any way when you hit them with green or red light?
In both of those hog kill photos above, I had shined them with green light in one instance and red light in the other instance for a FULL 5 minutes before taking the shot as an experiment to see if they reacted to either the green or the red light while they were busy feeding on the corn below my feeder.
I shot both of those hogs adjacent to the far tree in the photos above that is 225 yards from my stand.
In both cases there was ZERO response to either the red or the green light.
I just want to mention that my scanning lights are tripod mounted stationary shining right at the feeder where they came in, I DID NOT move either of the lights but the light beam covered the entire area very bright. Hogs never noticed the lights or me at all. I snipe them out from a pretty good distance where my stand is so usually they do not pick out my scent. They basically just hung out there in the bright lights like nothing was going on at all, except they were hungry....
good info.. it kinda like a full moon effect, made it easier ta see the hog's...
3/14/2012 9:26:32 PM
The green aiming laser and Olight M3-X work extremely well out to 225 yards, able to shoot a ten round group <5" diameter using just the laser, no scope, sights, or NV equipment, just the laser and flashlight.
By the way, the tenderloins were marinated in Worcestershire Sauce, Brown Sugar, Orange Blossom Honey, Bread Crumbs, Bacon, and Gorgonzola Cheese and it all melts in your mouth!!!!
By the way, the tenderloins were marinated in Worcestershire Sauce, Brown Sugar, Orange Blossom Honey, Bread Crumbs, Bacon, and Gorgonzola Cheese and it all melts in your mouth!!!!
3/16/2012 8:06:35 PM
Here is the same pic during the day so you can see how well that DBAL-I2 green laser puts out.
3/22/2012 8:58:27 PM
Picked up a nice snacker while out coyote hunting tonight, one shot with the PVS-14 and NV Eotech @ 225 yards.
4/16/2012 5:19:32 PM
Wow, the State park manager called us up today to ask if we could move one of our hog traps into a new area.
The park has been removing 18 wild Bison because they kept breaking out of the fencing and getting onto adjacent private properties wrecking havoc.
The helicopter pilot who was ferrying out the tranquilized Bison said that he "incidentally" counted over 350 hogs just this weekend!
I am going to have to get a case of SSA 70gr. Barnes TSX ammo, don't think I can reload that much on my single stage RCBS press!
The park has been removing 18 wild Bison because they kept breaking out of the fencing and getting onto adjacent private properties wrecking havoc.
The helicopter pilot who was ferrying out the tranquilized Bison said that he "incidentally" counted over 350 hogs just this weekend!
I am going to have to get a case of SSA 70gr. Barnes TSX ammo, don't think I can reload that much on my single stage RCBS press!
4/16/2012 7:46:08 PM
Sounds like you need to getr several of your closest friends and shoot`em up!