lamping do i use a filter or not

[gonefoxin]

lamping do i use a filter or not what colour? red green none?

 

[sir-lamp-alot]

it's down to your own personal choice most of the time but also what the foxes dictate and also your lamp power ie if you have lamp shy foxes a a 2 million candel power lamp then yeah your probely going to want a filter, i hate filters personaly but when i do have to use one i go to amber so as it doesnt cut out to much light for when your trying to identify the fox as a fox

 

[CRUMPY]

Amber everytime for me

 

[trouble]

Yep ambers the one

 

[devon deer stalker]

I don't use a filter and it works fine for me.
Identification is key!
Cheers
Richard

 

[dc5]

I use amber for fox and red for rabbits.

 

[tjwaines]

We use amber and red on our Lightforce 240. Ordinarily we use red all the time, no chance of spooking any lamp shy foxes with the red on.

Tom

 

[Roedinator]

allways use the amber filter when were out

 

[jay 22]

amber for foxing red for rabbiting. found red for foxing does take a good amount of the beam away which isnt good. this is with my lightforce 170

when i go lamping with a mate he uses nv to spot them then when there in range use a lightforce 240 with out filter

 

[liamnjs]

Depends entirely how they respond. I don't break out the filters until they start showing shyness to the white/blue light, no need to educate them to all the tricks right away!

 

[m595]

we use red and amber filters ,your preferance really though

 

[Alycidon]

Depends how far you need to id them, red is only good for about 120 yards, orange and green are good for well over 200 yards. I like green and have it on a roof mount 240 and an amber on a scope mount 170. I have shot foxes to just over 250 yards using amber in late summer, ie no mist/fog.

A

 

[al4x1]

we vary have amber and red however the best bit of kit you can get is a dimmer, makes all the difference if you use it with no filter. Spot the fox then dim it down till you can just make out the eyes while you try and call in, then increase the light for the shot

 

[Uncle Buck]

+1 AMBER Red seems to limit usage (beam restriction)

The trick is to keep the lamp just below the fox,with him in the back of the beam.

If you burn his eyes out and miss him, next time he'll be lamp shy for sure.

Rgds, Buck.

PS. Not forget'n some other git's may have lamp'd him and made a balls of it.(thus give'n Charlie an EDUCATION)

 

[270Buck]

Depends entirely how they respond. I don't break out the filters until they start showing shyness to the white/blue light, no need to educate them to all the tricks right away!

I second that. On a "virgin" bit of ground I was able to use a lamp without any filter for at least 6 months for both fox and rabbit, I have got a Clulite CB2.

I now use an amber filter on that ground. I have used red filters on my mates Lightforce, but it did seem to reduce the range considerably.

As suggested by Jay 22, spotting with NV, getting within range then switching on lamp for the shot is a very effective way, as Guesty and I found out!!! Great bit of kit!!!

Cheers

Ross