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Offline mrlizzzard

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red or blue lens for yotes and fox at night?
« on: February 08, 2005, 01:09:35 PM »
Never been night hunting wish to try . Do you use red or blue lens for fox and yote? Another newbie question what color are thier respective eyes?Coons are red are yotes and fox red also?
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red or blue lens for yotes and fox at night
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2005, 03:15:47 PM »
dont use blue,they can see it! to them red is black. there not as spooked with red lens.

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red or blue lens for yotes and fox at night
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2005, 03:26:02 PM »
I hunt a lot(nearly every night during the winter months), and I've tried everything you can imagine from plain old white lights, to red, blue, green, amber, and even black lights(dark purple). The best in my opinion is the tried, and accepted red lense for predators.

I prefer an extremely dark lense myself. I only want it to be bright enough to make their eyes shine. I use a "Marks-A-Lot" permanent marker to paint my lenses, and keep adding coats until they become dark enough. Don't use a Sharpie marker, because it'll etch the lenses, and ruin them.

The eyes of foxes, coyotes, bobcats, coons, and such shine very bright red when using a red lense. They also appear brighter with an extremely dark red lense than when using a white or other colored lense(even light red), because their eyes are just as bright, but you don't have to look for them against an illuminated background.