You're in for a treat if you've never night hunted pigs. I hunt partly from a deer blind (comfy for an old man) and over fields from a raised platform on my truck. By January your hog population has probably gone nocturnal after the deer season ruckus. I wouldn't set up any closer than fifty yards--too easy to spook 'em. The slightest wrong scent or sound and they're gone. A red light that will reach out to 50 yards will give enough light to make out your pig and your crosshairs. A 50mm scope objective helps gather light; a lighted reticule or dot, like a LiteSite, helps, too. Sitting in the dark, bring your rifle into shooting position-quietly-when you hear or suspect a visitor. Have your buddy aim the light high before clicking it on, then lower the beam slowly until you can make the shot. A clear night and moonlight changes things up, at least for me. I forget the lights and go with a large objective lens scope. You'd be suprised how well you can pick out targets with a good scope by moonlight. There's the basics, anyway. I've not used my bow yet, but that changes up things too. A buddy who I have hooked into hunting is a "technical" sort, and is taking the fun a step further with NV gear. Last Sunday night I stood behind him on the truck platform, in full dark, and "watched" him drop a nice sow about 200 yards across a field. He'd hooked up a NV to his .270's scope. He also put a flash hider on so the blast wouldn't wipe out his vision. I think he's getting the knack--
Good hunting,
