Sharpshot_71

I am just getting into cayote hunting, and i was just wondering how you hunt them with a light. Do you just watch and snap the light on when you are about to shoot or can you keep the light on and scan with that? I use my 270. I know it is big, but i am good with it, too poor to buy a differant gun for only cayote, and just care more about reducing the population. I was looking at buying a light that mounts on the top of the scope. They are relatively cheap, and i think they would work good. Any input would be great.

coyote caller

I use two different lights when hunting at night. The first is a Sunburst Eagle, mostly used by coon hunters. But its an exceptional light for calling too. It come's with a hardhat with light, A walking light, and a hand held spot. And is powered by nicad batteries. The hardhat light is set up with a reostat so you can control the amount of light you use. I never blast the animal with a bright light until I'm ready to shoot. The light I use on my gun is a lightforce 170. This will light up a fox or coyote out to around 200yrds. When I hunt, I always keep the light on during the whole calling process. Some people swear that you should always use a red lens when calling, a friend of mine swears that a blue lens is by far better.

I've used the red, blue, and amber lens. And no lenes at all. The most important thing I found out when hunting at night. Is not to shine the light directly at the animal. But shine above it, so you can still see their eyes shine. When you're ready to shoot is the only time I nail him with the bright light. Both light are a little costly, but I say you get what you pay for. The Sunburst Eagle runs around $450.00, and the Lightforce scope mounted light runs around $365.00.