Yes, my hunting partner, Blueridgeboy, has one. He just got the thing and we've been doing some R&D on it to figure out it's best uses. So far, all we have looked at is deer feeding in bean fields. The reaction of the deer to the green light is that it seems to make them more nervous than a red filtered light, but much less nervous than being lit up by white LED light. We can easily identify deer at 250 yards plus, but when we tried viewing the deer through a Nikon Monarch 2.5x10x50 rifle scope to see if the crosshairs(duplex reticle) were visible enough when placed on the animal to possibly make a clean shot at that distance, we both agreed that it was too far to ethically attempt that shot. The reticle just did not have enough contrast on the illuminated animal to make a clean shot. In contrast, my Lightforce 170 with the red filter would easily allow that shot, as I have done that and farther with our crop damage permits. If an illuminated reticle was available in the rifle scope, I believe a 200 yard plus shot could be easily accomplished.
The ND3 seems like it could be a very useful tool for night hunting some species, whether it be used as a weapon light or a light for scanning animals, we just havn't done enough testing to determine what would be the most efficient use for this tool. A large determining factor would be the different animal's reaction to the green light. If canines really see green as a shade of white, it might not be the greatest tool for illumination for coyote and fox hunting. I'm hoping hogs don't see green any better than they do red, and if that turns out to be the case, then I'll buy one too for scanning, and maybe even as a scope light for hog hunting.
As we get more experience with the ND3 on canines, I'll post our findings.
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