I've always had a tough time hunting at night alone here in CNY for coyotes and fox because of running the light and shooting by myself. Head lamps i have found are not powerful enough for rifle hunting/ID'ing and the ones that are were uncomfortable for me and seemed to shift at the most inappropriate moments. Gun mounted lights - I always felt like i was waiving the gun around like a 10lb american flag not to mention the safety factor and loss of targets who i felt saw me. I have all the lights including a lightforce who's solution is to scan, find your target, re-attach it to the gun, shoot. This solution wasn't working for me as it was awkward and quite frankly a P.I.A. no matter how much i practiced. Additionally carrying and running 2 lights was equally a P.I.A. Finally I seemed to solve my problem rifle hunting-at least, and i hope this might help some other single nitetime hunters who have the same issues i had weather using a lightforce or another brand of light. I removed my lightforce from the gun and attached it to a mono shooting stick w/swivel head. I attached it with plastic cinch straps and electrical tape. The stick allows me to scan or pivot the light (by just spinning the stick)in almost any direction effortlessly while the gun rests on the top of the stick in the gun swivel, motionless, until a target is spotted. When a target is spotted i can maintain the light on the target while shifting the gun (and my body) to the target for a shot. My set-up isn't pretty to look at but at least it works for me and has made night hunting more enjoyable instead of the hassel it used to be.
Hope this helps someone else....good hunting!
Hope this helps someone else....good hunting!
