light and mount$9.90 green flashlight - Ultrafire WF-501B$3.99 pressure pad$4.90 mountbatteries and charger$5.70 batteries - qty 2 lithium 16340 protected cells$6.90 charger for 16340 and 18650 cellsThat's $31.39 for everything. Basic shipping is free but slow as molasses; they ship most items from Hong Kong. I often spring for the expedited shipping for a few bucks. That usually takes it from 4-5w down to about 2w. If you're the impatient type and spoiled by Amazon Prime 2-day shipping like I am, two weeks feels like forever but the prices are fantastic so I don't grumble about it too much.Attached is a picture of how my B51 is set up. Notice the light is mounted under the muzzle. If you prefer, you can get a tacti-cool mount that puts your light on your scope tube, however having the light close to the objective bell tends to produce glare. That's counterproductive to the whole IwannaseethingsbettersoIcanshootthem plan so it didn't appeal to me.Regarding red light versus green light, I have tried both and it has been my experience that fewer creatures get spooked by the green than the red. For my part of the country that means possums, raccoons, armadillos, and foxes. Yes, I've even had foxes stare back at me and then casually get back to what they were doing. There doesn't seem to be a consensus on which color is better, however, so your mileage may vary. For ten bucks, do what I did and get a red to try it for yourself.
Here's my minimalist setup. Has worked well for the larger critters but I'm going to need something different for the rats.
[My biggest problem with rats is my light, is there any tricks out there not to scare em off?
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Quote from: Hotrod on October 02, 2013, 02:30:48 AM[My biggest problem with rats is my light, is there any tricks out there not to scare em off?Robert, Stefan is right about just using subtle lighting. They will acclimate to the light source but it may take some time. When I said I need something different for the rats, I meant to keep them from doing the grab-n-go. Probably elevate the food and/or use food that can't be taken away in chunks...something to make them more apt to stick around for at least a few seconds.
As a side note.......don't wear cogged boots into the "sheep barn" where the sheep feed and get water. Ya see, that sticky stuff that looks like dirt on the floor of the barn ISN'T dirt!!!! It took a lot of time to dig the "solidified sheep goo" from the cogs of my boots plus a good scrubbin' with a brush and water!!
Quote from: nervoustrigger on October 02, 2013, 03:06:48 AMQuote from: Hotrod on October 02, 2013, 02:30:48 AM[My biggest problem with rats is my light, is there any tricks out there not to scare em off?Robert, Stefan is right about just using subtle lighting. They will acclimate to the light source but it may take some time. When I said I need something different for the rats, I meant to keep them from doing the grab-n-go. Probably elevate the food and/or use food that can't be taken away in chunks...something to make them more apt to stick around for at least a few seconds.Try creamy peanut butter.
There is also a ding donger on the ground to pick up anything that the light rarely misses!
Hey Matt, is the shed for the light kit a recent upgrade? Maybe needed after the "incident" at the fun shoot in April?
QuoteThere is also a ding donger on the ground to pick up anything that the light rarely misses! What is ding donger ?