I killed somthing in the dark

[walking arsenal]

And that somthing was a racoon, it was eating my dads chickens.


However thats not the important part.

The important part is that i could see it to shoot it with my AR.

You see, i have an Insight M6 and an Acog reflex on it.

I could see it, a backstop, my sights and beyond. That in itself was pretty cool. Making the shot in total blackness even cooler. Knowing i did it with an AR i designed myself, he he he oh yeah, pricless.

Had to share, never fired a weapon in the dark before.

 

[LMC]

Cool, how did you spot him at first?

 

[walking arsenal]

The eyes.

The glowing gave away his position. My dads retrievers barking from the kennel gave way to somthing amiss.

The racoon hung around to see what the glowing white orb was i suppose.

I wonder if thats the white light you see...........Naaaa.

 

[Limeyfellow]

Racoons are nasty little buggers like that. Luckly not many around here. My main problem is rabbits and squirrels eating my vegetable garden though a little bloodmeal and a .22 takes care of that. Had to put down a bobcat once that had gone nuts and was trying to attack me and the dogs which can well mean rabies, with a Lee Enfield firing .303 British. Wasn't much left of it afterwards.

 

[Onmilo]

When you dazzle them with a Surefire light we call that jacklighting in my part of the country.

 

[kjeff50cal]

Onmilo When you dazzle them with a Surefire light we call that jacklighting in my part of the country.

Down here it is called the first on the list for a country dinner .

 

[ewb45acp]

Sounds like a good ol backyard safari. The 'coons are pretty well behaved around my yard. It's skunks we have trouble with. And I aint gonna try to outdraw a skunk!

 

[American By Blood]

Further proof that the .223 is a varmint round.

 

[Logan5]

It's kind of "the legend of the $2000 raccoon", but that's got to be head and shoulders above the old "Mag Lite and Winchester, chase it through the woods, fall in a pond, hit it with a stick, etc" method.

 

[walking arsenal]

I could have just grabbed my mossberg but i thought "Hey i got this neat AR that i havent tried out yet and........".

You know how it goes.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Sweet...

 

[gazpacho]

Is hunting with a light legal in Minnesota? In many states it is not.

 

[gunsmith]

it's not hunting

it's protecting livestock

 

[trickyasafox]

i know in NY you can 'redlight' coyote

 

[walking arsenal]

Like gunsmith said, I wasn't hunting. The dang thing was after our food, so i took care of the problem. Perfectly legal as far as i know.

 

[rust collector]

In the wilds of South Dakota, there are special provisions for landowners to use artificial light for varmints on their own land. We are supposed to use rimfire or shotgun, however, so whatever lies beyond the target is a bit safer.

 

[res1b3uq]

night hunting

In this part of the country, the big problem is proving to the game warden you were not hunting deer. I wouldn't know anything about anything like that---lately, or being chased by a game warden,---lately,or the car dying ---lately, or running out thru a pasture with an arm load of rifles, lately, but I hear it has happened.

 

[MechAg94]

My Dad has been having trouble with deer eating his tomato and pepper plants and armadillo's digging holes all over.

 

[TimboKhan]

One of my best shots ever was cranking a particularly pesky coyote in the grill with my .22, offhand in the middle of the night (backstop was not an issue), from a distance of about 75 yards using only the porchlight as a light source. I was only going to shoot to scare him off in order to shut up the dog, but I could see his eyes, so I popped him. For the record, after I did it, I realized that I had taken a foolhardy shot that very easily could have resulted in an injured coyote that I would have had essentially no way to find. I don't mind killing coyotes as necessary, but I sure hate to just hurt something, and it would suck even more if it was because I took a shot I shouldn't have.

 

[mormonsniper]

Ah, Armadillo...

Got about a 15 pounder a week ago at just after midnight. Ruger 10/22.
Velocitor w/maglight (it was handy). Putting holes all over the yard. My old dog was stepping in them. Headshot. Flipped and flopped like I've never seen.
I never saw an animal do a double reverse with a full twist before.