Lamping

[tony3]

Hi all quick question what colour light , white , red , green for lamping. 
regards tony 

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, I use a red torch but that is only for ratting when i use my air rifle with day scope, I did use for rabbits before i went to night vision more than 20 years ago, i did try a green laser without success, White is only for picking up although i know someone who does fox control using a night vision spotter and white lamp, you might find a difference in the clarity of red in lamps and torches, My torch can adjust 2 ways, 

Edited October 31 by oldypigeonpopper

[Ultrastu]

For your eyes?  , or the dogs eyes ? 

The rats or rabbits or foxes ? 

 

[JKD]

Amber 🤓

My area has lots of amber street lights, so less noticeable.

[London Best]

I used red for foxes with great success.

[7daysinaweek]

White I found most suitable for lamping with a dog, if was foxing before the days of filters and squeaking them in to the shotty, kept them just out of the main white beam.

When filters came around, found red as per London best recommendation, that they worked well.

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, Interesting what you find on Google, It is all about the Cone Photorecepter that senses red light ??

[Scully]

I’ve found it doesn’t seem to make much difference if there’s a filter over the lamp or not. We never shine the beam directly at anything we’re shooting anyhow, but rather keep it in the periphery. 

It may make a difference if the land is overshot so to speak, but I can’t say a filter has made much difference to bag numbers of rabbits, and foxes don’t seem too particular either.
I think the secret is not to linger too long on any quarry once it’s been identified. 

[oowee]

It's been a while since I had the lamp out but ^^^^ as @Scully says.

I would add if it's rabbits and you want to cull them stay out and until they are cleared as they will get used to it. With all quarry they can learn association if they live long enough.

Edited October 31 by oowee

[Dave-G]

Red works best for me, using a variable brightness/power switch so it can be a 'slow spark up' which is less likely to spook.

If you can't get a variable switch start it on wide beam then zoom in to get more light progressively onto the quarry until its lit enough to all you need to see. Its so easy to use much more light on the target than needed for the shot. 

If you'll be recording a video, more light than strictly needed for a shot will produce a better video time its edited and uploaded to social media or forums.

[Bigbob]

When i used to shoot the university grounds about a week before the holidays i started shining my torch at the rabbits and after a few days when it stopped  them from running away  we would go out and lamp it , First lap round was just a white light , then back round with the red filter ,then a lap with the amber filter then a lap with the green filter and finally a lap with a blue filter ,I found the time we started made a big difference some night it was like somebody flicked a switch and the rabbits would just start to appear , A white light red and amber where nice and clear to shoot with but Blue and Green unless the rabbit moved i couldnt see them 

[steve_b_wales]

I always used Red, but have had good results using Amber. I have also found that Green works okay too.