asspack,
ever one nose that thar post abuv ain't me. two many kapitol lettars. shotin finger gettin twitchie. id better get ta hunting or call a girlfriend
Because of the above post, which I choose to believe true of the real djones, I have no reason to believe that the supposed last post from djones is accurate or even from djones. After all, it is Capitalized, punctuation is somewhat correct and it is almost grammatically correct and almost intelligibly coherent.
Either that or the somewhat earlier evidence of latent Schizophrenia in djones has finally resolved itself into a singular entity, at least for now.
Since it was asked, I will input the very little that I know or surmise above that which Coy knows about hog hunting. However, this input is far from being a discourse on Hog hunting, but more of an assist to that which he already knows. I will address other issues requested later this evening since I am going to be involved with the final evaluation of my Left eye, prior to surgery, this afternoon and expect that based on previous experience, it will require an extensive time commitment. I will offer that the following is purely in the experimental stage since it has not been validated by normal testing protocols except as noted.
While evaluating and testing various sight arrangements for the Ruger Gunsite Scout for my grandaughter, I traded several boxes of custom reloaded 168 Gr. rounds for an adjustable beam Green laser target designator. While playing with this, and engaging a pack of Coyotes that takes advantage of the non-shooting zone of the neighborhood, I noticed that while the laser designator while in the "Flood light" adjustment of the laser designator, did not spook the Coyote pack as my white floodlight had. While in "Flood light mode, the range seemed to die off about 150 yards from my position through the scope, primarily based on the battery output which was necessarily limited, and I got to wondering if this range could be extended.
Several years previously I had won a 3 million candlepower, handheld, rechargeable floodlight made by Black and Decker at a local raffle. Every time I had tried to use it in spotting the Coyote pack, the pack had scattered when hit with the white light beam. Checking the projected wavelength (532 nm) of the green laser designator, I got to wondering how the laser wavelength related to a projected wavelength through a translucent screen of approximately the same color. I ordered a 3/16" medium green transparent piece of Plexiglas from a local supplier and cut a new lens to replace the existing clear lens in the Black and Decker floodlight.
Over the last several nights I have had an opportunity to track the Coyote pack with it and when the pack has been highlighted with the green spotlight, they do not shy or scatter as they had done previously with the white light. Even with the light reduction through the new lens (about 20% reduction in intensity) I am still projecting a approximate 2,400,000 candlepower beam out to a distance of about 600 + yards eye visibility and I've found that through a Scope, targeting is fairly easy out to about an easy 400 yards and possibly further. The uncertainty in the maximum effective range was because I was trying to hold the spotlight and track the pack with one hand and sight through a 10x scope at the same time on a moving pack of animals. This needs to be explored further as I am sure that the maximum effective range could probably be much further. An adjustable beam on the spotlight, would also increase its
versatility.
As to advising Coy of Hog hunting, first, I am not totally sure that what I have been playing with on coyotes would be applicable to Hogs, however their eyesight systems appear to be very similar. Also, on-line rearch says that it should work. The cumbersome size of the spotlight would almost require that Coy utilize his flunk....assistant, djones or another person to use the spotlight at an extended range while Coy followed the beam with a pair of Bino's until an appropriate target(s) were spotted, then changing to the rifle scope.
In addition, from experience at the ranch, once a hog had been taken down, if not gut shot where it ran for the river, leave the hog body in place and establish an ambush for the following evening. We have found that usually by the following evening, other hogs will come in to dine on the dead hog body.
Hope this is of some help to someone!
Packrat
