Bish

I've got a big tool box from bunnings for about $120. Seems to be ok, mind you it's never been inspected. Am I meant to organise the inspection or do they come out and do it every so often?

I found some CR123a batteries in K-mart cheap once in the camera section. Also bunnings or mitre 10 or whatever you have down there. CR123a can also be found in coles but for about $10 each! Otherwise I've found www.torchworld.com.au to be good and cheap. delivery was a few days.

Yeah Alf, I had a good hard look at the P7 but narrowly decided to go for the Fenix instead as it has the remote switch and I could get the holder with it as well. It's also heaps cheaper to get the P7 either from the net or the SSAA rather than retail. I think there is something to be said for getting a light that runs on standard supermarket batteries as well, just to make life easier for yourself. Believe it or not but there are blokes out there who are just mad about torches and actually collect the things. Check out www.candlepowerforums.com for more information than you could ever want including beam photos and things.

Everyone seems to be talking about this at the moment so I thought I'd bump it. The light came from: http://www.torchworld.com.au/catalog/index...products_id=462 but they are currently sold out. My only other comment would be to purchase lots of batteries from them as well. The CR123A batteries are hidiously expensive.

I've been wearing a pair for the past 5 years. I have to agree with danh, most guys ended up with blisters and blood and sore feet. Having said that mine are still going strong and work quite well. Can't say they are quiet though and you need to learn how to walk in them without squeaking with every step. It did take me about 2 years to wear them in before which time I used those big thick bandaid things. Find something else I think.

Wow I'm RS, just back from a wander around with the shotgun with my new under barrel spotlight. So how did it go I can hear the clamour from around the country. Well first of all I'll start with the good: the TK 10 is powerful and seems to have lasted the entire night no worries. It was very convenient to use, the remote switch is great, though I would prefer it was an on/off switch rather than having to press it. Then again for when I wanted the light on for a while it was easy enough just to press the button on the torch body. The cheaparse bikelock holder is brilliant, didn't move but is easy to take the torch on and off the shotgun. It was so accurate that I could probably have shot from the hip if I'd wanted to. Very bright light I had a head lamp on for wandering around and used the TK 10 for spotting. The not so good bits are that it added it's weight to the end of the barrel. The Miroku is known to be a bit heavy and this just added to it. I spotted a number of rabbits but I could also hear the thump thump of bunnies around me but I couldn't pick them. I'm not sure if this is because of the light or because of the long grass etc. usually when spotlighting your in the back of a ute meaning you are spotting from about a 2m high platform making them easier to see. The TK 10 doesn't have the power of a big car battery powered spotlight but it was fine for walking with a shotgun. I didn't actually manage to make too many rabbits eyes shine, though I did get some cows and roo eyes shining. There where so many wombats around it wasn't funny. In the end I got 5 rabbits, with maybe a 6th in the bracken. Hunting on foot with a spotlight, by yourself is freaky though, I reckon I come across two, perhaps three groups of pigs, as they are in the area. I didn't see them but there was certainly something big bolting off through the fences and bush that wasn't hopping and made me pack darkies. So all in all it was a bit frustrating, but an interesting way to spend an evening and get the blood pumping. I was thinking I could also use this light with the 30/30 and chase pigs, but after tonights effort I don't think I have the nerve unless I'm in a ute or at least with a mate on foot.

Hi Guys, I’ve been thinking about buying a spotlight to mount under my shotgun for a while now and I’ve finally made my choice. I found a Fenix TK10 torch which has an output of 225 lumens at high power for 90 mins or 60 lumen for 10 hours. I got some of the accessories as well including remote pressure switch, a twofish bikelock and half a dozen batteries. I’ve taken the light outside and shone it around a bit and it looks like it should do the trick I’m not sure about the twofish bikelock but it was cheap so I thought I’d give it a shot. It is passed between the barrels and over the top barrel. Does anyone know if this will be a problem? I’m going to the range tomorrow night for some clay target shooting so I’ll ask those guys what they think. I bought it from torchworld.com.au and there’s not much I can say besides they seemed to be the cheapest, they took my money and they delivered the goods two days later. All seems good for the moment but I’ll make updates as I try it out more.

Hi Guys, I'm looking at a shotgun mounted spot light. All I can really find is the lightforce 140, for around $120 - $150, however it looks like that is just light, on top of that you need chargers, batteries, spare globes and who knows what else which can all add up to significantly more by the looks. Has anyone used this system? Is it worth while? Are there any others out there? I'm wondering if I could get away with just using one of those powerful LED head lamps or something instead. (I am a tight arse )

My first experience with NVG was in the army, it was ok (Gen II) but I wasn't great. Then I realised I still had the lens cap on, after I took it off it was frogging brilliant! Later we went out for a night shoot using the laser on the rifles, and the monocular. It blew me away, and I shot really well. After about an hour though I started to feel a bit funny, and went off for a really good, really long spew. Then when my mates came along to see what was up I got mean and told them all to fug off, even grabbed one by the scruff of the neck and later told one of my superiors that I was fugging oright so just fug off ok!. All this coming from one of their most stable and reliable guys. Lucky for me one of the old WO's had seen another bloke do this as well in response to NVG. Apparently my brain got all mixed up because I was swapping focus on my eyes, first using one eye through NVG then my natural night vision with the other. These things can sometimes do funny things to you.

where does the little pink dressing gown fit in ?

Have you got a link that shows pictures? I've got a ridgeline day pack, or at least it has the ridgeline badge on it...I have a feeling it is a ripoff of them as it was so cheap when I got it at the Wodonga show. The pack is brillient though, but the actual hydration bit was crap so I put my old camelbak bladder in it instead.

From my small experience I suggest a major factor would be the weight. A pair of bino's in your backpack isn't as good as a pair of bino's around your neck. I hardly take mine now as while they are not huge, they are not small either and they are just too much of a pain. I don't have a harness though.

Seriously? what are you going to do 5Km from your car and however far away you are? When your hunting your hunting, stuff the world I say. With the EPIRB, I've thought about it, but don't think it's a quick fix, apparently it could take up to 12 hours to get to you anyway. I reckon, unless you've busted a leg and immobilised forget it.

This is exactly what I do Worm with my camo gear. I hunt alone most of the time anyway, though if you've never done it before it might be good to take along a mate to show you the ropes so to speak. Finally, I always have a compass and map with me, especially when I don't know the area. Just last week I found a ripper new spot with heaps of sign, but it was a ways back to the car so I left it early as I'd never been there before and wasn't sure how I'd go getting back again. Lucky I did as the two little contour lines on my map did not warn me of the cliff that I could have fallen down if I'd been coming home after dark.

Holy cow, I just realised I've met Jindy around the traps before.... From all this I think my stuff is fine....I just need to learn some self control and slow the hell down when I'm out and about.

I use it and can sometimes get up close and personal to all sorts of things. I bought a top in the light weight material a couple of sizes too big. That way in the summer I just wear it over a tee shirt while in winter I can wear it over my cold weather gear. Seems to work for me.

I've never worn one. But then again I either get wet or go home (or both). As an emergency survival thing, I have a plastic bag for game so I spose if worst come to worst I'd cut arm and head holes in it and use that.

Apparently deer and other game can't see orange and I spose we have to believe them. Many animals see different light spectrums to us. For instance apparently dogs only see in black and white, where some insects can see into the ultra violet range which we can't. In mammals at least it's all about how the retina of the eye is made up. For instance us as humans have rods and 3 types of cones in the back of our eyes. The rods detect light so they give you your night vision and are black and white (thats why you can't see colours at night). The cones are good for either Red, blue or green, this gives you colour perception. There is a bit at the back called the focal point and it's full of cones which is why at night you can sometimes see things out the corner of your eye that you can't see when you look straight at them. If you are missing a specific type of cone or photo receptor it makes you colour blind for specific colours. Ie if you don't have red or green cones your red/green colour blind and you really suck at snooker and have no fashion sense In summery Deer are colour blind. Birds can definately see orange. If you want further reading try http://health.howstuffworks.com/eye3.htm

Thanks heaps for your imput guys, much appreciated. I didn't think of the camelbaks before as I already have a small 1.5L one that I wear under a camo shirt, but I spose it's a good idea to have it all in one. I think I've decided on the 'raider' camelbak as it has a 2L badder plus 5L storage for my stuff. The other option was the 'ambush' with 3L badder and 2L storage. The 'Mule' looks good too, but perhaps a bit big for my usual outings, but I'm sure it would be handy if you were out and about all day. Generally I don't have a problem with bumbags, and the ridgeline 5 pocket one was probably my first pick, however the store I have the voucher from doesn't carry ridgeline. I'm also a bit nervous of e-bay as I've gotten some absolute crap off it.

Hi Guys, I've been given a voucher for christmas at a store that sells stoney creek stuff and the only thing I can think of to get is a small bum bag or pack. At the moment I'm simply using a $7 bumbag from K-mart, which works fine, however I was wondering if anyone has used a 'magnum waistbag' a 'Bumbag' or a 'Streamline' (bumbag, camelbak and day pack) from Stoney Creek. I was thinking I could maybe use one of these for my longer walks and keep my K-mart bumbag for short walks. All advice or other 'outdoor' kit that I may not have thought of welcome. I do obviously have the basic camo and hunting kit, but this is an outdoor store rather than a hunting store, other wise it would be easy.

I've a Dewey Knife, short skinner, old bloke on the South coast of NSW makes them, great knife, crap sheath.

G'day, I'm Bish and I love being out bush chasing anything feral, mostly that means I'm after Rabbits, foxes & cats, but occasionally come across pigs and Dogs and things.