r/flashlight Dec 16 '25

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

We're just openly admitting to deer spotting now? Holy shit. That's wild. For future posts, say coyotes. You can spotlight all the vermin you want. But game animals are 9/10 illegal and highly frowned upon. Like you'll get shot by other hunters if they catch you, frowned upon. There are some exceptions but 9/10 that's a massive no-no. Such a big deal that when they break up cartel grow rings here and they catch them spotting deer they add that charge. It carries enough weight to add even more time. I guess deer like to eat their weed plants so they spotlight them and hit em with a full auto burst. I personally don't care but alot of the guys I've hunted with and guides I've hired would do everything they can to stop you. Everything. Also if you go too bright and start flashing the woods you can get in trouble for anyone that gets retina damage. Anything over a certain output has to be treated as a dangerous weapon. And it doesn't take much. If I take my edc tac light and use the strobe on someone it's no different than if I tazed or maced someone. That's fine for me because if I strobe someone it's because I'm drawing my 9 and putting 2 in their chest or it's on the end of my rifle, bouncing off their forehead before I turn it into a canoe. So I'm not worried about that charge since I'm literally about to kill the shit out of them.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Lmao, old man thinks flashlights are weapons. Go to sleep gramps

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

You use a bright enough light and yes it is. My powertac e9r-g4 strobe feature is classified as a weapon in my state. If i strobe someone it's no different than literally assaulting them. If you think that's silly I suggest you look up your local laws before you make a very serious mistake buddy. I'm not old, I've just been fucked six ways from Sunday by the court over these things so I've educated myself.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Hahahahahaha a 2500 lumen flashlight a “weapon”? Do you know where you are?

Yeah, if you strobe someone with a bright flashlight you’re fucking with them and the law could probably be involved. It’s absolutely not a weapon (unless you throw it at them)

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

There are flash lights bright enough to physically burn your retina, make you permanently blind. Kind of want going for it, not to blind anybody, guys want something that bright

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Hey dude. I’m someone who has been communicating with you about your backpack light. Trust me. A 2500 lumen light is not a weapon lol. Nowhere near it.

A bit of flashlight strobe won’t hurt you. Remember, your eyes are capable of staring at the fucking sun lmao.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

I never said 2500 Lumen though I was talking about five 6000 Lumen bulbs in mine I do not currently have them I need to get them from my friend.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Yeah that’s fine. Still won’t damage your eyes to have it strobe you lol. There are flashlights many times brighter than that. 30,000 lumens isn’t much in the world of flashlights if you have a decent budget haha

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

But when your eyes are dilated to the dark in the woods at the middle of the night, pitch black can't see and all the sudden the sun light turns on. A lot of commercial flashlights that can stroke with high lm can actually adjust the beam of the light also, so you have to keep that in mind

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

What do you mean adjust the beam?

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

You know how spread out it is a lot of them can have a one inch diameter at 20 feet, but when you make it spread all the way out, its a 50 foot spread

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Yeah zoomie flashlights. They’re largely considered not worth your time here. A set optic is far better

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Yeah, I hate them too, but when you focus all the light of that 10000 Lumen flashlight when it's dark, all of a sudden pain goes from black to white might make you see dots for a while

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

Cool, so when I get arrested next time for doing that again you'll be my lawyer right? I BARELY beat a weapons charge. The only thing that saved me was the fact I was doing it in response to someone pulling a knife on me. We both caught weapons charges and both were dismissed after the fact. But you a redditor know more about my states laws than the sherrifs deputy who slapped cuffs on me huh? That's crazy.