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Old 06-23-2015 | 07:31 PM
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You guys have really been getting it done. Waidmannsheil!

Finding downed Boar in an Oats or Wheat field can be interesting. I've had issues with it in the past. You get out into the field and everything looks different (especially in the dark) and you can get disoriented or badly misjudge the distance.

With two shooters it may be easier, especially with night vision. One guy can try and talk the second to the right area.

I usually (often) hunt alone at night with no night vision optics (forbidden here).

I was thinking maybe a green laser pointer mounted on a telescoping rod that I could stick into the earth? This could save me under or overguesstimating where I shot (and hopefully hit) and might help in picking up a blood trail if needed. What do you think? Worth the effort to make? Worth the extra weight in the rucksack?

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