Night Vision Safety never taken for granted, a terrible hunting incident!

[Victor-TNVC]

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I saw this on Predator Master Night Forum and I cannot stress this enough especially when using NV gear. PLEASE WEAR BEACONS, IR STICKS, WHATEVER IT TAKES WHEN DOWN RANGE OR EVEN AT THE SHOOTING LINE!!

THESE LITTLE DEVICES MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AT NIGHT. I will not comment further on the article except to say our heartfelt prayers go out to the families of this horrific accident. While I am not 100% sure NV was being employed, but when I see the word "illuminators" and "eyes lighting up" are terms we're all too familiar with in the NV world.

Be safe out there all!



Vic Di Cosola

 

[pizzamanny]

Wow, it sounds more like spotlighting without NVG.

 

[Delta4-3]

Yea I think they are talking about the Green "laser designators".

 

[SkyPup]

Terrible....

 

[Tackleberry]

We always keep our group together at night. If we separate all weapons are bolts open until we gather back. We also very carefully call for movement and clearly define our lanes or directions of fire before starting to shoot. We are mainly pig hunting but they can go anywhere so clear fire direction is critical. You cannot be too safe
Terrible accident, my prayers to all families and persons involved!

 

[ajwcotton]

Also don't use blue chemlights when using nv, I saw a fueler almost get killed when he thought a pilot could see him through his anvis goggles, blue doesn't show up in NV.

 

[Bull Arms]

Tragic accident.

 

[Pedro23]

There is a ton a IR patches in the market for cheap. So sad.

 

[pizzamanny]

Anymore info on what happened?

 

[Strykervet]

There is a ton a IR patches in the market for cheap. So sad.

Yeah, but the beacons are so much safer for this kind of thing. They'll show up through pockets, etc. So will IR chemlights, but I'd rather use the beacon. Especially if hunting with others at night!

Funny about the blue, I called in two A-10's once at NTC, live fire though, and one of the Strykers was in the valley near the target. They forgot to put on their beacon but had the flag out still. I couldn't raise 'em on the radio, all I could do was watch. DAMN lucky they didn't get lit up by a GAU-8, because their instructions were to take out all armor in the open, and they did, all but that one.

Those guys got some spectacular Fourth of July (well, end of July actually) fireworks! Didn't look bad from my perspective either!

 

[Twelve208]

Worst day ever if something like that happened.Things that are nothing on a day hunt quickly become an issue when the lights go out.The more I night hunt, the more realistic I have to be with engagement of targets and the scenario.It would even be tragic to accidentally shoot the ranchers dog!
Prayers go out to the family's involved.