Lamping has of course been around for many years and remains an effective tactic, but at some venues it has its drawbacks; rabbits can become lamp-shy, and flashing a torchlight around a farm could prompt a concerned member of the public to call the police.
In recent years, the advent of dedicated night vision (NV) infrared scopes has added a new dimension to our sport, enabling us to hunt unobtrusively right through the night when many quarry species are at their most active. And although they are still a compromise on glass, most infrared (IR) scopes do a more than reasonable job in daylight conditions as well, so there’s no need to swap to a different setup when the sun goes down.