nite birds

bladesmith 1 · October 29, 2022, 12:26 PM

My club is now offering night shooting under black lites. One of my shooters bought a bunch of black lites and set then up in our 5-stand. ALL other lights need to be out, like overhead parking lights. The orange or green birds seem to glow in the dark and explode when hit. I think it's going to go over big in another week when day light saving kicks in. So I can now say Black Lites Matter.

robs9 · October 29, 2022, 01:14 PM

I've never seen that. Would be cool to see some pictures or videos.

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FITASC · October 29, 2022, 01:57 PM

So how many and what size/wattage? When I shot under the lights we were using either mercury or sodium for a bright white light; made it fun when it was snowing too.

bladesmith 1 · October 31, 2022, 08:53 AM

I'm not sure of the wattage - not very high. Mitch, my friend, bought them from e-bay or amazon. There are a number of them on one 15amp circuit. I think he bought eight total. We were thinking two would be nice on a skeet field. We have two skeet, four trap, and one 5-stand, all under lights. On Tuesdays we shoot till 9PM, so there's a bunch of night shooting. But Friday we do the black lights on 5-stand. Another local club run by Pat Lietzke charges $30 and you have to sign up a week ahead of time to shoot. We'll only be charging $10 for non members. One of our problems is we have to quit shooting by 9 PM from a law suit 30 years ago. If it gets too popular we may have to do it on Saturday night also. I think there's at least one video on u tube showing it. It's called "glowing clays." Our new truck load of clays will be here Nov 14th and I ordered 6 pallets of green birds. We should be all set.

bladesmith 1 · November 30, 2022, 10:12 AM

They are 150 watt lights and came with a cord and fixture. Amazon sells them, two for 130$. So far we've been booked solid, 5:30 till 9, every Friday night. I believe if you punch in Cosmic Clays, Pats web site will come up and you can see it.

stuckinthe60s · November 30, 2022, 04:42 PM

should be fun in the summer time! id be interested in seeing what it attracts!

Willie Lowman · November 30, 2022, 06:23 PM

I've shot white clays at night under lights but glow in the dark clays sounds awesome!

bladesmith 1 · December 12, 2022, 03:09 PM

We have to quit shooting by 9 PM from a old law suit, so summer birds are out. The time change gave us shooting from 5:30 to 9.

October 29, 2022, 12:26 PM	#1
bladesmith 1 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2018 Posts: 240	nite birds My club is now offering night shooting under black lites. One of my shooters bought a bunch of black lites and set then up in our 5-stand. ALL other lights need to be out, like overhead parking lights. The orange or green birds seem to glow in the dark and explode when hit. I think it's going to go over big in another week when day light saving kicks in. So I can now say Black Lites Matter.

October 29, 2022, 01:14 PM	#2
robs9 Member Join Date: December 11, 2016 Posts: 24	I've never seen that. Would be cool to see some pictures or videos. Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk Last edited by robs9; October 29, 2022 at 06:07 PM.

October 29, 2022, 01:57 PM	#3
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	So how many and what size/wattage? When I shot under the lights we were using either mercury or sodium for a bright white light; made it fun when it was snowing too. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

November 30, 2022, 04:42 PM	#6
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	should be fun in the summer time! id be interested in seeing what it attracts! __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

November 30, 2022, 06:23 PM	#7
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	I've shot white clays at night under lights but glow in the dark clays sounds awesome! __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

October 31, 2022, 08:53 AM	#4
bladesmith 1 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2018 Posts: 240	I'm not sure of the wattage - not very high. Mitch, my friend, bought them from e-bay or amazon. There are a number of them on one 15amp circuit. I think he bought eight total. We were thinking two would be nice on a skeet field. We have two skeet, four trap, and one 5-stand, all under lights. On Tuesdays we shoot till 9PM, so there's a bunch of night shooting. But Friday we do the black lights on 5-stand. Another local club run by Pat Lietzke charges $30 and you have to sign up a week ahead of time to shoot. We'll only be charging $10 for non members. One of our problems is we have to quit shooting by 9 PM from a law suit 30 years ago. If it gets too popular we may have to do it on Saturday night also. I think there's at least one video on u tube showing it. It's called "glowing clays." Our new truck load of clays will be here Nov 14th and I ordered 6 pallets of green birds. We should be all set.

November 30, 2022, 10:12 AM	#5
bladesmith 1 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2018 Posts: 240	They are 150 watt lights and came with a cord and fixture. Amazon sells them, two for 130$. So far we've been booked solid, 5:30 till 9, every Friday night. I believe if you punch in Cosmic Clays, Pats web site will come up and you can see it.

December 12, 2022, 03:09 PM	#8
bladesmith 1 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2018 Posts: 240	We have to quit shooting by 9 PM from a old law suit, so summer birds are out. The time change gave us shooting from 5:30 to 9.