By Jerry Long, April 1, 2010    

Ever run out of batteries or forget your flashlight, but still needed to find your way to or from your stand?

Last season I was leaving the truck and realized I’d forgotten my headlamp at camp.  Then my backup flashlight’s batteries were dead.  That was the slowest walk, ever, to my stand.  I decided to do something about it.

Parts

I went to the store and gathered some parts:

(1) solar landscape light

(1) 1 ¼ inch ¼ x 24 hex headed bolt

(4) ¼ inch washers

(2) ¼ x 24 nuts

(1) marine epoxy

Assembly

Here’s the steps:

1)  Remove the landscaping stake and decide how long you want your stabilizer to be.  I liked this one’s eight inch length.

 

2)  Configure the bolt, nuts and washers as shown in the picture.

 

3)  Grind the washers to fit the inside of the solar light’s tube.

 

4)  Epoxy the bolt configuration in place and allow to dry.

An old stabilizer extension is screwed on the stud for easy installation into the light’s tube.

The stabilizer can charge while I’m on stand all day and then I can walk out with its light.  A small piece of duct tape placed over the sensor will save the battery power all night and allow it to be ready for walking in to my stand the next day.  It functions quite well as a stabilizer also.  I’m considering running a 3-4 foot piece of fiber from the base of the stabilizer to my sight pins also.  Here are some pictures of the final product. 

The final product.

In low light.

In the dark.

 

happy april fool’s day, dv

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