Remember these

[BowOnly81]

Great memories wearing one of those. Waste belt with the battery too. Lots of rabbits shot using that.

[SaltwaterSlick]

AKA one-eyed beagle...

[xman59]

used one to hunt rabbits with a .22 cal pellet rifle,,, dang that was fun

[talltexasshoote]

I have spent many, many hours setting decoys in the light that those things casted. I hated them then and still do. I'm sure glad todays lights don't include a belt clip.

[OldRiverRat]

I was probably only 11-12 years old with a 20 gauge single shot walking miles up and down a pipeline easement that ran next to my grandparents place shooting rabbits with a spot light, can’t imagine many kids that age doing that now. The worst part was finding a 6v battery, kinda like tearing the house apart looking for a 9v battery at 1am when the smoke detector battery goes low!

We lived in the country so you would have to go to “town” to get a 6v battery.
Good memories


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[dbaio1]

Loaded a many burlap sack with bullfrog's wearing those.

[Big pig]

Me and grandpa would frog gig with one of those back in the day.

I called mine a “frog gigging light”. The battery was mounted on your hip.

[Razorback01]

Like drycreek, I can remember coon hunting with a handheld carbide light.

[Anvilheadtexas]

Like drycreek, I can remember coon hunting with a handheld carbide light.

When did carbide lights start to phase out?

[T-roy66]

Yep !!
Killed a many of rabbits using a modified head like that one in the picture. Mine use a 12 volt screw top battery and a 9 volt bulb. Always carried a few extra bulbs. Brings had a bunch of great memories .

[Draco]

Oh yeah. PR13 bulb to start and when the battery started going down, switch to a PR3 and right back to bright again.

[MadHatter]

When did carbide lights start to phase out?

Not sure but I used to take the carbide and build bombs to kill fish in the creeks, and ponds. My uncles kept it in a big sealed glass container.
Never seen one used though, by the time I came around, everyone had wheat lights.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Not sure but I used to take the carbide and build bombs to kill fish in the creeks, and ponds. My uncles kept it in a big sealed glass container.
Never seen one used though, by the time I came around, everyone had wheat lights.

Me n my dad used to drop a little carbide down crawfish holes in the yard to kill 'em! If he dropped too much in and I stomped the hole to quick, it'd blow my foot up off the ground!!! Things we used to do!!!...

[PondPopper]

Me, a Sears and Roebuck 410, and that exact light, circa 1975-1980, were a swamp rabbits(or anything with eyes)worst nightmare.....

[MadHatter]

Me n my dad used to drop a little carbide down crawfish holes in the yard to kill 'em! If he dropped too much in and I stomped the hole to quick, it'd blow my foot up off the ground!!! Things we used to do!!!...

Good stuff .