Hunting in Iceland

[andybrock]

Recently spent a few days in Iceland, while driving around in the countryside I noticed numerous 4x4 trucks with remote controlled roof mounted lamps ( lightforce type) just wondered what they would use them for?

On one of the tours we went on the guide said there was very little in the way of predators, just a few artic foxes, mink and white tailed eagles.

 

[Popsbengo]

1 hour ago, andybrock said:

Recently spent a few days in Iceland, while driving around in the countryside I noticed numerous 4x4 trucks with remote controlled roof mounted lamps ( lightforce type) just wondered what they would use them for?

On one of the tours we went on the guide said there was very little in the way of predators, just a few artic foxes, mink and white tailed eagles.

 

maybe it's nothing to do with hunting ?  They do like to do some serious off-roading so a useful tool to have

[andybrock]

30 minutes ago, Popsbengo said:

maybe it's nothing to do with hunting ?  They do like to do some serious off-roading so a useful tool to have

Quite possibly, they have some seriously impressive off roaders! 

[Big Al]

Iceland is a very dark country with only an average of 4hrs daylight in December.

Once you get outside of Reykjavik and off Route 1 there aren't many street lights and there are lots of people who live off the beaten track, big lights on trucks are very common just to see where they are going.

[andybrock]

14 minutes ago, Big Al said:

Iceland is a very dark country with only an average of 4hrs daylight in December.

Once you get outside of Reykjavik and off Route 1 there aren't many street lights and there are lots of people who live off the beaten track, big lights on trucks are very common just to see where they are going.

There were a lot of trucks with banks of lights, enough lights to probably light up a small town!
These were small lights like the lightforce 170 mounted through the roof with in cab handle control, mostly on hilux or land cruisers.