Editing Spotlighting (section)

{{Short description|Method of hunting at night}}
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[[File:Persian Fallow Deers in Dasht-e Naz Wildlife Refuge 2020-06-02 23.jpg|thumb|right|[[Persian fallow deer]] in Dasht-e Naz Wildlife Refuge]]

'''Spotlighting''' or '''lamping''' (also known as '''jacklighting''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgc.pa.gov:443/Pages/Default.aspx|title=Game Commission|website=Pennsylvania Game Commission|accessdate=2 October 2019}}</ref> '''shining''',<ref name="apnews">{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Jerry |title=Shining deer illegal, but not at all times |date=14 October 2018 |url=https://apnews.com/article/78f4bb63309449449f1e03b7f9c76032 |publisher=AP News |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref> '''illuminating''', '''pit-lamping''', and the '''killing lamp''') is a method of [[hunting]] [[nocturnal animal]]s using [[off-road vehicle]]s and high-powered lights, [[Searchlight|spotlights]], lamps or [[flashlight]]s, that makes special use of the [[tapetum lucidum|eyeshine]] revealed by many animal species. A further important aspect is that many animals (e.g., foxes and rabbits) often remain to continually stare at the light, and do not appear to see the light as a threat, as they would a human. It is possible to carefully approach animals on foot to a short distance if bright light is continuously maintained on the animal, greatly improving chances of successful killing. Spotlighting may also be used as a method of surveying nocturnal fauna. Repeated, frequent spotlighting may have a detrimental effect on animals, and is discouraged.