Well, there are two conditions under which I think night travel is ideal. One is tactical evasion, although with FLIR technology it is actually worse to be mobile and observable at night.

The second is when I am hunting or heading out to my favorite fishing hole. You gotta be up early to beat them other fellers to the bank, and if you aren't in position to take the shot well before sun up, Mr. deer will be long gone by the time you get there.

I like red LED light for traipsing at night. You don't totally destroy your night vision using that, and you aren't an obvious glowing target with them either compared to white light emitters.

In SERE, we were trained to move at night was preferable. Also, there's more critters to catch and eat on at night. Yeah, some would just as soon eat you, but generally it's the dinner bell for all predators at night. When I am in the woods, I am a predator. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />