The best hog hunting feeder lights for a feeder, post or tree

What a feeder light does, and what it doesn't

A deer feeder full of corn is a hog magnet whether you want it to be or not. Texas A&M AgriLife lists deer corn among the most commonly used hog baits (AgriLife, Coping with Feral Hogs: Trapping). A feeder light turns that problem into a shooting lane: it sits on the feeder, a T-post or a tree, stays dark until its sensor picks up movement (or dusk, depending on the mode), and lights the ground around the feeder so you can see and identify what's there from your blind.

What it doesn't do is replace a light on your rifle or an optic. A feeder light covers one spot. If hogs hang up at the edge of the brush, you still need a gun-mounted hog hunting light or a thermal. The two are different jobs, which is why they have separate lists here and why neither list borrows the other's products. If you'd rather keep hogs off the feeder entirely, see how to keep hogs away from a deer feeder and our hog-proof deer feeders.

We haven't tested these units; scores come from published specs and the rubric on our How We Choose page. Lumen, coverage and detection figures are labeled as the maker's claim wherever they appear.

How we picked

We shortlisted motion-activated feeder and area lights sold on Amazon in September 2026 and scored them on our published feeder-light rubric: activation (25%), power (25%), color and brightness control (20%), mounting to a feeder, T-post or tree (15%) and value (15%). Activation and power carry half the score because a feeder light works while you're not there. It has to come on when it should and still have charge at 2 a.m.

All seven are in the under-$500 budget tier, so value compares them only with each other. Most of these makers publish modes and mounting in detail but leave out lumens, runtime or a water rating, and those gaps cost points. For the rest of the lights category, head back to the hunting lights hub.

The evidence side by side

Read the coverage row with care. The makers describe it three different ways (a diameter, an area and a distance), and none says how it was measured. Where two can be compared, the math is simple: Moultrie's 30 ft diameter works out to about 707 sq ft, and LANGY claims about 980 sq ft when mounted 10 to 15 ft high. That's roughly 40% more ground, if both claims hold, and only if you mount the LANGY that high.

The picks in context

1. Elusive Wildlife 3 Color Motion Activated Feeder Light

The most control of any light here. It's the only pick with red, green and amber in one unit. It offers three brightness settings (1X, Boost 2X and Extreme 4X) that the maker says ramp slowly to full brightness, a motion mode with a choice of 1, 3 or 10 minutes of on-time, and a dusk-to-dawn photocell mode. Power is flexible too: 4 C batteries, the included cord to a 6 or 12 V feeder battery, or Elusive Wildlife's REAKTOR solar pack (sold separately). It mounts with a magnet, D-clips and carabiners, or permanent hardware. The gaps are no solar in the box and no published lumens, detection range or IP rating.

2. Elusive Wildlife Kill Light Outfitter

The heavy-duty solar option: a 7 W monocrystalline panel (the largest published here), rechargeable lithium batteries, a 12 V auxiliary port with a 13 ft cable for backup power, five brightness modes with a slow rise, a powder-coated steel housing and a tool-less bracket for a T-post, pole, wooden post or feeder. It carries a 20,000-lumen maker's claim and a 1-year warranty with replacement parts. It ties the 3 Color light on score but ranks second: this listing is green only, its detection range is up to 25 ft by the maker's claim, and it cost well above the budget solar lights when we researched.

3. Elusive Wildlife Sportsman Motion-Activated Light

The same maker's slow ramp-up in a smaller all-solar green light, with the most thoughtful mode list here: 50% on motion; 10% all night plus 50% on motion; a ramp to 100% on motion; 10% all night plus 100% on motion; or 25% all night. The listing calls the all-night setting an acclimation mode, meant to help animals become accustomed to the light. We haven't seen a study on whether hogs do, but having the option costs nothing. No lumens, detection range or battery capacity are published.

4. LANGY Hog Lights 12000LM

The most control for the money. A remote (up to 65 ft) sets 25%, 50% or 100% brightness, motion, dusk-to-dawn or constant modes, and a 3-hour, 6-hour or all-night timer. It can idle off or at 30% and jump to full on motion. The listing claims a 5 to 6 hour solar charge gives 1 to 2 days of use in motion mode, and it publishes IP66 with a metal bracket. Treat the 12,000-lumen figure as a seller claim with no stated test method, and note the bracket is described for poles, walls and trees, not feeder legs.

5. Moultrie Feeder Hog Light

If you already run Moultrie feeders, this is the tidy option: it threads onto the bottom of most Moultrie feeder kits in place of the wingnut, with strap loops for anything else. It has 35 green LEDs, a 4-way switch (on, off, dusk, motion) and adjustable brightness, and an external 6 V input lets it share a feeder battery. It runs on 4 C alkaline batteries that aren't included, and the listing says it doesn't fit the Pro Hunter 3 Series or the All-In-One kits MFG-15096, MFG-15097 and MFG-15099.

6. Wildgame Innovations Moonshine Feeder Light

The simplest solar light in the group: 16 green LEDs, a PIR motion sensor, an integrated solar panel charging a lithium-ion battery, and universal hardware for a feeder or tree. There's nothing to set beyond on and off, which is either the appeal or the problem. It publishes no brightness settings, battery capacity, runtime or IP rating.

7. LILBEES G300 Solar Hog Feeder Light (2-Pack)

Two small solar lights (20 green LEDs each) for covering a feeder from two sides, with IP66 sealing and tool-free brackets. The trade-off is control: no brightness settings, no all-night mode and a fixed 30-second on-time after motion stops. Buy it if you want two angles on one feeder for little outlay.

Which color at the feeder

Six of these seven lights are green only. The Elusive Wildlife 3 Color is the exception, with red, green and amber. As for why hunters prefer those colors: pigs have two types of color cones, peaking in the blue and green-yellow range (Neitz & Jacobs, 1989). Hunters use red and green lights on the theory that hogs see those colors poorly; how hogs actually respond varies, and we haven't found a field study that settles it.

So choose on what you can control. If you want to try more than one color on the same feeder, the 3 Color light lets you switch without buying a second unit. If you want the lowest-effort light that charges itself, a green solar light does the job. Our red vs green light breakdown covers the question in depth.

Texas rules at a lit feeder

Vehicles, public roads, thermal and night vision are covered in our guide to hunting hogs at night in Texas. This isn't legal advice; confirm with your local game warden.

What to look for in a hog feeder light

1. Activation modes. Motion-only lights (Moonshine, LILBEES) come on when something trips the sensor. Lights with a dusk-to-dawn or all-night mode (the 3 Color, Sportsman, LANGY and Moultrie) can stay lit. A choice of on-time (1, 3 or 10 minutes on the 3 Color; a fixed 30 seconds on the LILBEES) decides whether the light stays on long enough for you to identify and shoot.
2. Power you won't have to babysit. Built-in solar (Outfitter, Sportsman, LANGY, Moonshine, LILBEES) means no batteries to change, as long as the panel sees sun. C-cell lights (3 Color, Moultrie) need fresh batteries, but both can run from a feeder battery instead: 6 or 12 V on the 3 Color, 6 V on the Moultrie.
3. Brightness steps and a slow start. All three Elusive Wildlife lights ramp up gradually, a feature the maker calls Anti Spook. LANGY instead offers a low idle that jumps to full on motion. Those are feature descriptions, not tested results, but a light with brightness steps gives you options a single-setting light doesn't.
4. A mount that suits your site. Moultrie threads onto most Moultrie feeders. The Outfitter's tool-less bracket fits a T-post, pole, post or feeder. The LANGY's metal bracket is described for poles, walls and trees.
5. A published water rating. Only the LANGY and LILBEES publish one (IP66). The others say weather-resistant or weatherproof without a rating.

Placement and mounting

Mount height changes what a feeder light covers, and two makers say so in their own figures: LILBEES quotes its coverage with the light 6 ft off the ground, and LANGY quotes its 980 sq ft with the light 10 to 15 ft up. Mount it lower and expect less ground lit. Detection range works the other way: the Outfitter's sensor claims up to 25 ft, so the light has to sit close enough to the feeder for hogs to trip it.

• Aim the light at the ground where hogs feed, not toward your blind.
• Keep solar panels facing open sky and clear of the feeder's own shadow.
• For one feeder lit from two sides, the LILBEES two-pack is built for it.
• Pair the light with a cellular camera to learn when hogs actually show up; our guide to when hogs are most active covers patterning.

Solar, C cells or the feeder battery

Power is a quarter of every score on this list, because a feeder light that dies at midnight is worse than none. The picks fall into three camps:

• Built-in solar: the Outfitter, Sportsman, LANGY, Moonshine and LILBEES charge themselves. Only LANGY puts a number on it: a 5 to 6 hour charge for 1 to 2 days of use in motion mode, by its own claim. Cloudy stretches and shaded mounts eat into that.
• Solar with a backup: the Outfitter adds a 12 V auxiliary port on a 13 ft cable, so a battery can carry it through a gray week.
• Batteries or the feeder's own power: the 3 Color runs on 4 C cells or, through its included cord, a 6 or 12 V external battery. The Moultrie runs on 4 C alkaline cells (not included) or its external 6 V input.

If your feeder already runs off a battery with its own solar charger, sharing it is the tidiest setup. Check the voltage first: the Moultrie's input is listed as 6 V, while the 3 Color's cord is listed for 6 or 12 V.

Match the light to your setup

• You run Moultrie feeders: the Moultrie Feeder Hog Light threads on, if your model isn't on the listing's exclusion list.
• You want to experiment with color: the Elusive Wildlife 3 Color is the only pick with red, green and amber.
• You rarely visit the feeder: a solar light, ideally the Outfitter with its 12 V backup.
• You want to set it from the blind: the LANGY's remote works from up to 65 ft.
• You're lighting a feeder from two sides: the LILBEES two-pack.
• You want the simplest possible light: the Moonshine, with nothing to set but on and off.

What your budget buys

Every light here sits in the under-$500 tier, and most are far below the top of it. When we researched, the Moonshine, LANGY, Sportsman and LILBEES were at the low end, the 3 Color in the middle, and the Outfitter clearly the most expensive. What the extra buys, on the published specs, is a bigger solar panel and a backup power port (Outfitter), or more color and mode control (3 Color). What the cheapest lights give up is brightness control (Moonshine, LILBEES) or a feeder-specific mount (LANGY). Prices change, so check each card.

A feeder light is also the cheapest part of a night setup. For what goes with it (a rifle light or optic, a rest and a blind), see our night hog hunting setup guide.

Mistakes to avoid

• Buying a Moultrie light for an incompatible feeder. Check the listing's exclusions first.
• Taking lumen claims at face value. The 20,000 and 12,000 lumen figures are seller claims with no test method.
• Mounting a solar light in the shade. No sun, no charge.
• Forgetting the deer. A lit feeder draws deer too, and they're off-limits under an artificial light.
• Expecting the feeder light to do the gun light's job. It lights one spot; hogs at the brush line need a light or optic on the rifle.