The amount of light used for night hunting has a lot to do with standard cross hairs working at night. The type of cross hairs has a lot to do with being able to see the cross hairs at night. The quality of the scopes ability to collect light has a lot to do with seeing the target and cross hairs at the same tine. A persons eye sight and scope eye relief has to be adjusted correctly. Each person likes a different type of cross hair and some like the cross hairs lighted and some like just a lighted dot. So yes you can use standard cross hairs as long as you have enough light to see your target, and that will be determined by the distance your light will light up your target and cross hairs. I like the Electra dot for hunting at night. I find that I can take running shots and not even think about cross hairs. I find that there are times when standard cross hairs can get mixed into the back ground just enough to cause me to focus a little harder then I need to with out the lighted dot. There are so many scope set up that a person can use today for night hunting at good prices. I would say look through a bunch and talk to as many people as possible that night hunt. My vote is for lighted dot.