Blood trailing Tricks for Color Blind Hunters

[dadcanwehunt]

I have been hunting for going on 20 years and have tried most all the methods I have come across. Thought I would try here as I am new to the Forum. Do you have any tricks for blood trailing if you are color blind and can not see blood on the forest floor. The one I currently use is Hydrogen Peroxide in a spray bottle. The shelf life is the only issue I seem to run into. I have been lucky enough to have seen all of my deer fall except one Large 6yr old Doe in last years Gun Opener. Just wondering what else might be out there. Do the trailing light work?

Thanks.

[DEERTRACKS]

There are special filter lenses available thru your eyecare provider in the form of eyeglasses or contacts designed for folks with red-green or blue-yellow color blindness.....

[jkd]

I don't know if wearing yellow shooting glasses would help or not?

www.archimedes-lab.org/colorblindnesstest.html#testcolor

archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/04/20/color.blindness.wmd/

[hornzilla]

The only thing thats has WORKED for me has been. Go get HELP.

[powderfinger]

Sept 17, 2009 19:49:27 GMT -5 hornzilla said:

The only thing thats has WORKED for me has been. Go get HELP.

I'm red/green deficient and haven't ever tried anything but what hornzilla posted. Last year I had to go get my wife, who's never hunted, to find one for me.

[dadcanwehunt]

I am Red/green as well. Try a bottle of Hydrogen peroxide in your pack. If you spray in an arc in the direction the deer traveled and i comes in contact with any blood it will bubble white. I really carry it for times when rain is on the way and it will take to ling to get help.

[elmo]

i'm with hornzilla and powderfinger my son is not color blind thank God. He takes tracking personal. talks to the deer the whole time, telling it that it might as well give up.

by the way I love that avatar.. bleeding black and gold for life.

[Decatur]

Welcome to the forum dadcanwehunt. Love your name! Your avatar could use a little improving tho, I don't know, maybe something like THIS! ;d

[hornzilla]

elmo, my son also does the tracking, almost as good as a Bloodhound. LOL

[dadcanwehunt]

Thanks for the KIND reception Decatur, but I believe i recognize that symbol from one of my sons t-shirts...Yeah the one that says, "Bloomington the town where trash isn't thrown out...It's Educated! Boiler UP!!!!

[Sasquatch]

I am very mildly color blind and cannot see blood nearly as well as other people.
I too use the peroxide trick. Foams like all get out. A tip on the shelf life.... keep it in a dark bottle. I used to put it in a spray bottle and it went flat. Then I realized, duh, they sell in in a dark bottle for a reason! It is photo-sensitive.

[ridgerunner]

So does a guy walk around spraying peroxide all over the woods until you see something foaming?...I don't understand. I'm not color blind and I have a heck of a time spotting blood. I can;t imagine spraying peroxide all over looking for foam...I'd have to carry one of those pump sprayer backpack deals....lol.

[M4Madness]

Sept 17, 2009 11:39:52 GMT -5 DEERTRACKS said:

There are special filter lenses available thru your eyecare provider in the form of eyeglasses or contacts designed for folks with red-green or blue-yellow color blindness.....

I have red/green color deficiency as well (up to 10% of males have this disorder). If the deer doesn't fall in sight, I try to locate it just by searching the area. If that fails, I have no choice but to locate someone who can see blood. Two years ago, it was my father, who doesn't even deer hunt. He walked right to it.

What's funny is that I can see red and green items, and point them out to people. I cannot see deer blood unless it is on my hands, or if someone picks up a bloody leaf and shows me. I definitely cannot see it just walking through the woods upright. I've had people walk along at a very brisk pace saying, "There's blood. There's blood. There's blood." and I'm like "I don't see a thing." It amazes me.

I was never aware that there are certain filters that can correct this. If true, I may just have to invest in a pair of "tracking glasses". ;D

EDIT: I just found this reverse colorblindness test. If you can read the word in it, then you are colorblind. Those who cannot see it have normal color vision.



The word is "NO".

[Sasquatch]

Sept 20, 2009 10:54:38 GMT -5 ridgerunner said:

So does a guy walk around spraying peroxide all over the woods until you see something foaming?...I don't understand. I'm not color blind and I have a heck of a time spotting blood. I can;t imagine spraying peroxide all over looking for foam...I'd have to carry one of those pump sprayer backpack deals....lol.

Not exactly... for instance,if you have a blood trail that is petering out, and you see a speck of blood, you might spray obvious spots in the direction of travel. If the mist hits blood, gut material, or any body fluid it foams big time. It's just another tool in addition to common sense.

I see the word in the test. It is faint, but I see it.

[Sasquatch]

I have red/green color deficiency as well (up to 10% of males have this disorder). If the deer doesn't fall in sight, I try to locate it just by searching the area. If that fails, I have no choice but to locate someone who can see blood. Two years ago, it was my father, who doesn't even deer hunt. He walked right to it.

What's funny is that I can see red and green items, and point them out to people. I cannot see deer blood unless it is on my hands, or if someone picks up a bloody leaf and shows me. I definitely cannot see it just walking through the woods upright. I've had people walk along at a very brisk pace saying, "There's blood. There's blood. There's blood." and I'm like "I don't see a thing." It amazes me.


Man, I could have written this myself. My brother never hunts a lick, and one time he went with me to track a deer. He walked along, pointing and talking just as you describe, and I had to get down and squint!

[dadcanwehunt]

Hit the nail on the head..M4madness described it exactly right...Love hunting and the thrill of blood trailing, but I'm always the one that stands at last blood while everyone else is just walking. Love it when they steady walk saying "There's Blood, Blood, Blood." I walk up and see nothing unless They pick up a specific leaf and I get it on my hands. I am gonna look into the colored glasses, I think that would be a great investement if it works.

[oldhoyt]

For some distance from where the deer was hit, it will probably run and you should be able to see those running tracks, on some surfaces at least. If you watch the deer run out of sight, be very careful to mark the last spot you saw it. That's not always as easy as it sounds.

Wounded deer may leave a track that is distinguishable from other deer, so tracking may still be useful. Also, listen for a few minutes after you lose sight of the deer. You may hear its final dash/crash. Mark that area mentally and follow up if normal trailing does not pan out. Colorblind hunters should probably wait a little longer to begin searching for their deer, to avoid pushing it if it has not expired.

I would advise all colorblind (firearms) hunters to shoot to anchor the deer. The "high shoulder shot" will do this, but you need to study deer anatomy and the exact shot angle based on how the deer is standing. If the shot is too high, the deer will often drop, thrash and then run off. These deer are almost never recovered.

I would advise them to take a well-aimed follow-up shot if possible (especially when they drop and thrash). I have seen more than a few well hit deer go further than they should have, and these recoveries could be hard for someone that's colorblind.

[hornzilla]

VERY well said oldhoyt,
I'm color blind and in gun season try to always use the anchor shots.