Color Blindness/Tracking
Connecticut
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Newbie to the forum and to bow hunting. I've got some color blindness which makes tracking more difficult. Blood trail doesn't pop out as much as it may to others. I'm curious about others in the same situation and any tips/tricks you may have found. I've heard of a spray bottle with water/peroxide, which will make any blood foam white but haven't tried it. Good luck tomorrow all!
Nice to have a friend help .water/peroxide will bubble up .AL G is color blind maybe he can give you some pointers .Steve
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Have you tried you tube? I'm gonna think that the peroxide wouldn't work to well unless you already know where the blood is.
i have same issue.....to be honest in certin circumstances i just get help. this time of year when blood is on bright green leaves ,ferns, or or grass i do fine. when its in the dark brown leaves or wet conditions i really struggle.... best bet is multiple eyes
I have a cousin that has the color blind glasses and he can now see red... (Before blood on snow looked like dirt to him). They work good in daylight .. I would think with a good Krypton bulb light like the Ryobi 18volt spot it would work. LED lights are bad for color detection even for a non colorblind
It sucks in mid season when some of the maple leaves have small red splotches on them. I can see color but I get fooled every now and then
I too have difficulty on color shades and blood trails. I always look for turned up dirt, overturned sticks, too help recover the deer. I also flag spots with ribbons. Just be sure to remove the ribbons after you locate the deer, good luck
Petition the state to allow leashed tracking dogs!
I've found that a bright light held low and parallel to the ground causes blood to reflect that light. This allows you to stay behind, and off to the side of the actual blood trail. When white gas lanterns were used, this was the way they excelled at revealing blood trails.
Don't move ahead of the blood. That is, stay by the blood you see, until the next spot is found. If you don't see blood in the direction you are traveling, stop, mark the spot and consider a possible change in direction.
Here's a tip. On several occasions I have had deer do what I call a "death leap", that is, the last move they make is a springing leap up. Often they then come down off to the side of the trail and back in the direction they came from, as if that last leap is a back flip. The first deer I found that had done this was on a steep hillside. Of course, I found blood and disturbed leaves maybe four yards back and on the downhill side of the trail. The body then rolled another forty yards down, and was a struggle to drag back up.
I'm in the same boat, I just go slow and mark each drop I find with some toilet paper. If it's already dried up I use the peroxide to tell me if it's really blood (not to find the blood) they do have new glasses that are supposed to make colorblindness go away when you wear them but they are $$$