Colorblind blood tracking?

jims

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I'm planning an archery elk hunt this year and have 1 big problem...I'm red-green color blind and have problems seeing blood. I plan on hunting solo and don't have a non-colorblind partner to tag along. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you color blind hunters have any tips on spotting blood (special glasses, spray concoctions, etc)?
 
Hit it really good and hope it sprays everywhere . Primos makes a light that makes the blood glow. You may want to check to see if that works for you . But I guess I am saying make a good broad side shot . It shouldn't go far . Its when someone makes questionable they have problems. Good luck
 
not so sure about the light for blood, my brother tried that once and it was nearly worthless for him.

like bigjohn said, if you make a quality hit on him, he won't go far. Hopefully it is kind of open and you see him go down or close to it.

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Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
I'm sure you know this but I would listen really well after the shot. The crashing should let you know his direction of travel and maybe where he goes down if you lose sight of him.
 
I'd second checking out the lights. I own a blacklight I bought from Lowes for finding scorpions, but it makes body fluids like dog pee glow like the dickens as well. I'm not sure how it works on blood but see the stupid whitetail guys use it on tv all the time. Only problems that come to mind are: you have to use it in low-no light and it glows a yellow/green color :/ Best to just get one, shoot a neighborhood cat, and see if it works for you.

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I am also red green color blind and hunt quite a bit by myself. There are varying degrees of the color blindness and I am lucky to be less worse than others. But my brother is less lucky than me and he almost always needs help.

For myself I have a hard time in green growth areas, as I am sure you do also. I make sure that I get a really great pinpoint on where the shot took place and the last place I saw the animal go.

I start tracking from the shot location and make sure I end up at the point I last saw the animal. Unless you are in a high traffic area, the fresh running tracks are usually easy to follow (unless very rocky or the bull is trying to follow the cows). In those instances, I really slow down and look for any tracks that break out of the herd or the slightest disturbance of rocks and logs. You may take the wrong track from time to time, but they usually cross something at some point and time that I can see blood on. For example when the cross a newly fallen aspen. If ther isn't blood on it, I'll mark that tree and go back to where I left the original trail and start the process over on a different varient trail.

In the example of the bull following other elk, if those elk aren't injured and they break from the heard, their trail usually comes back to the herd at some point within a hundred yards. Bulls that are injured, when they leave the trail of the rest of the herd, they almost never rejoin the main tracks and will tend to go slightly down hill while traveling in the same direction of the herd.

I've been fortunate enough to never lose and animal, but I have made many, many circles from where I loose a track until I've picked it up again. Just like any other time, make sure you mark the last spot that you know 100% you were on the right trail and work from there.

I'm not sure this will help you but I works for me. Good Luck

PY
 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-01-14 AT 02:40PM (MST)[p]It seems to me that deer can travel farther than elk with a double lung hit. I have blood-sight-trailed countless deer and I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be unable to distinguish red from green. Elk do seem to go down quicker. Those big critters need all their oil for their big motors I guess.
I feel for ya man! That must be tough and I have not ideas for you any better than already expressed in previous posts.
Good luck
Zeke
 
I am color blind also. It makes it hard. I have been by myself several times and have had some times. I bring pink or orange tape and mark my trail every 50 yards or so. Its hard at times. When I have had help, the others just walk "there is some and there is some", while I have to walk and look closely. I can distinguish it most of the time, but sometimes on the greens, it looks like just dead spots on a leaf or grass. You should be ok. I have been this far. I can only think of 1 time it hurt me, I dont think I looked very hard and didnt find any blood the 1st 100 yards and gave up. Thats when I was younger and not so smart or experienced. But now I know I need to go a long ways sometimes to find blood.

Good luck!!!
 

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