color blind

[Halftail]

:v

 

[gmww]

:grin: sorry

but if it is the difference of losing and not losing game, I do not believe any one would have an issue with a dog on a leash.

Also here are small game and big game season coincides on Forest Service.

Hi Roy. Fortunately or undfortunately depending on your opinion, you are not allowed to used dogs in Wa. to find deer. I was going to have my buddy and his K-9 try on a lost deer. Then I checked the regs and realized I best not.

 

[AgesofDays]

SORRY I didnt mean to start a pissin match here let me tell you if I knew how to track without blood I would ...I wish I did know....Paul are you a teacher of tracking I would be a good student ,if I cant see it fall normally I wont find it ..that is why I keep going to a bigger slug of lead

 

[Roy]

no pissin match, just different points to find a shot deer. :thumbsup: All in all I have never had to go very far to find a deer, just lucky I guess. But if I know that its possible that I made a bad shot or that if the deer is not laying there after the smoke clears I will wait up to an hour. In most cases deer do not go very far after being shot if you do not press them.
The first deer I ever shot was a doe with a flintlock and get this I shot at her twice. Did not hit her with the first shot, thought I did because when the smoke cleared she wasn't there. I instantly started to reload and when I was just about to prime the pan she steps out from behind a tree still feeding on acorns.
My point is that most deer have no idea that you are around even after being shot. They will go to or try to go to a bit of cover and lay down. I have used binoculars with good results, they will help your eye focus on something that you may not pick up with your eye like maybe a tuft of white hair. And yes I hunt pretty dense cover not open areas.

:v

 

[snagg]

Hi Agesofdays:

A hunting buddy of mine is also color blind. He's a very good hunter with good ethics about his archery shots. But, every now and again he will have a problem locating a deer. He gives me a call and I'll go out and help him. I'm not an expert tracker by any means, but I am patient with the search and together we have always been able to locate the critter.
It makes me feel good that he thinks enough of me as a friend to call me if I'm needed.

I'm certain you have a good friend that you could call upon to help you. There's certainly no shame in asking a friend for help.
Take care, snagg

 

[greenneck]

Paul,

thank you for taking the time to post this and your previous post in this thread. It appears that there is more to finding a wounded deer than "hmmm, looks like blood" and "I think he went that way".

While I am sure real tracking skills have to be earned, newbies and learner-lurkers like me get at least an idea what to look for.

Steve

 

[Waterman]

Well,
If the subject is still glasses or pill to correct color blindness... There is a red contact lens manufactured by X-Chrome that is fitted to the dominant eye and works well. It is however heavy, and uncomfortable. Do a search for X-Chrome lenses.

Cheers, Bill

 

[davy]

Well can I tellya trackin a blooded deer thru a blackberry bramble thicket and extra thick pine barrens on your hands and knees cuz the top has closed in over you, can be a real test of your manhood! :shocked2: And of your own blood supply! Yoooowww ... thim danged things hurt! Look like ya done been thru a barbwire hurricane! :cursing:

davy

 

[sledgemeister]

Well can I tellya trackin a blooded deer thru a blackberry bramble thicket and extra thick pine barrens on your hands and knees cuz the top has closed in over you, can be a real test of your manhood! :shocked2: And of your own blood supply! Yoooowww ... thim danged things hurt! Look like ya done been thru a barbwire hurricane! :cursing:

davy

:rotf: boy that takes me backa bit, I remember as a kid falling about 20 feet outa willow tree and landing in a gully of blackberry bushes, they where about 10 feet deep and broke my fall nicely and sustained no injury's, breaks or other wise, the problem was I was wearing a knitted woollen jumper and was stuck there like a fly in a web, I had to wait for my mates to use planks laid accross the blackberries to get to me and cut me out, I am not sure how long it took but am sure it took a lot longer than necessary as my mates was in near hysterics laughing at my disposition. NB it didnt hurt falling in but by the powers those thorns hurt coming out..

 

[davy]

:rotf: boy that takes me backa bit, I remember as a kid falling about 20 feet outa willow tree and landing in a gully of blackberry bushes, they where about 10 feet deep and broke my fall nicely and sustained no injury's, breaks or other wise, the problem was I was wearing a knitted woollen jumper and was stuck there like a fly in a web, I had to wait for my mates to use planks laid accross the blackberries to get to me and cut me out, I am not sure how long it took but am sure it took a lot longer than necessary as my mates was in near hysterics laughing at my disposition. NB it didnt hurt falling in but by the powers those thorns hurt coming out..
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W'all Ima thinkin ya got the point ... repeatedly! :shocked2: :rotf:

Davy

 

[bob1961]

I carry surveyors (sp?) tape when tracking

i use toilet paper to track with....one sheet at a spot....it's also biodegradeable for the woods....no need to get the tape out of the woods.............bob

 

[Pork Chop]

I imagine it also comes in handy after a close brush with a mountain lion or bear. :rotf: