Best arrow wrap colour for hunting?

ninepointer · Post by **ninepointer** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:02 pm

Perhaps a silly question, but where can you buy one of those cheap, hand-held black lights?

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:11 pm

ninepointer wrote:Perhaps a silly question, but where can you buy one of those cheap, hand-held black lights?

UV light can be dangerous, for the most part you can not see UV light. Inexpensive ones like this emit a different frequency than the high end stuff, the more visible light it emits the cheaper it will be, make no mistake these are cheap, but work awesome!
Pupils will not dilate to UV light, so it can scorch your eyes, these cheapies aren't too threatening.

You can use items that fluoresce to mark a trail on trees, you, and only you will be the one capable of seeing/following it, in low light.
This guy is great to deal with.
http://www.lighthound.com/12-LED-UV-3xA ... _2578.html

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:12 pm

I SOOOOO need to go back to the last shoot at Port Colborne and use this to find my lost arrow... it was one of my Boo arrows and I was just about in tears when I lost it.

lscha · Post by **lscha** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:36 pm

Next time you talk to your 'guy' at Lighthound ask him if he had a run on those lights on 9/17.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:43 pm

Some advice, never, under any circumstances turn one of those on in a hotel/motel room.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:49 pm

Pydpiper wrote:Some advice, never, under any circumstances turn one of those on in a hotel/motel room.

ninepointer · Post by **ninepointer** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:17 pm

VixChix wrote:I SOOOOO need to go back to the last shoot at Port Colborne and use this to find my lost arrow... it was one of my Boo arrows and I was just about in tears when I lost it.

No worries, if we find it I'll keep it safe for ya. It will give you an excuse to come back to Pt. Colborne again!

lscha · Post by **lscha** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:19 pm

Pydpiper wrote:Some advice, never, under any circumstances turn one of those on in a hotel/motel room.

eeeewwwwww!!!

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:57 pm

as for what shows up best in the woods on leaves and in green foilage.. Flo Yellow works for me. I like white though for blood reasons. Blaze orange is also very good for finding under leaves

never had a issue with a lost arrow since ive been hunting, but maybe its just a freak situation for me

skamaniac · Post by **skamaniac** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:56 am

I always test my hunting clothes to see if they fluoresce, apparently that wavelength is visible to deer, while doing this in my office with the lights out with a black light I noticed a few of my articles of clothes "glowed", they did not make the cut.

So then you're saying the deer can see the arrow's fletching as well as your clothes? Hmmm

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:20 am

skamaniac wrote:
I always test my hunting clothes to see if they fluoresce, apparently that wavelength is visible to deer, while doing this in my office with the lights out with a black light I noticed a few of my articles of clothes "glowed", they did not make the cut.
So then you're saying the deer can see the arrow's fletching as well as your clothes? Hmmm

Yes (not my clothes though), but the amount of surface area is too small to be concerned about on arrows. On clothes I always use a UV inhibitor, avoiding washing them with UV brighteners, like Tide.
No doubt they can see it, but I can't say it bothers them, that wasn't why I brought up UV.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:06 am

I like white on white and the flo colors.
The arrows I'm shooting this season were made by Greywolf and he didn't have any white wraps so I went with green.

DARTONATOR · Post by **DARTONATOR** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:17 pm

This is why I love this forum, a lot of friendly, professional, experienced, kowledgeable, fellow hunters helping one another. Thanks to all for the replies.

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:32 pm

I use either white vanes or feathers so i can see the arrow after i shoot. I don't care if a tick toter see's my arrow in quiver motionless. Its the last look it will make!

Red_labelJR · Post by **Red_labelJR** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:39 pm

I'm not 100% sure but I thought deer were color blind?
And personally I'd choose Hot pink.

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