color blind and cant see blood

[one shot scott]

Any others here like me? I was told I was color blind at age 14 and I thought to myself the good ole doctor is stoned!! I can see colors just fine. And I can, but when its mixed in with other ones then thats the problem.(red & green!) Still no problem i thought, it will never be an issue. Then I decided to be an auto tech, when it comes to wiring I have to be VERY careful when a colour has a certain color tracer on it, but I manage to cope. What really bothers me is now that I have took up hunting I cannot find a spec of blood spilled on the forest floor to save my life. I have to rely on a buddy to come out to help. If hes not able to come out then I try my best to follow the travel route of the deer, looking for ALOT of blood (if its wet and the ground is dry, and theres alot of it, I can spot it) but mostly a hope for a deer that has fallen nearby. I hear the blood tracker lights are crap, Mostly im hoping to hear from someone who has the same problem to see what works for them. Or does anyone have any info on how to teach a dog to track?

For "Poops and giggles" I have included a link for anyone to test if they are color blind, I cant see any of the shapes they list there
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=ca
scroll down to see the test

[vixenmaster]

My eye's are losing vision so i started training my JR/Beagle mix pup toblood trail last yr. 5 deer were taken off my hunting place & i took her to each downed deer. She was excited but really didn't know what i wanted her to do. This yr i put her on the begining blood trail & she found both deer very quickly & was standing on each one when i got to her. I had already trailed each deer so i knowed where they were ahead of time. So now if'en i hit one & lose the blood trail i can put her on a leash & fairly sure she will take me to the deer

[munch]

Any others here like me? I was told I was color blind at age 14 and I thought to myself the good ole doctor is stoned!! I can see colors just fine. And I can, but when its mixed in with other ones then thats the problem.(red & green!) Still no problem i thought, it will never be an issue. Then I decided to be an auto tech, when it comes to wiring I have to be VERY careful when a colour has a certain color tracer on it, but I manage to cope. What really bothers me is now that I have took up hunting I cannot find a spec of blood spilled on the forest floor to save my life. I have to rely on a buddy to come out to help. If hes not able to come out then I try my best to follow the travel route of the deer, looking for ALOT of blood (if its wet and the ground is dry, and theres alot of it, I can spot it) but mostly a hope for a deer that has fallen nearby. I hear the blood tracker lights are crap, Mostly im hoping to hear from someone who has the same problem to see what works for them. Or does anyone have any info on how to teach a dog to track?

For "Poops and giggles" I have included a link for anyone to test if they are color blind, I cant see any of the shapes they list there
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=ca

passed that one but i'm not seeing any blood in the bush this year can't figure out what my problem is

[one shot scott]

It sounds like she was a fast learner! I have a great dane with an excellent sniffer. Now I know most dont consider a great dane as a good hunting dog, and I didnt buy him for that purpose,(bought him for shop security) but I have been told that they were bred in Germany for hunting. So Im going to give him a try. Hopefully hes as bright as your dog is, VMaster.

This is interesting: I have read that the best blood tracking dog is the weiner dog!

[j.krug]

Can't help you with the blood light but I did do the test and was able to see all the shapes without any trouble. Neat little test.

[one shot scott]

Im waiting for a cheap and functional heat sensing camera to come on the market

[FJB]

Well One Shot im exactly the same as you. I have been told that i am red green deficient. I have struggled for years even trying a red tinted glass lens on one eye to try to make it better. I have learned to track by sign and sometimes even resorting to dabbing a piece of tissue on what i thought was blood. Now i make sure of my shots if i am alone. All of my kids and my father are colour normal and have helped when i could not recover a deer by myself. We have to adapt. Although i struggle with the colour my distance vision is far superior to the others in my family. Possibly a compensation factor??

[EQUINOXHNTERVA]

You are not alone...I'm colorblind as well. As for blood tracking, it's a matter of getting on hands and knees and looking for a big splotch of blood. I like when my quarry drops in site. I've hunted many years with a 7mm Rem magnum and have never had a deer that did not drop within site, lucky I guess. So far same results with a crossbow, that is for the animals I actually hit. lol Good post and I failed the last few tests.

[Pydpiper]

Good news is that I am just a phone call away from a trackng job.
Better news is that your not the guy with the wire snips on the bomb squad!

[ninepointer]

does anyone have any info on how to teach a dog to track?

There's movement afoot in Ontario to clarify the regs for the purpose of permitting the use of tracking dogs to recover shot deer. This of course is for those parts Ontario where dogs are currently not permitted to be used in deer hunting.

[bob1961]

get a cheap spray bottle and use a food color you can see like blue in peroxide....use it on a finer mist and spray where the deer was and went after the shot and it will foam up blue or what color you use you can see or just plain peroxide will foam up white ....a game warden friend used green in his peroxide when he went to investigate an illegal deer shooting....when he went to the guys house and seen blood and asked the guy bout the blood he said it was his dogs blood....my buddy said ok if it is it will turn blue when i spray it with this lastest tech we use to determing what kinda of blood we are dealing with ....he if it turns green it is deer blood sure enough the guy turned white as a ghost when it turned green ....yeah he appoligized for lieing in the first place bout the blood .........bob

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[hikerman]

I have the same problem, can't see the blood trail to clearly but didn't realy figure it was due to being blind.

Did that test, can't see anything past the first card.

I remember when I was learning to drive, If I was out at nightI could not tell the differance between a green traffic light and the street lights ( from far back If you can't see the poles). Really mest me up, the instructor would wounder why I would ease of the gas approching a green light. Now I know where to look
reather than for the color.

As for hunting I have been lucky only had to track one the other two droped within sight.

[one shot scott]

The first card is a gimmie, everyone can see that one It sounds like you are as bad as I am hikerman!
Thanks all for the helpful suggestions. A forum member even gave me his phone # to offer help. Thanks Jerry!
I often wondered what others with the same problem do.
9pointer: I think I am one of those areas that do not allow for tracking dogs but lets hope that changes. In the meantime Im not going to let that stop me from having one, I think its more ethical to have one than to lose game because of the law. They can come find me and fine me Im in the great big township of Glanbrook!

[Horizontal Hunter]

I have been told that when blood is hard to find you can take hydrogen peroxide and put it in a spray bottle and spray the leaves and if there is blood present it will foam like it does on a cut. I have never tried it but it makes sense to me. If you try it let me know how it works.

Bob

[deer nut]

I am color blind to. I have to rely on hunting buddy to help me track deer.