Best light for blood trailing?
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Best light for blood trailing?
I've always used a regular incandescent Mag-lite. I've also heard that a Coleman lantern is very good, but I've never tried tracking with one. The other day I shined a small LED flashlight on some blood and I was impressed with how well the blood showed up against the forest floor and leaves under that bright white light. I have not read any glowing reviews of those special blood tracking lights. What light do you all find best for blood trailing?
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I've heard the colman has to be the naptha kind. I keep one of those handy back at the camp. I would (maybe) have gotten the Gerber Game Tracker light but after I destroyed 2 of their little cap lights by simply installing the batteries and watching the things crumble in my hands I gave up on Gerber lights. Absolute made in CH junk! I did pick up a game tracker flashlight made by Yukon. For $14, im not expecting wonders. But I did try it out in the basement and the reds do stand out. I keep a spray bottle of peroxide back at the truck or ATV. Sprayed on blood it will bubble. I also carry a bunch of kid sized glowsticks to mark the blood trail at night. Reflector twist ties would be ok too.
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Re: Best light for blood trailing?
Daylight.ninepointer wrote:Best light for blood trailing?
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You got that right. I got tired of seeing deer near field edges at 1 minute to blackness from my fixed stand. That's why I took my climber 75 yards into the forest and I'm glad I did.Mike P wrote:Daylight.ninepointer wrote:Best light for blood trailing?
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I like this, even showed last years blood on my arrow.
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Just to be clear on the Coleman lantern, it only works if there is a high phosphorus content in your soil (and the deer ingests the soil). If this is the case, the blood appears to "glow" under the lantern light.
But if your soil doesn't have a very high phosphorus content, a Coleman lantern is no better than a regular flashlight.
I've tried it where I hunt at, and the lantern doesn't work. I've been to other areas, using the same lantern, and it works.
But if your soil doesn't have a very high phosphorus content, a Coleman lantern is no better than a regular flashlight.
I've tried it where I hunt at, and the lantern doesn't work. I've been to other areas, using the same lantern, and it works.
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For a bit of fun, read the reviews of the Primos, Blood Hunter light. There is a TON of opinion, and they are so emphatically opposed! It makes me wonder what the heck is going on. They can't ALL be boneheads or liars.
It sure sounds as though some folk's vision benefits from that technology, but other's doesn't. Maybe it's like colorblindness, and how one person can see something that another cannot.
It sure sounds as though some folk's vision benefits from that technology, but other's doesn't. Maybe it's like colorblindness, and how one person can see something that another cannot.
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i tried the gerber when the price was 49 bucks, now they are almost giving them away...that should be enough said about that...actually they do pretty good on a green background but on pinestraw or brown leaves they are not very good. i have since gone to the browning tactical hunter flashlight. puts out 120 lumens and is about 5 inches long (fits in pocket) and it is like trailing in the daylight. has a bright white led output. that was 2 yrs. ago so they may have upgraded and be called by another name but you will not be disappointed if you try one with around 120+ lumen output.
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Must be something to that theory. A Coleman lantern (set up with the reflector & handle) didn't work for me where I hunt. A Fenix LED flashlight has been about the best I can come up with. Even a special "blood tracking" LED light didn't work any better.Big58cal wrote:Just to be clear on the Coleman lantern, it only works if there is a high phosphorus content in your soil (and the deer ingests the soil). If this is the case, the blood appears to "glow" under the lantern light.
But if your soil doesn't have a very high phosphorus content, a Coleman lantern is no better than a regular flashlight.
I've tried it where I hunt at, and the lantern doesn't work. I've been to other areas, using the same lantern, and it works.
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Re: Best light for blood trailing?
Geez Mike, you stole my thunder. Nothing beats Daylight as far as I'm concerned. I'll track blood during the day, but I hate tracking it in the dark.Mike P wrote:Daylight.ninepointer wrote:Best light for blood trailing?
If I happen to connect close to last light, I'll look for possible trails and the deer, before looking for blood. I figure the "escape trail" is easier and faster to spot. By doing so, hopefully I spot the deer before dark. If not, well then I go the Lantern and/or Flashlight route.
If worse comes to worse, I figure "tomorrow" is another day.
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