ORIGINAL: dabowhunter
When the blood trail starts to peter out....break out the hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen Peroxide when sprayed on even old dried blood will cause a chemical reaction and bubble up. It has gotten me back on the trail several times. Its cheap and can be found at any drug store and even some convenience stores carry some. Just buy a cheap spray bottle at the dollar store and your good to go.
thanks for adding that, i never thought of that..that is some good advice right there.
everyones input on recovery is great.....i will add that this information put out is simply based on years of experience, therefore my 2cents of advice is to actually practice tracking. the worst thing you can do, IMO, is to go out hunting after all that practicing with your bow/gun, get the buck fever (like we all get), make a poor shoot, but have NEVER practiced tracking a trail.
i suggest getting with someone, friend, wife etc. make up a batch of water and any type of water thickener (flour is what i have used) and get some pasty gew and some runny stuff prepared. die it red, and get the color close to blood. go out in the woods and have a friend lay out a trailx amount of yards with a white flag, prize, or what ever you feel like at the end of it and practice to see if you can find it. We spend a lot of time "scouting" with our eyes in the woods and with our bino's to help us see those big bucks standing still behind shrubs at 200 yards, well you also need to train your eyes and practice tracking blood as well.