I can tell you why I would "waste" money on this. Because when I take a shot at a deer I also take on the responsibility of exhausting every possible method to make sure that deer is recovered. That is the least all of us as hunters owe our quarry. If that means that I should spend 70 bucks to ensure a successful track then so be it. As far as not needing one I wish I didn't...and in most cases I don't. However, there have been times when I double lunged a nice buck and had him run hundreds of yards with but a single drop of blood every 30 yards or so. Why this happened I have no clue and it doesn't make any sense but stranger things have happened. If I would have had one of these lights maybe it would have been easier. I know after reading everyone else's reviews I'm definitely going to check them out.

That right there is reason enough to try one! Well put!

I used a Gerber last year on a deer that I didn't shoot but we did find it with the help of the light works very well in areas that have aloot of red leaves makes the blood glow well worth the 50 bucks.

I'm also in favor of a lantern if needed.

I'm with bearklr,

Due to rain I lost a doe 2 years ago with a rifle shot and the buzzards found her, which chapped me. In some places where I hunt it is so da#$ thick, you can barely get through certain spots, it's not like those purty woods where its a high canopy and the bottom is all bare leaves. If it rains and they headed into thick stuff it can be a very tough track.

Also, whose to say that with all the practice in the world the deer doesn't jump the string or the arrow hit a branch or my nerves cause a not perfectly placed shot. Tracking a wounded deer is not a cinch. Also remember that other people may not take the best shots. I go on any tracking party when a deer is wounded. It's my bad experiences that make me want to try all this goofy stuff.

I also think that a Coleman lantern is the next best thing to the sun itself. However, you cannot exactly carry a coleman lantern in your back pocket. It gets hot, its glass globe is delicate, and it needs to be kept in the vehical until needed. Not a big deal in most of the places that I hunt, but some of y'all who hunt way off the beaten path might not want to trek a mile back just to get a lantern.

I also carry a surefire G2 and plenty of batts for it, they work great, but I did get sucked into buying a carnivore, and it does work nicely. However, if you live around an area with lots of pine needles, jap maples or certain types of beech and ash trees that drop red leaves in the fall (like red oaks), then that complicates things. Water drops on pine needles reflect as red quite often, not quite as bright as blood, but this is not a cure all solution. You still need to take your time, use good tracking common sense, and know when to slow down and back track or back out.

IF you are hunting from the ground (making horizontal shots), the blood trail can be VERY sporadic or even non-existant until the deer's body cavity fills up to the arrow hole(s). It may expire before the blood gets up that high, so that means that there really isn't a trail. I helped a friend track a deer last season through some of the thickest woods I have ever been in. At most thre was a drop of blood every 30-50 yards. Somehow we managed to get the deer, but I think one of those lights may have helped.
I am very interested in hearing more reviews on them.

I exhaust every possible means to retrive the deer. I myself just think its a waste of money. But its your money spend as you see fit. Like I said I have killed quite a few deer with my bow and only had trouble finding one.

i just like to use on of them therr clothes pins with a match stick stuck in it and lited up...!!!!!!

hmmmm....come again?