tracking colorblind???
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 46
tracking colorblind???
Hey all I have a serious ?? and need some help, My hunting buddy/neighbor is color blind and he had trouble helping tracking last weekend. The blood trail was almost invisible and was wondering if there anything that can help or anyone has the same problem??? Thanks alot for any help!!!
#3
I have no real answer except I have a friend who's red/orange color blind and have heard of several others and it's best to just bring friends along to make it faster... and funner!(ok "more" fun)
iSnipe
iSnipe
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 171
count me colorblind...just takes more looking for shapes that are not normal to the pattern you are looking at, same way I find elk and deer...
I wear yellow glasses as you will see in the pic...but this bull took us 7.5 hours hands and knees searching for just pin pricks worth of blood...and all that was after waiting 2 hours...
So, even Colordblind people can track, they just need to get comfy what they are looking for...and it will be more of the shape than the color...
Generally speaking, I think this has been an advantage for me in hunting, as I see the odd shape instead of the colored things...
I wear yellow glasses as you will see in the pic...but this bull took us 7.5 hours hands and knees searching for just pin pricks worth of blood...and all that was after waiting 2 hours...
So, even Colordblind people can track, they just need to get comfy what they are looking for...and it will be more of the shape than the color...
Generally speaking, I think this has been an advantage for me in hunting, as I see the odd shape instead of the colored things...
#6
nice bull...uhhhh well i have a buddy that is some what color blind and he can see the blood better than me, he says that about my dog but i will ask him and see if its the shape he is after.
#10
I have this problem too and it's though.
Two solutions:
1- drop deer in its tracks
2- hunt in the snow.
Usually I'll get a hunting buddy to help. Especially in the fall when there are orange and red leaves on the ground already. Especially if they are wet. Every leave looks like it has blood on it but my buddies all know right away that there isn't. If I'm by myself, I pick up the leaves and feel them.
A heavy blood trail makes it easier because it's obvious no matter what color back ground it's on.
Two solutions:
1- drop deer in its tracks
2- hunt in the snow.
Usually I'll get a hunting buddy to help. Especially in the fall when there are orange and red leaves on the ground already. Especially if they are wet. Every leave looks like it has blood on it but my buddies all know right away that there isn't. If I'm by myself, I pick up the leaves and feel them.
A heavy blood trail makes it easier because it's obvious no matter what color back ground it's on.