Wolfken

I am color blind in the red and orange color range and have trouble seeing a blood trail, I have heard of a flashlight that illuminates blood, anyone know about this light? also found a product that turns blood bright blue but it wasn' t available to the U.S. from this website!

jerseyhunter

Why not try peroxide, it foams up when in contact with blood and no matter what color, cannot be mistaken. Also its dirt cheap.

Aught Six

Not to rain on your parade, jerseyhunter, but if he can' t see the blood, how is he going to pour peroxide on it? Also, I wouldn' t recommend pouring oxidizers (or any chemicals) onto the ground, where they can seep into runoff. Let' s try to keep nature natural.

jerseyhunter

Well if he' s looking for a product that would turn the blood blue than I' m assuming he can differentiate between something that is wet and this would tell him the difference between water droplits and blood. Iwould suggest he spray it out of a large spray bottle. Also you can brush your teeth with it so its probably not too dangerous of a bio-hazzard.

WI270

Try a Coleman lantern we have used on to track blood trails and it makes blood glow. Blood stands out brighter than water. I hope this will help.

Aught Six

Impractical, IMHO. But to each his/her own.

Be aware that even though you can brush your teeth with it, you can' t swallow it. The household variety is pretty weak, but toxic nonetheless in quantity. My philosophy is to leave the woods as close to intact as possible.

NathanM

Acually, Jerseyhunter is right. Peroxide in a spraybottle is pretty common practice for finding a blood trail. You just spray it on anything that you think could be blood and it will bubble up. It breaks down to water and oxygen, so you don' t have to worry about doing any environmental damage. In fact, it' s used as an environmental cleaner. If anybody' s still sceptical, there' s more here:

http://www.h2o2.com/intro/overview.html

Nathan

Aught Six

Perhaps I stand corrected. What is the break-down time in the natural enviroment of North America? It' s been a while since chemistry class, but I was under the impression that it would take some time if not acted upon before it seeps underground.

nyflyer

Aught Six

Although peroxide is an oxidizer, its shelf life is only 3 weeks after opened to atmosphere. When it reacts it turns to H2o (good old water). So there would be no bad effects on the enviroment. Just thought I' d add that in.

PAhunterJEN

My brother is also colorblind to red and orange though he can see the blaze orange OK. Last year he hit a buck and then he couldn' t track it. Luckily I was there to help. I was pointing out the blood in the snow and he kept telling me that it wasn' t blood, that it was mud and dirt. If he couldn' t see the blood in the snow how in the world would he see it on dirt or leaves? I would say if you can' t get the product to turn the blood blue or use Peroxide then I would suggest that you get someone to help track. That' s a tough problem to have....