prunet
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Color Blind
I am color blind (red,blue,green). Have trouble tracking a blood trail when deer hunting. Does anyone know if the lights that are supposed to illuminate blood are worth the money or should I save my money?
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MuskyMastr
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/17 21:48:20
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The gerber carnivore sucks, (well, it works ok, but not great.) I have the primos blood hunter, side by side in the field there is no comparison. The primos works much better.
However, if you are using one of these you can't have any regular flashlights on or it doesn't work near as well.
Can't say how they work for color blindness though.
Better too far back, than too far forward.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/17 22:58:05
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I find that the ole Coleman Lateran with the mantles makes the blood glow. Not sure how it would work for you though.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 08:46:16
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I was a coleman lantern guy for years. Refused to try anything else. The blood light was a christmas gift.
Once I bought my surefire EL - 2 Outoorsman, I have no need to use the coleman lantern any more, now all I do is carry a 4 inch flashlight.
Better too far back, than too far forward.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 09:09:37
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The carnivore will help you with color blindness when tracking. Have a close friend that cannot pick up blood at all (looks like a shade of grey on a grey background...) but he is able to track fairly well when using the carnivore.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 10:16:11
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Like MM, I bought a surefire a few years back, and now its the only light I carry. Mine's an e2e. There is a blue lense available to help illuminate blood, but I've never used it. Im wondering if it would help with the colorblind issue. The batteries and the flashlight aren't cheap, but the price is well worth it for the hight output and very even beam it produces.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 13:42:23
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Batteries are cheap when you consider, that I walked in and out of the woods with that light using it one way or the other. I tracked at least 7 deer with it, not all of which were successful tracks and I just now burned out the first set of battteries 1 year later.
Also our local sporting goods store sells the batteries 12 for $20.
Better too far back, than too far forward.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 13:51:12
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My Surefire uses 123 batteries with a 60 lumen bulb and only last a short time some were around 30 min or so . Put in a 120 lum bulb and it cuts the use time in half on a set of batteries. The only way I use a lantern is if I have to come back. The Surefire and batteries are no doubt easier than packing in lantern.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/18 21:42:02
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Thanks for all the replies
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/21 11:39:48
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Is it legal to use a dog to track a wounded deer?
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/21 21:11:06
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ORIGINAL: BenC
Is it legal to use a dog to track a wounded deer?
No, it isn’t legal yet but there is legislation in the works that would make it legal under at least some conditions. We will have to wait and see what happens with the pending legislation. R.S. Bodenhorn
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/21 22:10:18
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Just curious RSB, what would those conditions be? Limited to SRA's or seasons with certain weapons?
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/21 22:50:22
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ORIGINAL: RSB
ORIGINAL: BenC
Is it legal to use a dog to track a wounded deer?
No, it isn’t legal yet but there is legislation in the works that would make it legal under at least some conditions. We will have to wait and see what happens with the pending legislation.
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R.S. Bodenhorn
Is it legal to take the family dog along while your looking for a deer say not in the hound family, but maybe a retriever ?
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/22 07:25:08
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Are you serious OA? Why would it be legal for one breed and illegal for another?
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/22 11:21:37
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/22 12:15:15
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It makes sense to me. Maybe the conditions should be something like: after shooting light and can't carry a weapon; also could be sundays all day w/out a weapon. I think it is a good idea.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/22 21:27:06
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ORIGINAL: rsquared
Just curious RSB, what would those conditions be? Limited to SRA's or seasons with certain weapons?
I suspect the dog would have to remain on a leash. R.S. Bodenhorn
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/23 00:27:46
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There is no law that states that one can "not" take their dog along with them while in the woods or fields. One does not have to have a hunting licence either to be in the woods or fields during daylight or after dark.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/23 00:33:20
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ORIGINAL: BloodyHand
Are you serious OA? Why would it be legal for one breed and illegal for another?
Didn't say it was.Was curious of a reply from RSB. Any body can take a dog with them of any breed. It would be very difficult to prove that your dog was indeed tracking a game animal.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/23 01:32:05
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FWIW, I once asked the local WCO about hunting pheasants with a dog during turkey season, since dogs may not be used to hunt turkeys. His answer was simple: "Don't come out of the woods with a turkey and your dog." Dog + dead turkey = prima facia evidence of hunting turkey with dog; i.e., they don't have to "prove" anything.
Just my $.02; no judgment.
"For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/23 15:53:27
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I guess if someone is dumb enough to do such they deserve to get a fined. Use some common séance . How ever if you shot a turkey,you could return without a gun and with your dog to see if you could find it though. Just take the dog home and get your hunting license before caring out the turkey, same with a deer or any thing that you are looking for. You can have your dog with you to look for anything rather living,dead or man made such as a lost fanny pack or anything else.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/23 19:29:43
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How ever if you shot a turkey,you could return without a gun and with your dog to see if you could find it though Why would you return without a gun .. take the dog with you in the first place if it locates turkeys...  Remember == you are allowed to use dogs in fall turkey season to locate and flush turkeys ....
post edited by Dr. Trout - 2011/10/23 19:30:40
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/24 01:24:53
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ORIGINAL: Dr. Trout
How ever if you shot a turkey,you could return without a gun and with your dog to see if you could find it though
Why would you return without a gun .. take the dog with you in the first place if it locates turkeys...
Remember == you are allowed to use dogs in fall turkey season to locate and flush turkeys ....
I did not specify fall season.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/25 12:45:42
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I'm not so sure about that. If a warden saw you in the woods with a dog, then saw you dragging out a dead deer, I think that would be enough circumstantial evidence for them, but I could be wrong.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/25 12:55:51
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ORIGINAL: BenC
I'm not so sure about that. If a warden saw you in the woods with a dog, then saw you dragging out a dead deer, I think that would be enough circumstantial evidence for them, but I could be wrong.
As I mentioed if by chance you did find a dead animal take your dog back and then go recover the animal.You can take any body with you in the woods at any time including a dog. Leave your hunting weapon and licence at home until you return if you plan on removing game from the property.Remember it is illegal for a dog to chase game but if the animal is dead and you come across it laying dead no law states your dog can't be with you.You may also carry a weapon if you have a carry permit.
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RE: Color Blind
2011/10/25 15:44:52
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