Color Blind???

[gutpile]

I am to the red spectrum. Oh I see red but can't differentiate shades of red. This can make tracking a real pain at times. If there's blood splashed everywhere I can find it. But if the grounds wet or there are only small droplets I have problems. But I got a cure hydrogen peroxide in and opaque spray bottle. It only foams on blood. Now I kust look for the bubbly spots when I am having problems finding blood. You don't have to be color blind to do this as sometimes everyone has trouble spotting blood and its a dern sight cheaper and more reliable than them fancy flashlights.

[nyslowhand]

I did not know there were levels of color blindness?

Always assumed you could differentiate colors or you couldn't.

Learn something everyday.

Very ingenious using the peroxide!!!

Guess we all find ways to deal with our limitations.

[Pipecrew]

My buddy is color blind. When I'm tacking a deer his job is to stand at the spot of the last blood found. He does a pretty good job at it!!!!!

I've read about using peroxide but I haven't tried it yet. I'm going to throw a bottle of it in the truck this season to see how it works.

Good luck.

[Doc]

So the hydogen peroxide is just to verify that the red material that you can see is or isn't blood ..... right? You would not be just randomly spraying along the trail and looking for the bubbles ..... right?

Actually it is good that you can see red as red even though you cannot distiguish between shades of red. At least that is something.

I can see colors ok, but I have been in conditions where a blood trail runs through certain maple leaves that are yellow with blood-red spots on them. That drives me crazy. The color of those spots is exactly the same as the blood that I'm looking for, and they are everywhere. The trick there was to pick up the few that really look convincing and rub the red spots with a finger. If it's blood it will wipe off. If it isn't it wont. What a pain!!

Doc

[gutpile]

No if I get to the spot I shot him/her and can't find blood I mist along the trail to find it then do the same until I find the next spot. When its wet I can't tell the difference between the red of the leaves and blood as both look the same color and are wet. In dry conditions blood looks wet leaves don't. but many a time i've had to crawl on my hands and knees to track deer. I don't have to crawl through the woods with the peroxide anymore. 

[Mr VJP]

Sounds like a good idea.  Another tool in the tool box is always a good thing.

[Doc]

It certainly would be a good aid to have along, but a lot of blood trails that were trying to give me fits had long distances between blood, due to bounding I guess. Also, the point where it really gets tough is when the deer starts to get a bit tricky and makes a sharp turn. Either one of these conditions could have you spraying an awful lot of woods before you found the precise spot where the blood dropped, especially when the deer refuse to go in a straight line. However, given your situation, the old hydrogen peroxide is better than nothing. I might start packing it myself.

Doc

[Karpteach]

Peroxide is good for tracking blood and washing it off your hands, arms, and clothing. I carry a small spray bottle of Peroxide in my back pack. 

[Doc]

Isn't it also an antiseptic of sorts? Might not be a bad idea to use it on your hands after rooting around in a bloody body cavity.

[ADKSasquatch]

I'm in the same boat.  Doc called it a cone deficiency, or "shade blindness".  I can see colors, but not variances.  All dark colors, red, blue, green, etc are black, and all lighter colors like yellow, pink, etc. are white.  So, I can see "blue" but not "dark blue".  Tracking has been an issues at time, especially in maple forests.  My solution has been very careful shooting... 

[gutpile]

It is an antiseptic. It also is an oxydizer. H2O2 its kept in opaque brown bottles so sunlight can't reach it. Exposure to sunlight and organic material causes it to breakdown giving up one of its oxygen atoms and becoming H2O

[ballbusta]

They say that one in one hundred males have a red color deficiency and five in one hundred has a green color deficiency . I can see colors it is a misconception that some one that is color blind can only see black and white, that is a extremely rare condition. I as In most that are color blind can see red, blue , yellow but can't tell the difference between purple , dark blue and blue , also different shades of reds, yellow and Orange etc.

[nyslowhand]

I was one of those that had the B&W misconception about being color blind.

Now I know. Thanx!