First of all, I'm color blind. Not so much that I can't tell the differance between different colors, but enough that certain shades blend together and make it hard to tell the differance like a speck of blood on a Fall forest floor. My wife, on the other hand, can see a speck of blood so small it can fit on the head of a pin like it was a neon light in a dark closet. Unfortunately, I don't always have my wife around to help me track an animal.

I've been thinking about this technique and was wondering if anybody else has heard of it or tried it. This mystery technique is a spray bottle with hydrogen peroxide in it. The theory is, when I get to a point where I can't see the blood any more, I can spray a fine mist of HP and it should cause any drops to foam up.
Does this sound like it could work?

 

that would seem like alot of work....

 

I have heard of people doing this. Dont know for sure if it works....sorry

 

Don't they make something that causes the blood to become highlighted?

 

yeah doesn't a black light high light blood?

 

They spray something on it to make it show up under the black light. It works on CSI.

 

i know that forensics use something along that line but one thing that i have found that works very very well for after dark tracking is take a coleman lantern (fuel type) take and peace of wire and wire the handle to the bottom so you hold it and it is at about a 45 degree angle towards the ground. then take a peace of shiny tin and wrap it around about half of it. the blood seems like it almost jumps out at you we have had hard times tracking with flashlights before then went back and got the coleman lantern and were able to walk right up to the wounded deer. and yes it works really good if there is no snow on the ground either. but where there is snow you can see a pindrop spot of blood 15 feet in front of you.

 

They use to sell stuff in a bottle called Blood Hound. It was supposed to foam up and glow. I never tried it though.

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]You had it dead on. We have use the bottle of peroxide for years hunting in
Maine, especially when trying to track a wounded animal. You can add a little
artificial coloring to make it standout.

 

easy solution, drop the deer in its tracks[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]