Trad Gang

You know, like the flashlight for bloodtrailing, when of them heat finding jobbers...etc?  anybody had any luck with some thing like that, outside of a dog?

I am thinking a dog is the best.  

I like to night trail, use a bright hand held flashlight.  That way you see only what you light up and you tend to concentrate a bit better on that area. . like you see on the CI and similar shows on TV.

I am also lazy and hate to hunt early because I like to sleep in,  so with primarily afternoon hunts, I typically always get my wish and have night trails.

Slow, easy does it, and look for patterns in addition to just blood (like. .  a drop or spray every 6-10 feet.  you may want to look for the next drop about  hmmmm  6-10 feet away from the last one)
ChuckC

We have the lights in work from Primos... I not sold on them.

I've had no luck with the blood trailing lights.
I prefer a Coleman lantern and a bright flashlight. I imagine a good dog would be best.

The heat finders are JUNK. IMO. A good dog will do all any "heat finder" can, and more.

I have the light and the spray bottle stuff that is supposed to make the blood show bright.  Neither have worked for me.  2 years ago I watched a guy use one of the heat dector units to find a big 10 point that I shot that had no blood trail.  It was a good double lung hit and the deer only went 80 yards but the arrow hit the opposite side shoulder and there was virtually no blood trail.  We waited for 4 hours before trailing to make sure the hit was good (outfitter insisted, and the guy had no trouble finding it.  I was impressed enough that I bought the same unit. I practiced with it on live deer and thought I had the operation down.  This past season I shot a deer and watched it go down about 60 yards away.  I pulled the unit out to see how it would do and I couldn't get a good reading to save my life.  I haven't touched it since, but will practice some more and give it another shot this season if given the opportunity, but I'm not sold on it.

Ray Hammond's conconction of yellow food coloring added to a decent concentration of peroxide, in a spray bottle works well.  Foams up yeller real good.

A super sharp Woodsman or Snuffer works the best for me! Shooting them in the morning also helps.

And, yes, I bought one of those super-duper LED tracking lights    :banghead:    

I have tried them all and nothing works better than a real bright spotlight.