Ravin R10 man Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Helped my Bro find a bow kill last eve. went in with compass bloodrunner light(which didint do what it says it would).. and I had a spotlight...we found a good blood trail and started hanging tape just not alot...pretty soon my light starts fading his little double c light isnt alot but we continue I conserve mine. We find the buck gut it amd sonn discover we were turned around. his compass tells us east is several different directions...lol we didnt bring a cell phone to call and have somebody top the hill to shine in our direction or honk a horn. Stars are out but with tall trees hard to tell what we are looking at, and no wind. Well he makes a circle and looks for the tape..after about 10 minutes and a few trys he finds it. we drag the buck to it. we go to the last tape and check for next..finally get to a huge spruce that I remembered going by..and I have him walk out.. he come right to the ranger...whew! What should have taken 45 minutes took two hours!! We never panicked, thought things out..and one stood still while the other looked for the next tape. we were actually laughing about being turned around....top it off, this tape was supposed to be reflective..ha!! you had to be on top of it to see it. pays to be better prepared I guess Edited October 29, 2011 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I got lost in the dark a few times and know that feeling. Amazing how everything looks alike. No way are the woods here like the wilderness of Wisconsin, but enough to have me mark trails and carry a second flashlight. I got turned around in Alaska once, but luckily the ladies I was with knew where they were going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I got turned around in Alaska once, but luckily the ladies I was with knew where they were going... LMBO. Gonna have to get them to read this. Been turned around in the dark in the bottom here after tracking a deer duringour ml'er season. Not a good feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Pine plantations are the worst, they all tend to look the same, lol. After a couple of episodes like that I bought a GPS, man that thing is a lifesaver. It also gives me the confidence to go on and push ahead or circle out wide when the trail goes cold and not worry about getting lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Pine plantations are the worst, they all tend to look the same, lol. After a couple of episodes like that I bought a GPS, man that thing is a lifesaver. It also gives me the confidence to go on and push ahead or circle out wide when the trail goes cold and not worry about getting lost. we have one, but did not bring it..hey he heard him crach right? how hard can it be??....lol By the way..dont buy a "Bloodrunner'' light...they dont work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 yea i got one of those bloodrunners as a gift. they work really well 10% of the time when it hits the blood just right. best with a light that throws out a wide beam of white light. right now i have a cheap Coleman Max light that works pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTine49 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a gerber blood light that works great(don't know the name). While tracking the doe I killed earlier this year, my dad and uncle argured for about 10 minutes of the correct direction to start dragging her to get back to the truck, and she only ran about 60 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 it isnt a good feeling getting turned around, whats even worse is when you kill a deer and start draging it and find you been going in a circle, and ive found my gps dont work if im deep in the woods under the leaves of the trees, now i carry a sandwitch bag full of reflective twist ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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