Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 What do you guys use for marking a trail to your stand. You can get turned around in the dark pretty easy in the woods I hunt in the upper peninsula. I usually use just some orange or bright pink trail tape, but sometimes they can still be a bit tough to see. I was going to just buy some reflective markers, but then I thought maybe I'd just make some. I figure for the price of a pack of 10 (which wouldn't be enough) I could make maybe twice or three times as many. Even if I do end up spending a little bit more, I'd still have a lot more. I was thinking of using some clothes pins, probably the colored plastic ones so I could see them in the daytime as well and just cut strips of reflective tapes for each side. Anyone done this before? or have another way that you have tried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 In MS I don't use anything but I know my home turf woods like most people know their own back yards. In other states I've used either flagging or bright eyes but sometimes topography features are enough to find my way in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 don't use them. if it's private ground i hunt then i don't need them at all. and public ground honey holes i don't need markers showing people where i'm hunting. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 I've used the little blazer tacks in the past. I have a buddy that uses the little twist ties. Both work good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Occasionally I use flagging, usually nothing. Flat land and pine plantation can get you lost fast, but generally I keep a trail pretty clean to reduce the noise I make going in and out so it's usually not necessary to use anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Dont use anything. I can walk right to all my stands in the dark without even using a flashlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 I do not leave any markers if I possibly can. I have to hunt public lands. I might take my little hatchet and knock a little bark off, but that is it. Once it snows it really doesn't matter. The lazy " hunters " can follow the tracks in. I am so wishing I could hunt private land like I use to back in my early days :no: too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVdeerhunter Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Marked a trail to my stand just to come back and it was gone. But now i hunt my own land so dont need it and locks:yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Garmen etrex - always gets me to the base of my tree - in the dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) If this was public land, I wouldn't even think of doing it. And if this was land that I had access to year round, I probably wouldn't need them either. However, this is private land that belongs to my uncles in-laws, which is a good 6-7 hour drive from here and I only get up there once a year, twice if I am lucky. In the daytime, I can walk out no problem, at night it is a different story. It's so thick back there that in the dark you can't see your hand 6 inches from your face (I've had the joy of experiencing this when the light I was using died on me halfway to my blind). I've even been turned around in the dark with the trail tape I've been using. These will go up the day we get up there and come down the day we leave. I got a pack of clothespins today, actually got them for free. My mom and aunts were cleaning out the house of one of my aunts who passed away a while back and they found them and gave them to me. So I just need to get the reflective tape now. Edited October 28, 2012 by Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhunter Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I have a problem like this. My friend suggest to use GPS. Has anyone used it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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