Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
09-03-2005, 01:28 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Posts: 3,132
RE: Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
If I'm jumpind on the trail right away I will just use my mini-mag light that has LED bulbs in it, along with my regular headlamp. If I go back to the truck/camp, cause I its might be a little more of an involved tracking job, then I will also bring out the Coleman Lantern and sometimes the spotlight to help me see farther down the trail. White bellies show up great in the spotlight.
09-03-2005, 01:53 PM
#13
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Avon Park Fl.
Posts: 89
RE: Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
you see deer, you shoot deer, you wait, you climb down from tree, look for deer, mark trail, gets dark, couldnt find deer, go to truck, drive home, get blood trailing hound from kennel, return to frist marking point, put dog on trail, follow dog, retrieve deer, drag to truck, load dog and deer into truck, go home a happy man. seams to work everytime.
(provided you got a good shot on deer and he went down soon after the shot).
(provided you got a good shot on deer and he went down soon after the shot).
09-03-2005, 02:06 PM
#14
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 157
RE: Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
ORIGINAL: Polkat
you see deer, you shoot deer, you wait, you climb down from tree, look for deer, mark trail, gets dark, couldnt find deer, go to truck, drive home, get blood trailing hound from kennel, return to frist marking point, put dog on trail, follow dog, retrieve deer, drag to truck, load dog and deer into truck, go home a happy man. seams to work everytime.
(provided you got a good shot on deer and he went down soon after the shot).
you see deer, you shoot deer, you wait, you climb down from tree, look for deer, mark trail, gets dark, couldnt find deer, go to truck, drive home, get blood trailing hound from kennel, return to frist marking point, put dog on trail, follow dog, retrieve deer, drag to truck, load dog and deer into truck, go home a happy man. seams to work everytime.
(provided you got a good shot on deer and he went down soon after the shot).
PT
09-03-2005, 04:14 PM
#15
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location:
Posts: 89
RE: Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
ORIGINAL: Double Creek
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I bought a surefire LED light and I have really liked it. However, like other LED lights, the batteries don't last long. I keep a couple extra sets of batteries in my pack at all times.
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I bought a surefire LED light and I have really liked it. However, like other LED lights, the batteries don't last long. I keep a couple extra sets of batteries in my pack at all times.
Chris
09-03-2005, 07:28 PM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 554
RE: Best type of lighting for tracking a downed deer?
LOL...good one Polkat. Unfortunately for some though like here in WI, it's illegal to use dogs for the recovery of deer. As far as the lighting situation goes. I carry my Jumpstarter pack in a back pack and plug my spot light into the 12V outlet on it. There's a lot to be said for a million candlepower floodlight when trailing a deer, and the light goes in the pack with jumper pack when it's time to drag. Give it a try sometime to those of you still using a lantern, as I use to use the lantern myself until I started going a little more high tech...lol
