any one tried Blood Trailing gizmos?

[elkbreath]

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?

[ChuckC]

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

[Dave Bowers]

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

[tarponnut]

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.

[LONGBOWKID]

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

[Stinger]

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.

[aYak]

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.

[30coupe]

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        

[joevan125]

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