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It helps to use toilet paper………..
#1543029
12/01/15 04:16 AM
12/01/15 04:16 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,769 Awbarn, AL
CNC
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Dances With Weeds
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I know this will come across as common knowledge that’s been discussed before by most folks…..but after being out on a good number of tracks now this year, I don’t think I’ve been on a single one that’s had toilet paper marking the blood trail they’ve found. I know how easy it is to assume that you’re going to find your deer after the shot. The track I went on yesterday had a big puddle of blood at the initial hit site and it would have been really easy to assume that you would blood trail that deer with no problem and quickly find it. However, very often that’s not the case. Even in situations where the deer is eventually found through blood trailing, sometimes it requires a pretty up close search on hands and knees. My advice for everyone, new hunter and old, is to take some toilet paper with you each time you go out. Even if it’s just a wad you put in your pocket. When you get down from your stand and start to blood trail your deer, make it a habit to pull out that wad of toilet paper and hold it in your hand as you track. Mark the first blood well…..the last blood well…..and leave a bread crumb trail ever few yards as you track. This will really help you out when the blood runs out and the sure find becomes a lost deer. Its really hard for someone to track a deer in the dark and then be able to locate the same specific spots in the woods the next morning during the daytime. If you have to call a dog in…or even if you have to go back later on and search again yourself…..marking these important locations with toilet paper will really help make the tracking job easier. Carry on……..
Last edited by CNC; 12/01/15 04:41 AM.
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543040
12/01/15 04:21 AM
12/01/15 04:21 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
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Beadlescomb
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Old Mossy Horns
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And once it rains it'll wash the toilet paper away
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543057
12/01/15 04:34 AM
12/01/15 04:34 AM
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deerhunter_1
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Good advice. I have almost always used TP to mark where I find blood. Sometimes it makes it easier to see a path the deer is taking.
The LORD is Good.... All the Time....
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543086
12/01/15 04:54 AM
12/01/15 04:54 AM
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Posts: 2,021 Marengo County
Slingshot
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I always take TP with me too. Only difference is, if you see where I have marked, you might not want to send you dog over there. It ain't a pile of blood.
Will track deer in Marengo, Greene, Sumter, Wilcox, Perry, Hale counties.
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: Beadlescomb]
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12/01/15 05:02 AM
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Rocket62
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And once it rains it'll wash the toilet paper away Good point. Last time I tracked a deer I used small pieces of red border tape and when I was done, I had to go along the route and pick it all up ... that was a pain
I don't want to pass quietly into the night. I want to slide in sideways kickin and screamin Life really is awesome ... Soak it up while you can ...
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543102
12/01/15 05:09 AM
12/01/15 05:09 AM
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BamaGrad85
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I have always carried a roll of survey tape in blaze orange with me. I use to use toilet paper til rain washed it away one night before we could resume tracking the next morning.
I came, I saw, so I killed them all......Vern
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
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12/01/15 05:47 AM
12/01/15 05:47 AM
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Booner
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I guess I've been lucky. I've always been able to go back to the same spot without any artificial markers.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543142
12/01/15 05:54 AM
12/01/15 05:54 AM
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muzziehead
14 point
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I have used toilet paper as long as I can remember unless I had a MOMENT before I had to start tracking.
But at night time, I have started to use the small climp on reflectors and they work great. Especially when you are looking back from the trail and try to establish a path that he may have gone. Then you just pick them up on your way out. I keep about 30 of them in my fannie pack.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543153
12/01/15 06:11 AM
12/01/15 06:11 AM
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Posts: 9,977 Hampton Cove
foldemup
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I just use my GPS or the apps on my phone to mark waypoints or leave breadcrumb trails where I have been
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
[Re: CNC]
#1543929
12/01/15 03:14 PM
12/01/15 03:14 PM
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Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I've never wiped my rear with surveyors tape so TP gets my vote. Dual purpose.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: It helps to use toilet paper………..
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12/01/15 04:08 PM
12/01/15 04:08 PM
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James
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Freak of Nature
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Never thought about using toilet paper. I always carry orange flagging & drop a piece on the the ground or flag a tree/bush by blood to follow trail. Orange flagging is more visible which is why I use it. It will disappear after several months. Few months? Hell I've seen flagging that's every bit of 8 years old..
How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them...
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