Love it or hate it, blue flagging tape

John Y Cannuck

John Y Cannuck

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Now me failing the red-green colour blind tests, that blue tape is as bright, possibly brighter than new fluorescent orange tape. Certainly it way brighter the second year. Yet the guys at moose camp hate the stuff, can't see it.

When I say I am colour blind, it doesn't mean I can't see red's or greens. But I do apparently see them differently. Green stop lights for example vanish in a bunch of city lights, they look almost white to me. Red is still red, or at least what I perceive as red, but I can't pick it out from the dots, it doesn't stand out, I've run a few stop lights because of it. Finding a trail taped in red is a real challenge for me.

I suppose that means my eyesight is closer to that of a deer. Not the same, just closer.

Anyway, I have always wondered what the world looks like with 'regular' colour vision.

If you see the blue flagging tape standing out like neon, maybe you are also red-green colour blind. Lots of tests online. My night vision seems to be excellent.
 
Throw some depth perception in your mix and you will be lookying thru my eyes.
Take away arf your dominant eye strength and zewm, I'm it.
I wonder if they can swap me eye bawls side to side?

I know your dilemma JYC.
 
Colour spectrum good for me. But i have a restriction on my Driving license for depth perception, and im moderately near sighted.

Glassing slashes, i pick up game thats about to hand me.a.coffee. Perhaps the reason i dont long range "hunt", and usually walk the deep dark thick stuff were gps doesnt work, and bayonets are more practical than range finders.
 
Through those tests, I discovered that I have some amount of red-green colour blindness - never noticed it, I thought. Big challenge for me is to see a blood trail on leaves/grass through the bush. My Dad and brothers can follow it at a walking pace - I struggle to find one drop, then the next - they tell me it is like a bright easy trail to follow - not for me!!!! And, for me, "blaze orange" does not "blaze" very much - very hard to pick up if there are still leaves on the poplar trees...
 
My vision is similar. People have a real hard time understanding that i dont see in greyscale or red/green color blind. I see maybe 3 hues of each color and red has almost no vibrancy to it. Red on a white background like a whiteboard at school is a blur where as blue and black were fine. I agree blue is by far the most visible for me but blue lights are an absolute blur.
 
My hunting buddy is color blind (Red/Green) and I didnt know it till we where out shooting gophers in the Prairies.
He made a spectacular shot and was looking for the kill.
He was walking around the berm getting further and further away from the victim.
I walked up and could see blood from the red mist and asked what the problem was....
Anyways, the up-side of this he can see deer in the bushes better than I due to the red/green issue.
There is a silver lining and blue isnt one, so maybe there might be more opportunities for bigger bucks.
Rob
 
I've been color different all my life. I only use temporary flagging tape. We had moose down with only minutes of light left. As we were clearing out the trail everyone was putting up a different color tape started to look like a rainbow crosswalk. I put up toilet paper. It was the only thing visible in the dark didn't even need a light to see it. Next rain its gone.
On trails into hunting spots I blaze trees at the 3 foot level. Very easy to see since you are usely looking down to watch your footing in the dark. Any little trees, alder and such are laid parallel to the trail.
 
I find blue stays true the best, while the orange and pink initially is brighter they fade quicker over time. We use it at work and once we’re done in that area it’s removed depending on where we’re workin, was just in a provincial park on a fire smart gig and any flagged tree that was cut down had to have the tape removed before we piled it for the following season burn.
 
My colour vision is alright, but one of my favourite colours of flagging tape is white with blue diagonal stripes (blue with white stripes...)stands out great in almost all conditions
 
I hate all flagging tape equally.

Walked through the local public bush yesterday and came across 10 different runs of it of all ages. Most recent one was less than 6' between marked trees. Just takes away from the outdoor experience for me, and seriously if you can't walk 6' through the bush without tape, you might need some navigation courses.

If you do use it, please take it down at the end of your season, its just pollution of another source out in the bush. I've never used the stuff, never saw the need but with todays technology, do you really need to mark a path right to your treestand?
 
FishHog said:
I hate all flagging tape equally.

Walked through the local public bush yesterday and came across 10 different runs of it of all ages. Most recent one was less than 6' between marked trees. Just takes away from the outdoor experience for me, and seriously if you can't walk 6' through the bush without tape, you might need some navigation courses.

If you do use it, please take it down at the end of your season, its just pollution of another source out in the bush. I've never used the stuff, never saw the need but with todays technology, do you really need to mark a path right to your treestand?
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Our senior camp members certainly don't need flagging tape to get around, however, when you take a new person out in an area where there are no roads, the flagging tape is safer. Yes, I feel your pain when it comes to some of the ridiculous trails I've found when deer hunting crown land a couple hundred yards from the road or even less.
 
I've tried different colours over the years, but still find the orange stuff the easiest to see. The crown land I hunt seems at time to be a sea of random flagging tape hanging from the trees. I try not to use it except in tricky parts, because it tends to lead others to my favourite spots. It also gets to be an eyesore, kind of like 4-wheeler tracks everywhere.
 
Funny post to come across. I just got back from deer hunting up north and came across bright pink flagging tape at about 3 foot intervals left by the moose hunters that were up there a few weeks ago. I figured it had to be a joke - probably some fellow who got lost last year and his hunt camp mates decided to have a bit of fun with him this year. Still wish they had taken it down before they left though.
 
Interesting thread. I learned something about others abilities and experiences. I tend to take my visual and navigating abilities for granted, and not everyone is so lucky. Putting flagging tape on bushes as a way of navigating is a completely new concept to me too. I have only ever used it as a way to get back to a particular spot like an animal I had to pack out. Not sure how it's "safer" to put flagging tape on stuff while exploring / hunting an area? Anyway it's good to read that most take it down when they're done with a spot. Flagging tape really is an eyesore if its not needed.
 
I wish I could find some blue flagging tape, all I ever see is orange, yellow and pink. I have the same issues finding those colours in the bush but the blue I can point out form a good distance away very easily. I generally don't use it for marking trails, unless I'm going through somewhere new and want to take the same way back, but I do use it for finding exact spots again such as where I hang scent bombs or where I found good sign or where an animal was when shot if it ran, blood etc...
 
Joe549 said:
I wish I could find some blue flagging tape, all I ever see is orange, yellow and pink. I have the same issues finding those colours in the bush but the blue I can point out form a good distance away very easily. I generally don't use it for marking trails, unless I'm going through somewhere new and want to take the same way back, but I do use it for finding exact spots again such as where I hang scent bombs or where I found good sign or where an animal was when shot if it ran, blood etc...
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If all else fails try a nursery. Or a logging operation sometimes uses it for different purposes.
Uline carries it, but case lots. Also available online both ebay and amazon.
 
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