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Offline PeteC

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Trail marking tape
« on: October 26, 2024, 11:28:53 am »
I'm hunting some new Public land and are going deep into an area that pretty well all looks alike. I passed another hunters trail one morning and noticed he had marked it with something that looked like teflon tape,but highly reflective. do any of you recognize this material or product ? My eyes aren't as sharp as they once were ,and this is a marker I can immediately see. It"s actually more like ribbon than tape.Thanks and God bless.
« Last Edit: October 26, 2024, 11:32:21 am by PeteC »
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Trail marking tape
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2024, 10:37:56 am »
I have used a lot of reflective tacks, these are easy to see with the light of a flashlight in the dark from up to 50 yards away.

There was a kind of reflective tape like a twist tie that people use for marking trails but I haven't seen these in years.

These look like they would work well but you had better pull them as you come out or other hunters will steal them. I had trails marked with tacks all over the land I hunted so I could go in the dark right to the tree I planned to climb deep in the woods and off the beaten track, it was pretty common to find that someone had found my trail and pulled my tacks.

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Offline White Falcon

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Re: Trail marking tape
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2024, 11:22:13 am »
I use reflective tape. I use a hole punch to get the pieces and stick them on thumb tacks. Most HWstores should have some

Offline Pat B

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Re: Trail marking tape
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2024, 03:40:30 pm »
I've used pieces of reflective tape on push pins. They work very well.  :OK
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Trail marking tape
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2024, 09:01:22 pm »
Thanks fellas , but what brand of tape is it? Where do you buy yours?
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Trail marking tape
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2024, 09:09:39 pm »
I have tried the tacks, they work ,but not very bright, The tape I mentioned above is so bright I thought someone was shining me away from an area, but I knew no one else was there. You can tie a small piece to a limb and see it from both directions. where with the tacks you have to have them on both sides of the tree. Eric ,I have seen the ones you're talking about,and they are probably great , but they would probably rip me off before the week was done.God bless
« Last Edit: December 09, 2024, 09:14:39 pm by PeteC »
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