Who keeps a journal?

[timberland]

The first year hunting in the Missouri Breaks we saw so many elk and had so many encounters my journal writing took longer than my nap. The first day\'s pages were like four or five front and back. Areas, number and size of elk, weather, other peoples encounters, etc. were all written. So the next day a few details were left out. After ten days of decreasing data entry, I think my last entry was like \"saw about 40, some bulls, no shots.\" It was tiresome after a full day of hunting. However, The years I didn\'t keep a journal I sure miss it. Even talking about last year the guys can\'t remember where we hunted on what day or if that bull was in calf creek or cow gully.

Going to try to find time this year to make a few notes while hunting, then compile, review, and edit when I get back.

Any others?

 

[Tenderfoot]

I usually keep a journal also and just like you, everyday my entries get shorter and shorter. This year I was thinking of starting to enter a week or so before the season starts. Just to record some of my emotions and preparations pre-hunt.

 

[bnsafe]

i havnt, but i wish i had. one for emotions etc. one for animal sighting, wind direction, temp etc. im betting over 20 yrs it would be eye opening to look at the data

 

[Baby Huey]

I keep one as well. It is best to write down the events of the day, where you hunted and what happened that day. It sure can get to be almost an annoyance as the hunt gets longer, but it sure is nice to have that data for either that trip or for future hunts. You can look back on years worth of data, but not only data, the notes will surely bring you back to that hunt and help trigger some memories. I have been making journal entries for my upcoming deer hunt, on my access points, water sources, spotting locations, animals spotted and how I feel about the area scouted.

 

[Swede]

I take down some notes and write a story about my hunt shortly after the season is over. I keep track of important details from the beginning and fill in the rest after I get back home.

 

[cohunter14]

Even talking about last year the guys can\'t remember where we hunted on what day or if that bull was in calf creek or cow gully.

Just when I thought I would never find a spot to hunt this year, a gem like this comes up...looks like I need to scour the maps for calf creek and cow gully! :haha:

On a serious note, I keep a journal, but mine is more like Swede\'s. I keep track of who was there, where we hunted, what was seen, and who filled a tag.

 

[Deertick]

I write on the back of some maps ...

I have mytopo.com print out maps, then when I get back to camp, I sit down before I go to bed and write a few paragraphs about the trip on the back of the map.

My map filled up last year ... and so I had to get a new one. I hope someday my grandkids (if I ever have them) find it and enjoy reading it.

 

[Billy Goat]

I have hunted exactly 40 days, and I have a \"log\" of each of them.

I hope to add less than 5 more entries after 1st rifle.

 

[Jaquomo]

I did for many years when elk hunting, but seemed like it took a lot of work, and elk hunting and camp chores took up so much time that the journal became a chore.

I do a live hunt for rutting muleys on another bowhunting site because I have evenings free after about 5 pm, alone in my camp, so there\'s plenty of time to put together the story and photos of each day\'s hunt. That provides a great photo essay journal of the hunt.