I keep a journal of all my hunts, scouting days in the field etc. Like date,stand location,temperature, moon phase, precipitation, all my preperation(clothes scentshielding) Equipment, time in stand, etc. Then I try and look back and see patterns and what worked best where. Also use it for what smaller bucks I let walk or seen in the area for future hunts.
Anyone else do this? if so what else do you include that I may have forgotten? Has this helped you become a more knowledgable/smatter hunter?
I do it. Have kept a journal for nearly 7 or 8 years now.. and have learned a great deal from it.
I do think your missing what I believe to be the most important of daily stat PAbuckbuster.. wind direction.
I draw out a quick map and note the wind direction that day somewhere. Then I draw in where the deer came from and what direction they were heading. It has allowed me to (more than once) take advantage of the same wind on a proceeding hunt.