RE: Personal maps
I personally don't plot every bit of sign or every sighting on a map. I think mostly what you accomplish by doing that is showing where you spend most of your time. After five years, what does it mean that 75% of your deer sightings are in woodlot A. Does it mean that's the best place for deer, or does it mean you spent 75% of your hunting effort in woodlot A? If you spent 80% of your hunting effort in woodlot A, it actually means woodlot A sucks.