anyone else keep record of deer taken
 

I have take 89 whitetail in my life
5 turkeys- 3 with a bow
and enough hogs to shake a stick at - in Fla

52 of them have been with bow - 19 of the 52 have been bucks ,

4 of them were killed with bear bows/thunderhead 100 grains
18 of them were taken with matthews bows and 100grain thunderheads,100 grain muzzys, and 100 grain spitfires
10 of them were taken with a bowtech- rage broadheads, g5-strikers, rcky mtn assassin
20 of them were taken with 4 different Hoyt bows - and a gob of heads thunderheads,100 grain rocket siderwinders, hammerheads, rage two blade, g-5 striker

bucks break down as
9 point -2
8 point -1
6 point -2
4 point -2
3 point -1
spike/button-11

I can see how the years have gone by and I have progressed to letting small bucks walk-

These deer were taken in 4 different States Fla, SC, AL, and NC

I have only killed one deer with a ML ,the other 36 deer were taken with a .243,.270,.25-06 and a .270wsm and I suddenly have no desire to gun hunt at allafter i got my best buck in 2006 - hunted through all of gun season in 07 with my bow-

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I keep a record of all of my big game kills as well. I also started keeping a detailed journal of each of my hunts this year and plan on continuing this and adding in information from scouting trips as well. It's a great way to remember all of the details that would otherwise be forgotten.

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I agree and Jeff(Gmmat) showed me some of his journals he kept on the computer of his hunts and something i plan on starting in 08 - I did track the weather and conditions as well as locations on the above information as well

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That is a great idea and something I need to start tracking. That information can be very valuable on finding trends on deer movement from a particular stand.

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I know I have taken over 70 whitetails, but Im not sure the exact number. I do know that 20 have been by bow, 2 with ML, and the rest with shotgun. As far as how many bucks, buttons, does... man I get back to you on that one!!

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I keep a lifetime log. I don't have it in front of me, I'm somewhere in the 60's for total deer, and 38 bowkills.

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Damn, you guys have shot allot of deer!!

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I kept track until I hit 100. That was kind of a goal of mine when I started. That's been a few years ago and I have not kept track since.;)

Dan

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I cn tell you how many deer I've seen.......how many were bucks/does.......and since I've only been hunting deer for 2+ seasons.....the numbers taken are pretty simple.

14 whitetails....all via archry tackle.
8 does
5 bucks (two 8-pointers; one 7-pointer; one 6 pointer; one 5-pointer)
1 BB (piebald)

All deer taken right here in NC.

Last year was my first to try hunting turkeys with archery tackle....and I took a gobbler on my 25th hunt of the season.

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Jeff, that will be invaluable to you .... kudos to you for your record keeping ..... I wish I did that from the beginning ..

I'm not sure how many deer I've taken ....30? ...28? ....32? ... somewhere in that area .... as far as record keeping ..... I never have ...... I would love to know the conditions and circumstances and be able to graph them ......

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I have killed 34 deer total....all in Illinois

17 with a bow - 10 bucks
-7 does

9shotgun - 7 bucks
-2 doe

8 muzzleloader - 7 bucks
- 1 doe

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I have been hunting 33 years now and I am starting to lose track. I used to be able to look at pics and tell you when and where. Quite a few years ago I started letting younger deer walk. I am much prouder of the number that I have let go. My best guess would be around 65-70. check out the pics of my bigger ones and pics of the hand scribed log cabin I built @www.geocities.com/magicman54494 I am in the process of getting all of my pics scanned and labled before I totally forget.

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Since I started to seriously hunt, I have taken four deer.

2 - bucks
2- does

All with shotgun so far.

My two bucks I killed on opening day of first shotgun season here in IL. (2005, 2006)

This year, I killed a doe on the opening day of a special CWD/Late Season hunt here in my home county of IL.

Other than that, I can vaguely tell you what I saw each dayand the wind direction for some of my hunts.

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Does anyone have an example of the specific log sheet they use or do you just write down general notes in a journal. Or is it a computor program? I've been thinking of doing this but I am too anal to just throw notes in a notebook. Organization rules my life...kind of a curse!

Mack34

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I have an excel spreadsheet that I made up.

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Jeff,

Can you display an example of it. Very interested to see how you set it up!

Mack34

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It won't copy/paste on here. I've tried, before. Sorry.

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The only record I keep is my photo album and I only take pictures of events I know I will look back on and smile at when I am 80. Honestly, does I shoot for meat really aren't that exciting, I have no idea how many I have shot, and I don't really care.I even have a bunch of pictures from huning tripswhere I came home with tag soup. It is only the memories I care about, not numbers.

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Yes, I keep a log, broken down by buck / doe / weapon and grand total. Button bucks don't count as bucks! My grand total is roughly 70, about 20 bow kills, about 30 total buck kills, about 10 of those with bow. A half dozen of my gun kills have been in the 100" class, nothing bigger. Yet.