Who takes field notes/journals??
12-09-2008, 08:08 AM
#31
Dominant Buck
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
I'm like Greg. I like being able to say (without guessing) how many of each animal (age/sex) I saw last year....2006....etc... . I like being able to recall the dates I took bucks on (although I can do that off the top of my head). I like knowing how many deer I avg. seeing/sit.
Do I use it to tell me where to hunt? Heck NO. Do I take note if a particular spot was "hot" at a particular time of year? Yep. Would it make me chance a wind to go in there? No.
It's just interesting fodder, for me. And you're right.....3 yrs from now....if I'm hunting the same property....it won't aid me at all (other than trivially).
Do I use it to tell me where to hunt? Heck NO. Do I take note if a particular spot was "hot" at a particular time of year? Yep. Would it make me chance a wind to go in there? No.
It's just interesting fodder, for me. And you're right.....3 yrs from now....if I'm hunting the same property....it won't aid me at all (other than trivially).
12-09-2008, 08:19 AM
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Just trying to show you it isn't "anal", Dave.
"Anal" is re-using a depends you only No. 1'd in to save $$.
Just trying to show you it isn't "anal", Dave.
"Anal" is re-using a depends you only No. 1'd in to save $$.
or maybe yellow?[:'(]
12-09-2008, 08:22 AM
#33
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
Things in my journal:
1. Date and time (morning/evening)
2. # of does seen, # of bucks seen
3. Stand site location
4. Any other special notes I feel should be included. I see turkeys on almost every hunt so I never write that down, but I usually write down predator sightings because I am trying to get ready to hunt them this winter.
1. Date and time (morning/evening)
2. # of does seen, # of bucks seen
3. Stand site location
4. Any other special notes I feel should be included. I see turkeys on almost every hunt so I never write that down, but I usually write down predator sightings because I am trying to get ready to hunt them this winter.
12-09-2008, 08:24 AM
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I always said if/when I bought another harley....I'd buy an electraglide std. and NEVER wash it (and I mean that).
I just thought it was ironic you mentioned harley riders and making something simple and relaxing......work. World's worst (as a community). Gettingdressed for a normal, Sunday ride is probably more of a productionto thecommon harley rider than it is for a broadway musical.
They're likely to be heard exclaiming.................."Is my 'live free or die' showing?"...as their big wife on the back says... "Yes"....."Now Get back in line, Stan".
I always said if/when I bought another harley....I'd buy an electraglide std. and NEVER wash it (and I mean that).
I just thought it was ironic you mentioned harley riders and making something simple and relaxing......work. World's worst (as a community). Gettingdressed for a normal, Sunday ride is probably more of a productionto thecommon harley rider than it is for a broadway musical.
They're likely to be heard exclaiming.................."Is my 'live free or die' showing?"...as their big wife on the back says... "Yes"....."Now Get back in line, Stan".
12-09-2008, 08:37 AM
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
ORIGINAL: buttonbuckmaster
You guys that keep journals, do you hunt several different properties? I hunt one of 3 (usually one of 2 properties) depending on wind, how much time I have, etc. One of the properties I pretty much know when and where to hunt it, the other 2 I'm still learning. I could see where it could help the first few years when you are getting used to the travel patterns, but after that, it would seem like work to me.
You guys that keep journals, do you hunt several different properties? I hunt one of 3 (usually one of 2 properties) depending on wind, how much time I have, etc. One of the properties I pretty much know when and where to hunt it, the other 2 I'm still learning. I could see where it could help the first few years when you are getting used to the travel patterns, but after that, it would seem like work to me.
No it really does not help my hunting at all, but It does help me look back on fun hunts and compare this years sightings to previous year.I do it for fun.
12-09-2008, 08:49 AM
#36
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
I never rode with the HOG chapter. I didin't like people telling me where we were going....what time we were gonna be there......what time we would leave.....etc.... Sounds to much like a cruise ship to me.
I had a group of about 10 of us who rode (not all together....all the time).....or I just rode, alone (which was great, sometimes). I hear ya about the HOG chapters. Freakin joke IMO (At least they are, here). It's a rollingbike/fashion show.
I might have been riding with the "wrong people".....lol...but it's not for the reasons you cite.
I had a group of about 10 of us who rode (not all together....all the time).....or I just rode, alone (which was great, sometimes). I hear ya about the HOG chapters. Freakin joke IMO (At least they are, here). It's a rollingbike/fashion show.
I might have been riding with the "wrong people".....lol...but it's not for the reasons you cite.
12-09-2008, 08:51 AM
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I never rode with the HOG chapter. I didin't like people telling me where we were going....what time we were gonna be there......what time we would leave.....etc.... Sounds to much like a cruise ship to me.
I had a group of about 10 of us who rode (not all together....all the time).....or I just rode, alone (which was great, sometimes). I hear ya about the HOG chapters. Freakin joke IMO (At least they are, here). It's a rollingbike/fashion show.
I might have been riding with the "wrong people".....lol...but it's not for the reasons you cite.
I never rode with the HOG chapter. I didin't like people telling me where we were going....what time we were gonna be there......what time we would leave.....etc.... Sounds to much like a cruise ship to me.
I had a group of about 10 of us who rode (not all together....all the time).....or I just rode, alone (which was great, sometimes). I hear ya about the HOG chapters. Freakin joke IMO (At least they are, here). It's a rollingbike/fashion show.
I might have been riding with the "wrong people".....lol...but it's not for the reasons you cite.
12-09-2008, 08:55 AM
#38
Dominant Buck
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RE: Who takes field notes/journals??
I rode a crotch rocket for a few years in the late 80's (Interceptor 1000).....and bought my first FLSTF in 2001. I bought a FLHRC and sold the Fat Boy. I sold the Road King Classic in 2004.
