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I keep a hunting diary. Nothing flash but I record things like the weather, where, what I got, rifle, range and that sort of stuff.
Here's my 2017 broken down:
Shot: 12 Reds, 6 Fallow, 1 pig (19)
Average range: 254 yards
Closest: 25 yards
Furtherest: 400 yards
Calibres: 300saum (9), 7-08 (7), 6.5x55 (2) .223 (1)
How about anyone else?
Shot: 13 reds, 1 chamios, 3 bull tahr
Average range: 145y
Closest : 10y
Furtherest: 625y
Calliber: 300wsm
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I don't keep a diary but I haven't shot enough to start losing count...
2017 for me:
Shot: 7 Reds, 2 Sika(9)
Average range: 145 yards (more than half @ less than 30yds)
Closest: 10 yards
Furthest: 440 yards
Calibres: 7mm Rem Mag (4), 7-08 (2), 7-375 (1), .223 (1), .308 (1)
Yip, I save as a mark on google earth where I went and add notes i.e what was shot, seen, rifle used, distance etc etc, include date, wx info and anything useful or memorable.
Attachment 80000
Using Brents head as a rest :D
Here:sick:s mine.....(empty)
The only record I keep is what, where, how far. I've got it in a spread sheet and have written a few formulas so I can see average range, number shot at different ranges (eg 400-499yds) and how many each year.
2017 makes for some sad reading. Busy at work, commuting to work and new home.
1 day duck shooting: Just 1 parrie
2 days deer hunting: zilch, nada, zero.
2018 is going to have more time spent bush, I hope.
I've got a good duck shooting one. A hunting / intentions diary for my wife has been on my roundtoit list for far to long
Yip that's a good one to do, I try to print a map every time and circle where I am off to and leave that with her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonecrusher
I'm the same as Gibo, always leave a map and intentions note.
2017 was a great year ( and still going ).
16 reds ( 5 were stags that varied from ok to bloody good )
1 fallow
3 pig's
1 chamois
And a few things I forgot to put in the diary.
30 to 530m
6.5x65R 308 300wsm 9.3x62
A few good bull tahr fell to my rifles also, but in the hands of foreign mates.
I do also keep a record of animals seen and where and when during the day.
Especially helpful when you hunt a lot and can't quite remember when you were there last.
Things like when the fawns are out with the hinds or hinds only seen.
Chamois tracking in snow when looking for deer as somewhere to check in the autumn or winter.
When you are at high altitude and there's just nothing there as u y are too early etc
Looking back mines been rather good.
1 pig France 15 meters
1 red stag France around ninety meters
1 Muntjac UK 20/30 meters
2 Magpies NZ 170 meters:thumbsup:
Pigeon UK 178 best day 54
Driven phesant partridge 71 UK
Duck 1 UK
It's not not over yet I've a duck shoot with a mate on the 26th and a walk up day on the 27th:thumbsup:
Oh if road kill counts one possum NZ first one in ten years so I'll claim that!
The GPS data and date embedded in pics its good for that. I take lots of pics and save them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I started keeping records by writing on the back of maps when with the Forest Service and then diaries.
My first ever records started when about 15yrs old,writing on the back of early pics at first until the habit wore off.
I don't bother today but do take the odd pick for the grankids. At one stage I had 10 diaries,not big thick buggers mind you.I have around one and a bit thousand pics from black and whites,slides to modern colour etc.
I have a dead ego lol and would never put up animal kills for the world to see,that to me has mostly been personal.
It is good to see guys keeping a diary,when you get to my age and older,if your lucky,it can be great to look back.l
Christ im jealous, iv seen a stag, stalked up to him twice in the bush he lives in and hes taken off before i see him and i saw 6 pigs, took a quick shot at a running one ,missed and took a photo of 2 hinds at about 80 metres. Hopefully my pup trains me enough for next winter in the forestry block
I have had a bit of a quiet one this year been way to bloody busy, took two days off for Tobys shoot in October and that's the only me time I have had since May, shot a couple Chamois earlier in the year and that's been my lot. I'm really beginning to have second thoughts about this self employed business...
I’m hopeless at keeping a diary, but after doing paperwork at work the last thing I want to do is more on the weekends :pissed off:
I just go hunting but that sounds like a New Years Resolution right there.....
Where’s the rest of your diary?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Ha ha yeah i looked at what was noted on that pin vs what i said i noted and laughed :D each point has notes if its wothwhile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shootm
Ditto, normally screen shoot a map on iPhone then send it to mumsy, discribe intentions etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Then tell her to delete it when I get home after trip!!!!
Her reply 'who will I show it to', better safe than sorry
Keep a diary as well
Hunts are down this year, due in part getting duck fever
Counting up coming Kaweka walkabout
12 hunts, 28 days in bush
Saw a few, lucky enough to shot some, mr 8pt is still growing bigger for me.
But the best part is getting out there, good times with some good mates!!
Diary is a must have, just don't let mumsy set it
i record what and where i shoot something, its good to look back into the following year as ive had a lot of luck heading back to the same areas at the same time of year again.
Where do you keep these records bro.... ??? You know just so I can keep an eye out if someone trys to pinch them or something...Quote:
Originally Posted by tonyd
SNAP.....just change the parrie for a grey.....and 2 days for 6.....will get much more in next year, my hunting buddy had family health concerns that put hunting on the backburner, and i have a promise to the missus not to hunt aloneQuote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
Quiet year on all species for me. 14 pheasants, 26 ducks, 3 quail plus two unrecovered in pine slash, 4 reds, one whitetail.
Have kept a diary for a while now. I found it really improved my pheasant hunting no end in terms of time spent, time of day etc. Really shrunk my hours per bird ratio.
4 pigs..(courtesy of my bro)
1 fallow.....kahurangis
20 possums....hinakura,Wairarapa
2 goats...featherston,Wairarapa
6 ducks...Columbia river Oregon
My wish"..............................TO GO HUNTING WITH R-93 in Westport!,,,
NZDA HUNTS instructors need to report a hunting diary each year specially for leading trips, teaching and range officering. Gives them an idea what sort of experience base they have available.
Good to see people writing intentions notes for those at home.
Fixed it for you.......;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorkus
Am I the only one who records their feelings and writes poetry in their hunting diary...?
Shit, I thought I was normal.
My OCPD somewhat exposed. Yes, at least half a page minimum for every hunt, tramp, and flyfishing trip. Dating back to the late '70s when I was a nipper. Routes taken through the bush, weather & wind direction, deer seen and where, cartridge and bullets used, trip companions, rivers fished, water and overhead conditions, all fish taken, flies used, huts & bivs visited... the list just goes on and on. Plus a matching catalogue of photos and video for each trip. Some of the longer and more memorable trips have 5-6 pages in story form. This just touches on my record-keeping obsession. Did I mention a photographic record of every shot I've fired at the range ? :sick::sick:
You must have to much spare time.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
... yup, freed up by having written 1360 less forum posts than you;)
Mine is off the top of my head.
1 red
6 fallow. Two being stags
1 arapawa ram
Few opossums
5 Nannie tahr 2 bull tahr. One being my biggest
1 chamois
Appx 180 goats but average would be higher. All retrieved and skinned for dog food.
Mine is off the top of my head.
1 red
6 fallow. Two being stags
1 arapawa ram
Few opossums
5 Nannie tahr 2 bull tahr. One being my biggest
1 chamois
Appx 180 goats but average would be higher. All retrieved and skinned for dog food.
I just keep reminders in my work phone for the fun times of the year- "apply for leave the whole month of October" ...."first two weeks of April"
I used to keep a diary on how many animals I would see and shoot, I don't really bother now. I am out 3-4 times a week and see animals 80% of the time anyway.
