cbay wrote:Been trying to use waypoint descriptions to avoid a journal for the last year. It's not the same. Really need to get back to a journal.
Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
Jonny wrote:Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
1996? Dang that's a lot of data. That's when I was born. But good ideas on variances in temperature and pressure. I use pressure a lot for fishing but could make a difference hunting. More tabs to add to my excel sheet
Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
rbuckleyjr1 wrote:Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
I'm very curious what you find with barometric pressure. I recently listened to Mark Drury's W2H podcast and he really puts a lot into it. Would love to hear your findings if you don't mind sharing.
Ridgerunner7 wrote:rbuckleyjr1 wrote:Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
I'm very curious what you find with barometric pressure. I recently listened to Mark Drury's W2H podcast and he really puts a lot into it. Would love to hear your findings if you don't mind sharing.
Absolutely man. I'm curious as well and wish I'd paid more attention sooner.
mainebowhunter wrote:Ridgerunner7 wrote:rbuckleyjr1 wrote:Ridgerunner7 wrote:Good reminder. I've kept a detailed journal since 1996. Every day, every condition, every sighting. Very informative and makes it relatively easy to put together patterns. I usually like to pick one detail each off season and dive in deep with it. Example: (moon position) and compare my sightings of deer, mature deer, movement timing, etc. Another example: (variances in temperate above/below normal). This one surprised me as I am close to 50/50 on sightings with mature deer on days when the temps are above normal vs below normal. (I suppose this has to do more with how I hunt though.) This off season I'm diving in deeper with barometric pressure on hunt days since 1996 as that's the one area I never really paid much attention to and could very well be the most significant. We will see I guess.
When you have loads of data it's fun to do a little mini study even though the sample is relatively small. I find it helpful for me and gives me things to focus on when attempting to time my hunts now that I have a family and much less time to hunt.
I'm very curious what you find with barometric pressure. I recently listened to Mark Drury's W2H podcast and he really puts a lot into it. Would love to hear your findings if you don't mind sharing.
Absolutely man. I'm curious as well and wish I'd paid more attention sooner.
Listened to the same podcast. Very interesting. Definitely some interesting ideas.
strutnrut716 wrote:I've kept a detailed journal for many years. Also use a Garmin GPS and load waypoints onto laptop Garmin Basecamp.
When I really get busy hunting many days in a row (seems to happen more often while turkey hunting) I will use my Olympus Digital Voice Recorder (Model VN-4100PC) which is small pocket size. After the hunt when I jump into my truck to drive home I start talking about the hunt and recording myself. I usually don't have a short drive home so it works great. This unit comes with a usb cord and then I just load the wave file onto my laptop. Then I dont have to write a log when I get home. But I usually prefer to write a log.
Also, if I'm hunting with other family members or friends and we text via phone back and forth (ie "just had a small buck come by from the north") these texts have time and date stamps. So when you get back home and try to remember "what time was that" its time stamped. Works great.
Findian wrote:I've been keeping semi scouting notes the last few years. But I don't do it for when I'm hunting.
Just found this looks like it could be a easy way to keep a journal
https://www.timeboxapp.com/
Rich M wrote:This year I plan on keeping a detailed scouting log as well as the journal on here. Hoping to be hunting public in 2 or 3 different areas in FL and hopefully in KS as well. GPS coordinates, aerials, topos, etc. will be in the journal. Computers make this stuff easy - you mark in on Google Earth and then overlay the topo and it is very close. I also use the soil survey information overlay.
stash59 wrote:strutnrut716 wrote:I've kept a detailed journal for many years. Also use a Garmin GPS and load waypoints onto laptop Garmin Basecamp.
When I really get busy hunting many days in a row (seems to happen more often while turkey hunting) I will use my Olympus Digital Voice Recorder (Model VN-4100PC) which is small pocket size. After the hunt when I jump into my truck to drive home I start talking about the hunt and recording myself. I usually don't have a short drive home so it works great. This unit comes with a usb cord and then I just load the wave file onto my laptop. Then I dont have to write a log when I get home. But I usually prefer to write a log.
Also, if I'm hunting with other family members or friends and we text via phone back and forth (ie "just had a small buck come by from the north") these texts have time and date stamps. So when you get back home and try to remember "what time was that" its time stamped. Works great.
Man this is just what I need. My crazy movements caused by my Chronic Lyme. Makes my chicken scratchings even more undescernable!!! What's a unit cost and where do you find them?
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