Take notes

[Schultzy]

Our group of guys In our bear camp Is usually 4 to 5 guys so we run right around 10 to 12 baits each bear season. We'd run more but each year It seems the area we've been hunting the last 30+ years gets more logging done to It and some of those times It's a spot where we've baited for years.

From day one of the opener for bear baiting to the very last day we bear hunt In Minnesota we write down each bait (we name our baits) and we write exactly what we found for sign and exactly what we used for bait at this particular bait site. The next time In checking this bait we'll write down exactly what the bear ate and the direction their coming from.

We've got notes from our baits dating 25 years back. It's fun to look back on bets we've made and things that have happened that we wouldn't be able to remember. You can also see In the notes where our hotter baits have been compared to other baits. Taking notes Is never a bad thing and a great tool for a bear hunter to use. Also we'll write down In our bait book the exact wind we need to hunt these baits as you can see my dad doing In the picture below with his compass.

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[Hodag Hunter]

Keeping a journal with all that information is priceless.

I started a journal when I was 12 years old thru about highschool detailing every hunt and most fishing trips. Sadly stopped on the journal entries until about five years ago.

Folks found my old hunting journal about 5 years ago, that's what rekindled the desire to keep notes again, when they moved from my childhood home and gave it back to me. My old man read it and said it really brought back some old memories and good hunts. He was right.

[Edcyclopedia]

Good stuff Steve...

[huntinnurse]

Never hurts to journal. Whether it be about hunts or personal life. Looking back can bring some fond memories.