Log book

[rudy]

Just wondering if anyone else here keeps a log of there hunting. I've been doing this for about 6 months now and its already starting to reveal a few things. Main thing is i need more practice LOL.This is sort of what it looks like.

hit&
wound missed number
Place & date seen shots shots taken

Joe's lane 8/12 27 rabbits 1 1 2
1 hare 1
Bog patch14/12 19 rabbits 3

The lake 5/1 3 hares 1
1 cat 1
1 fox 1


Hope you can get what it looks like. Maybe over the next few years it can help me start to pattern when & where the animals are will be most active in my hunting area. Only time will tell i suppose

[Bowdy]

G'day Dowsey,
(Good to see ya back on here.)
A mate first told me he keep a log for his Deer Hunting about 15 years ago and I thought, why would you bother??
Then I realized I was forgetting things I had found out and what time of the year it was, weather condition etc, so it didn't take me long to realize I had been missing out, BIG TIME!!
Since then I've kept a log book for all of my hunting for the last 13 years and have found it invaluable for reference to dates and times of the year when and where I have found out through trial and error when animals react to calls, breeding sessions, etc.
The other thing I really like about keeping records is that I have recorded every animal I have ever shot with the bow and arrow and I don't want to come across as a "Numbers Man" it's more of a personal record and when you say what you have shot it is "FACT" and not a "There-Abouts".
You hear blokes saying all to often "I've shot hundreds of Rabbits" etc , when really they properly have only shot half that and they don't now what it really takes to shot a Hundred Rabbits.
While on the subject I only ever count healthy Rabbits, not Mixo effected or Rabbits you hit and loose, or the one's you can year kicking their last down a burrow,or spotlighted animals, only the one's that I end up with in my hand.
One of the main things that stands out to me in keeping a log book is
The "PRIME TIMES" to hunt certain species, an example is there is a two week period that I have found, year after year, that Foxes come to the whistle like they are on string and to say I look forward to this time period is an understatement!!!
So I hope this helps some of the junior members, I know it can be a bit of a pain to fill in but the benefits are huge.
Grant.