#2089105 - 09/28/10 06:42 AM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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BSK
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You will really enjoy playing with the data over time boweye91.
I would also suggest keeping track of adult does versus fawns. That will give you an idea of your fawn recruitment rate (fawn production and survival) which can be a very important number.
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"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
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#2089142 - 09/28/10 07:28 AM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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boweye91,
If you think your data is over-kill, here's the data set I keep:
Hunt Data
HUNTS database (one record for each hunt):
Date
AM or PM hunt
Hunter’s name
Property Grid (we lay a grid down over a map of our hunting property for “spatial” data analysis purposes)
Stand (a stand number)
Weapon carried
Time on stand
Time off stand (not only for calculating hours hunted but for analyzing deer sighting rates by time of day)
SIGHTINGS database (one record for each deer “event”—an event being one or more deer observed together):
Date
Hunter
Time of sighting
Total number of deer
Number of antlered bucks
Number of adult does
Number of fawns
Number of unidentifiable-age antlerless deer
Number of unidentifiable deer
Observed estrus chase (Y/N)? (A “flag” for calculating peak estrus chase dates over time)
Legal deer in weapon range (Y/N)? (a “flag” for calculating how often hunters have the legitimate opportunity to harvest a legal deer by weapon type)
Results (for those sightings involving legal deer in range of the weapon: what happened? Possible responses are: Passed the opportunity, shot at and missed the deer, killed the deer, shot at and hit the deer but did not recover the deer, or could not get off a shot (wanted to take the shot opportunity but couldn’t get a shot))
Shot distance
BUCK database (for each buck observed)
Date
Hunter
Time of sighting (to link back to the SIGHTINGS database)
Antler points
Estimated age
Estimated gross antler score
Buck identification number (we photo census our deer herd each year and give each known buck a unique identification number--we record these in our sightings for calculating what percent of photo-identified bucks are observed by hunters, per age-class. VERY interesting data!)
WEATHER database (for each day hunted)
Date
AM or PM hunt
Conditions (any precipitation and the type of precipitation; i.e. light continuous rain, drizzle, snow showers, etc.)
Barometric pressure and trend
Wind direction
Wind speed
Cloud cover (clear, partly cloudy, or cloudy)
Morning low temperature
Afternoon high temperature
Percent of the moon’s face illuminated
Moon Waxing or Waning
HARVEST database
Date
Hunter
Observation # (link to SIGHTINGS and/or BUCK database)
Sex
Age
Live weight
Dressed Weight
(for bucks)
Antler points
Antler inside spread
Antler outside spread
Left basal circumference
Right basal circumference
Left Beam Length
Right beam length
Gross antler score
(for does)
Lactation (Y/N)?
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"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
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#2089272 - 09/28/10 09:47 AM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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Carnage
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Wow BSK...that's serious stuff there! I like it though and may try this to help myself become a better hunter!
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#2089288 - 09/28/10 10:25 AM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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The number of different trend graphs that can be produced from that data is limitless.
VERY interesting data...
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"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
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#2089297 - 09/28/10 10:32 AM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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Goshen Valley Boy
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Loc: Indiana
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I keep a log of every hunt. I have been doing if for several years. I keep each year in a seperate binder. I really like looking back through them. Enjoy.
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#2089542 - 09/28/10 06:25 PM
Re: I'm keeping stats!
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OCTOBER 22nd at 10 AM---VERY good kill time
NOVEMBER 18th ALL DAY-VERY good BIG BUCK sighting day for Tn.
NOVEMBER 10th...Illinois
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