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I've got a slew of little yearling racks hung up on my back porch from my early days, and about 4 years ago I realized all of the deer I've harvested were really starting to blend together trying to remember the stories that went with them (expect for the big/really memorable ones). So I decided to make a hunting journal and write down everything I could remember from the last couple decades of hunting.
The cover is the first deer hunt I was on. It's a polaroid of me and my dad from around 1988, with a mule deer buck we killed out of a big canyon in the Guadalupe mountains. Funny story, I had better eyesight than him and spotted this herd on a hill about 500 yards away. He said I threw my 22 rifle up like I was about to make the best deer shot in the world. We stalked him and the memory of this one is pretty vivid.
Didn't have to think very hard to remember these first ones... dont have kill pics of the deer, but added a pic of the rack to help remember.
First "big" buck. Was a pretty big deal back then!
Watched this buck on cam for 2 years before finally getting a shot as a 4.5 yo. I really like being able to put pics from the stand, trail cam pics and kill pics in here and remember back on it. (I wrote the story on the back of one of the pics, but no trouble remember this one!
I've still got all my harvest records printed out from TWRA, even before they changed their system.
All told I have about 100 pictures in the book and it's about 3/4 full. Imagine I'll buy another one when it is.
Also had my kids and wife start their own journals too. We love adding to them every year and I like to think one day they will enjoy looking back at them.
The cover is the first deer hunt I was on. It's a polaroid of me and my dad from around 1988, with a mule deer buck we killed out of a big canyon in the Guadalupe mountains. Funny story, I had better eyesight than him and spotted this herd on a hill about 500 yards away. He said I threw my 22 rifle up like I was about to make the best deer shot in the world. We stalked him and the memory of this one is pretty vivid.
Didn't have to think very hard to remember these first ones... dont have kill pics of the deer, but added a pic of the rack to help remember.
First "big" buck. Was a pretty big deal back then!
Watched this buck on cam for 2 years before finally getting a shot as a 4.5 yo. I really like being able to put pics from the stand, trail cam pics and kill pics in here and remember back on it. (I wrote the story on the back of one of the pics, but no trouble remember this one!
I've still got all my harvest records printed out from TWRA, even before they changed their system.
All told I have about 100 pictures in the book and it's about 3/4 full. Imagine I'll buy another one when it is.
Also had my kids and wife start their own journals too. We love adding to them every year and I like to think one day they will enjoy looking back at them.