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General Discussion => LEARNING TO TURKEY HUNT => Topic started by: ShootingABN! on June 08, 2018, 11:30:15 PM

Title: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: ShootingABN! on June 08, 2018, 11:30:15 PM
So if you are here gaining knowledge to be successful....

With todays phones we can take pictures in the field....

The tip...

Take pictures in the field! Get them printed and put them in a photo album. Make a note as to where, when, and how..... You get the point.  Make a note about the hunt...

I have many pictures scattered about. I wish I had put them in an album with the hunting information. Some I have the dates on the photo some I don't..... I really wish I would have kept better track of it...

Good luck everyone.....
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Cluckncrazy on June 12, 2018, 05:58:50 PM
I'm with you, I've got some pictures with the dates on them, but most of them don't and they're not organized at all. A photo album with pictures and some information about the hunts is something I wish I had done too. That's something family members could enjoy looking at and adding pictures to for years to come.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: oakraidia on June 12, 2018, 06:06:00 PM
I use Google photos to automatically backup my photos in the cloud.  After the end of each season I make a photo album on Google photos and add notes. The best part is they're accessible from any device after logging into my Google account. I also print the better photos and have an actual album to thumb through.

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Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Gobble! on January 08, 2019, 10:23:59 PM
Quote from: ShootingABN! on June 08, 2018, 11:30:15 PM
So if you are here gaining knowledge to be successful....

With todays phones we can take pictures in the field....

The tip...

Take pictures in the field! Get them printed and put them in a photo album. Make a note as to where, when, and how..... You get the point.  Make a note about the hunt...

I have many pictures scattered about. I wish I had put them in an album with the hunting information. Some I have the dates on the photo some I don't..... I really wish I would have kept better track of it...

Good luck everyone.....

Definitely a good idea to record successful hunts and take lots of pictures. I make it a point to get a picture with my boys every year.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: davisd9 on January 09, 2019, 07:13:11 AM
Been doing that from the beginning.  I have a series of photos that show me from being skinny to fattening up.  ;D
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Jrkimbrough on January 18, 2019, 04:34:35 PM
Agreed!  In the past few years I've started a photo book where I put harvest pictures along with a short story of the hunt along with the date and time.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Harty on January 26, 2019, 11:45:00 AM
Yes I agree. Used to do it back in the days of the SLR camera. Got lazy when the smart phone came along . Got lots of work to do in retirement and getting the pics in an album is one
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: MISSISSIPPI Double beard on February 12, 2019, 07:48:40 PM
My brother has always been the picture taker in our hunting family. If it wasn't for him a lot of memories would have been lost. One of my favorite pics is of my dads only turkey hunt.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: MK M GOBL on February 12, 2019, 08:28:11 PM
Started with the pictures and notes from my first hunt till now, word of *WARNING* do not let digital/electronics mass storage be your only way to save these memories. I used to store on my home PC long ago and was sent a virus back then, way before some of the protection software out there now. Print them and store them in an album and have triple digital backups on files. I lost years worth of photos I will never get back...


MK M GOBL
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: ShootingABN! on February 12, 2019, 10:27:09 PM
Quote from: MK M GOBL on February 12, 2019, 08:28:11 PM
Started with the pictures and notes from my first hunt till now, word of *WARNING* do not let digital/electronics mass storage be your only way to save these memories. I used to store on my home PC long ago and was sent a virus back then, way before some of the protection software out there now. Print them and store them in an album and have triple digital backups on files. I lost years worth of photos I will never get back...


MK M GOBL

Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry you lost those pictures. However it is testimony they can be lost.

Good luck everyone.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: compton30 on February 13, 2019, 04:16:54 AM
Quote from: oakraidia on June 12, 2018, 06:06:00 PM
I use Google photos to automatically backup my photos in the cloud.  After the end of each season I make a photo album on Google photos and add notes. The best part is they're accessible from any device after logging into my Google account. I also print the better photos and have an actual album to thumb through.

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This is something everyone should be doing. It's free and very simple. There's no downside.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: MISSISSIPPI Double beard on February 13, 2019, 08:50:19 PM
One of my favorite pics. My brother took daddy on his only turkey hunt and called out to him. This is the shot. I have the hat he had on and my brother has the rain jacket. I wish I had the overalls.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: ShootingABN! on February 14, 2019, 09:59:11 PM
Quote from: MISSISSIPPI Double beard on February 13, 2019, 08:50:19 PM
One of my favorite pics. My brother took daddy on his only turkey hunt and called out to him. This is the shot. I have the hat he had on and my brother has the rain jacket. I wish I had the overalls.

Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Wigsplitter on February 22, 2019, 09:06:13 AM
That's a great memory there!!
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Franklin7x57 on June 06, 2020, 05:11:04 PM
Since most seasons are over this is a great tip and hopefully time to do it! Even if you have to guess, something is better than nothing for your grandkids etc. It doesn't have to hunting or fishing pictures either. My Mother had boxes of pictures from what looked like the depression era, no name, no dates and no one to ask.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: Sir-diealot on June 07, 2020, 08:52:42 PM
I bought one of those write in the rain pens and pads this year and jotted down a few things, tried to write in it most days I hunted, not a lot to say this year though. They do indeed write when wet and don't smear, I rubbed a page against the condensation in the blind and whipped it in the mud then whipped it off and it took to writing just like nothing was on it.
Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: rgref522 on June 08, 2020, 12:35:26 PM
every year i wish i would have done this.  a great piece of advice. the picture is a great idea.

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Title: Re: A tip for new hunters.... I wish I had done over the last thiry years!!!
Post by: rkelly on June 29, 2020, 10:09:12 PM
I just went on my first hunt this last Spring, and I hadn't thought of this idea.  Thank you.  I do this to help be successful at work, and it should work really well with Turkey hunting.  Note taking is super helpful when you get old like me and can't remember half of what actually happened.   ;D