Can You?

[J_mill]

I can look at a set of antlers and recall the deer in pretty good detail but not so much with beards and spurs. However, I can recall ever Turkey I've killed with great detail if that makes any sense. Something about a successful turkey hunt is a memory that last a lifetime. These birds are addictive as any drink or drug could ever be.

[LaLongbeard]

I keep a hunting log with brief details of every hunt I can look back and tell you the day time and weather when I killed my first gobbler or deer. It only takes a min to write it down and years later you'll be glad you did. I cut a small piece of leather and hang it from the string that holds the beard with the date on it I can look up the date and know were and when each was killed. I write the date on the spurs also.

[Gooserbat]

Beards, no
Spurs, a few
Antlers, yes

[owlhoot]

I remember exactly who I am every morning when I wake up.   Trouble is some mornings when I look in the mirror I realize I was wrong.

You ain't alone around here!

[THattaway]

No Sir, not but the more unique shaped beards. Those are easier to remember for some reason. Stuff like a tom I hunted three seasons to kill and his beard was shaped and laid more like a neck tie flat against his chest or a "crooked beard" tom. Antlers are easier to remember the hunt usually but I've killed far less bucks than turkeys. I do have a journal with every turkey recorded that I've killed as well as pictures of most all of them since 1985, brief hunt details and stats. That took a little effort and I'm glad I did it. Someone might find it an interesting read one day after I am gone and get a few laughs.

[wvmntnhick]

Yes sir. Almost every one of them. And there's plenty of them too. I could tell you the story behind every antler and beard in my possession.

[MK M GOBL]

I remember hunts way more than the bird, I also take a lot of pictures and just seeing the pic will spark the memory of that hunt. I have a lot on FB that reminds me as well, several years ago I started video hunts as well, keeps the memory sharp .

Worst thing for me, most all of my pictures are of the digital sort anymore. Back quite a while I was sent a virus through an email and lost a lot of those pictures... kind of saddens me but when I talk to those about those hunts they are still in my head.

I also started a turkey hunting log 28 years ago when I started hunting, it's filled with notes and dates things I have done.

Now I do remember some very "special" hunts that I hope to never to forget.

I have a number of "birds" display mounts up from some firsts, my first gobbler, Merriams, Rio and my first double and such, I have my "Top Ten" list of long spurred gobblers and can tell you the story on all of them!! And some "Long" beards that stand out.

And like a few have said, antlers are more "unique" and I can remember them all.

MK M GOBL

[falltoms]

I've always kept a journal.  Even way back in my teens. Without the journal its tough to remember