Can You?

[guesswho]

Can you look at your beard and antler collection and remember the hunt that each one goes with?  Naturally beards are a tougher challenge.   I can still place the antlers with the hunt but some of the beards have long ago blended together.   I can still remember each multibeard and a lot of the singles, but some I just can't recall anymore.  I wish I had kept a journal and maybe marked a number on each one.  But back in the day I was more concerned with the next one than the memory of the last one.   

[stinkpickle]

I have the same problem with fans.

[appalachianassassin]

i can remember antlers fine, I typically don't keep turkey beards. im much like your younger self, too focused on the next to worry about the last.

[Happy]

Not really to be honest. I don't have all the beards or spurs from the birds I have killed so that doesn't help. I can Remember birds from certain areas and I Remember a lot of the birds I helped others kill. I used to never keep spurs ad only have maybe 5 fans. I just give those away to people that fly tie or paint them. I should have dated the beards but to late now.

[TauntoHawk]

Antlers are far more distinguishable plus I have less racks as I've never kill more than 2 whitetails in a season but turkeys I've shot as many as 5 in a spring. I can remember most all the hunts in detail just couldn't tie beard spurs and memories together unless there's something unique about them to recognize.

I try and get good pictures with turkeys where deer I don't always have a good picture but I have the rack and I as I euro every deer unless it's getting shoulder mounted

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[Rzrbac]

Sure can't. Most of my beards were destroyed by mice in my shop. I lost some totes with antlers during a move about 10 years ago. It's a shame for the longest I could recall the details of many of my hunts but now not so much.  I still remember plenty though and I'm thankful for them all whether I killed or not. I think it has dawned on me that I likely have went on more hunts than I have left so I enjoy them all to their fullest.

[GobbleNut]

I can.....Not!  Of course, I can't remember what happened yesterday....
Now, what was the question again?.... 

[guesswho]

You can't even remember you have already replied to this thread five times.

[djrcm7]

I started writing a small reminder of the story for each bird on a note card and sticking it with the fan/beard on the back.

[davisd9]

Started a photo journal and it helps.  I used to be able to remember them all with about every detail, not so much anymore.  I started the journal as I figure one day I may not be able to go anymore and I will at least be able to relive it or my boys will have something to remember me by.  I remember most deer when I see the antlers, but there are fewer of them to remember.

[Treerooster]

Antlers yes. Beards...no for the most part. I can remember a few though.

But that's why I like to take pics. I don't take a pic of every gobbler I kill, but I do take a lot of pics of gobblers I've got, and many other things when I am hunting.

I can remember the hunt and how it unfolded from almost every picture I have of a gobbler.

Like this one.

[guesswho]

I think a band might even trigger my memory

[fallhnt]

No

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[daddyduke]

Take a child hunting and they will remember for you. 

[tha bugman]

Unfortunately most of mine are not labeled and cannot remember them.  I DO however have a vast catalog of those that got away....