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Started by guesswho, March 12, 2018, 12:21:21 PM
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guesswho
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March 12, 2018, 12:21:21 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 12:26:36 PM
I have the same problem with fans.
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March 12, 2018, 12:29:45 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 12:33:36 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 12:42:17 PM
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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March 12, 2018, 12:47:44 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 12:55:23 PM
I can.....Not! Of course, I can't remember what happened yesterday....
Now, what was the question again?....
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March 12, 2018, 01:01:01 PM
You can't even remember you have already replied to this thread five times.
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March 12, 2018, 01:02:41 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 01:06:58 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 01:10:32 PM
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.
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March 12, 2018, 01:18:31 PM
I think a band might even trigger my memory
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March 12, 2018, 01:20:04 PM
No
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March 12, 2018, 01:26:53 PM
Take a child hunting and they will remember for you.
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March 12, 2018, 01:29:07 PM
Unfortunately most of mine are not labeled and cannot remember them. I DO however have a vast catalog of those that got away....
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