keeping track

[Maverick]

How do you guys keep track of the sheds you find? Like when and where? On each shed I find I take a sharpie and write on it the year and an abbrieviation of the area I found it. I got the idea from my dad. So I was just curious of what other guys did or if they just didn't care?

[blacktail luv]

Maybe its just me but I can tell you just about where every one of the hundred or so sheds I have laying around came from just by looking at them.   

[Alan K]

I've make tags which I laminate and zip tie to the bases of the sheds.  The front side of the tag is the number for that year, and the backside is the year itself.

I also keep a log of each shed in excel with a bunch of data so I can benefit from it in the future. . .  All about continuous improvement! 

Attached is my 2010 log, with their coordinates blurred of course! 

[Devinshoe]

Maybe its just me but I can tell you just about where every one of the hundred or so sheds I have laying around came from just by looking at them.   

  Yeah I can remember where all my sheds came from and and even the specific trees or bushes where i found them. Yeah Its weird.

[raekmike]

good lord alan.......that's alot...wow
is there a spot to keep track of your gallons of gas used per shed also?  

[Alan K]

Haha!

I go with roommates and friends, so we rotate who drive each trip.  Most of these are within 45 minutes of town too, with the exception of a couple trips to Elk River.  The fuel money didn't hurt too bad, especially since it's a big hobby of all of ours!

Oh, and those are only the ones I found myself.  We found about double that on the year. . . I've got the best eye for 'em out of my crew, or at least the most luck!

[raekmike]

oh..o.k.   you must be in school over there?   i saw yer location as olympia and was like   "damn"  them are mostly white tail sheds! 

[Alan K]

Ah haha!

Yeah, I'm in my last semester at the University of Idaho in Moscow.

[raekmike]

damn russians!     

[Lowedog]

I've make tags which I laminate and zip tie to the bases of the sheds.  The front side of the tag is the number for that year, and the backside is the year itself.

I also keep a log of each shed in excel with a bunch of data so I can benefit from it in the future. . .  All about continuous improvement!  

Attached is my 2010 log, with their coordinates blurred of course!  

What a nerd!    Sorry couldn't resist.  

I used to put a piece of masking tape with location and year but then when people wanted to see them I had to remove the tape so now I don't do anything with them.  It is all stored in my brain.  I only keep the bigger ones so it isn't hard to remember where and when I found them.    It is all luck anyway.  I always go out thinking I won't find any and just rely on blind luck.  

[Alan K]

 

Here's a picture halfway through last shed season.  You can see the zip tied tags.

[Antlerking]

The best way for me is a simple picture, I have pics for all my sheds pretty much.  I have a photo album with al the pics in it and I keep it in the safe.

[huntandjeep]

I remember the area i find just about all my sheds.

[wastickslinger]

The best way for me is a simple picture, I have pics for all my sheds pretty much.  I have a photo album with al the pics in it and I keep it in the safe.

That must be a lot of pictures. 

[Devinshoe]

Nice beer pong table in the back of the picture!  Alan K