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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: Maverick on January 31, 2011, 02:48:17 PM

Title: keeping track
Post by: Maverick on January 31, 2011, 02:48:17 PM: 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?
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: blacktail luv on January 31, 2011, 05:03:56 PM: 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. :dunno:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 05:12:52 PM: 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! :tup:

Attached is my 2010 log, with their coordinates blurred of course! ;)
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Devinshoe on January 31, 2011, 05:19:05 PM: Quote from: blacktail luv on January 31, 2011, 05:03:56 PM
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. :dunno:
:yeah: 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.
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: raekmike on January 31, 2011, 05:19:57 PM: good lord alan.......that's alot...wow
is there a spot to keep track of your gallons of gas used per shed also? :chuckle:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 05:22:10 PM: 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!
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: raekmike on January 31, 2011, 05:27:27 PM: 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! :chuckle:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 05:33:05 PM: Ah haha!

Yeah, I'm in my last semester at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: raekmike on January 31, 2011, 05:49:18 PM: damn russians! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Lowedog on January 31, 2011, 05:53:14 PM: Quote from: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 05:12:52 PM
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! :tup:

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

What a nerd! :chuckle: 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. :)
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 06:23:01 PM: :chuckle:

Here's a picture halfway through last shed season. You can see the zip tied tags.
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Antlerking on January 31, 2011, 06:27:52 PM: 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.
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: huntandjeep on January 31, 2011, 07:55:48 PM: I remember the area i find just about all my sheds.
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: wastickslinger on January 31, 2011, 08:19:10 PM: Quote from: Antlerking on January 31, 2011, 06:27:52 PM
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. :chuckle:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Devinshoe on January 31, 2011, 08:24:29 PM: Nice beer pong table in the back of the picture! Alan K
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: Alan K on January 31, 2011, 09:21:43 PM: Quote from: Devinshoe on January 31, 2011, 08:24:29 PM
Nice beer pong table in the back of the picture! Alan K

Thanks, I designed it and everything, then added some graphics. Thought about making some money on the side over here making and selling them, though I'd have to find some new graphics because some of those might be copywritten. :rolleyes:

I take ATL's of all my sheds too. I actually posted a bunch of them last year. They're here, you might recognize some in the pics:

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,45557.msg551212/topicseen.html#msg551212 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,45557.msg551212/topicseen.html#msg551212)
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: hirshey on February 04, 2011, 09:03:40 PM: Quote from: wastickslinger on January 31, 2011, 08:19:10 PM
Quote from: Antlerking on January 31, 2011, 06:27:52 PM
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. :chuckle:
:yeah:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: MtnMuley on February 04, 2011, 09:07:24 PM: Quote from: Devinshoe on January 31, 2011, 08:24:29 PM
Nice beer pong table in the back of the picture! Alan K

Yep, every good Vandal still supports a cougar sticker...... :chuckle:
Title: Re: keeping track
Post by: shedcrazy on February 07, 2011, 08:34:53 PM: I can pretty much remember where each one was found, I have started a journal of each shed hunt this year. Noting where I was, date, weather conditions, snow depth if any, and where each shed was found. I've wanted to do this for years but never got around to it, until this year.