Hoping some of you might be able to use this. This is a simple but effective Hunting log that I created in Excel. I wanted a means of quickly documenting all of my hunting activity. I have tried to track most of my hunting outings this year and I am also putting something similar together for the upcoming winter scouting I will be doing. I will post that one as well when I finish it. Hope you can find this useful.
If you do not own Excel you can still use this log by downloading OpenOffice, a free Office Suite. Or you can use Google Docs to store and edit your log.
http://www.simplytraditional.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ST-Hunting-Log.xlsx
There is no cost associated with this, provided you own Excel or use one of the free options I listed. Just something I created for myself and wanted to share. Enjoy!
I have Windows 7 and can't open your file.
You need Excel 2007 or newer. Or as mentioned you may download OpenOffice or Google Docs online as free solutions. Hope this helps.
Great I've saved it, thanks! :thumbsup: (I also have windows 7 and was able to download but I do have excel)
This could be pretty neat, Hope it works out for you! I'll be checking in on it later.
I should have stated there is no cost associated with this. Just something I created for myself and wanted to share. Will also update the initial post.
Thanks for sharing this Steve....nice spreadsheet. :thumbsup:
Steve,
I created a similar excel spreadsheet for myself 9 years ago and it has really paid off down the road. The only things I have on my sheet that are different is that I log each sighting individually by time. It looks like yours covers the whole day, so you can't tell when you saw them. Right now, not a big deal, but 5 years from now, you will want to have that. I also have multiple stand locations in one area so I have a column to mark which stand I was in. Additional nice-to-haves are moon phase and sun/overcast conditions. Where it has helped me is that after 3 years or so I realize that the deer just don't show up at a particular stand in the morning in late November where they would be all over the place in October, I won't hunt there in the morning. Of course I go back and check them once in a while just to make sure. I believe deer do tend to favor the same travel corridors and food sources year after year, and this helps me zero in on the likely spots. This year, I knew without a doubt where my opening day stand would be. I got three shots in 45 minutes. I'm a dope and rushed all of them and went home very humble, but it was satisfying knowing the plan worked. Right now, I know that I wouldn't see anything from that stand any time of the day.
Looks great. I will give it a shot, keeping a log is my week point, but would be super helpful. On a side note I felt I had a fantastic season (still do),you saw more deer in one sit than I saw in three months of hard hunting
Great points Stinger and I agree regarding the information that should be put in. The one entry I have entered in the version for download is somewhat fictious (GPS Coordinates are for the Statue of Liberty) and minimalized. I also enter more specific information in the "Notes" field. But I wanted to keep the spreadsheet as simple as possible and of course folks could always add more columns if they want. In the copy I am updating for myself I include times (I make a note of the time in my iPhone notebook and put the info in my notes later). I would advise others populate as much information in the Notes column as they can remember as well.
One thing I am thinking about adding is information regarding the atmospheric pressure and whitetail activity as well as moon phase information.
I feel like a dummy....I use a small spiral note book....LOL!
QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:
I feel like a dummy....I use a small spiral note book....LOL!
I tried that last season and it just didn't work for me. I take a lot of written notes with my job and I just could'nt make myself take the time each night while the information was fresh. Since I am always on the computer I figured this might work better. So far I have to say it has been MUCH better than taking notes for me. Then there is always the problem of being able to read my own hand writing later!!! :dunno:
Good tool, I have one similar on my computer. I have a small spiral note book in my truck, then once a week I load the info to computer excel. It gives me a great pattern for deer movement. I then use some maps and plot info and print it into my hunting book I keep as back up.