About ten years ago, while sitting in the woods hunting I started going through my memory bank trying to generate a mental image of each deer I had killed and where I had killed it. I was able to recall each and every one. So I decided to type into my phone's notepad the list of what and where and any other pertinent information that helped me remember. Since then at the end of every year I add to the list whatever I kill if any. Below is the list:
Deer kills: 1 bow spike Dad's, 2 doe first with rifle, 3 spike rifle Dad's, 3&4 double does Dad's, 5 doe Gertie's wood line first with my 243, 6&7 double does, 8 five point Dad's old woods, 9 twelve point Dad's big field nervous shot thought I missed, 10 small doe Dad's big field near pond, 11 doe Dads pond, 12 big doe Dad's pond neck shot, 13 doe corner funnel, 14 big doe corner funnel, 15 doe I fell asleep at the base of the tree woke up and shot Dad's old woods, 16 doe thicket stalk Dad's, 17 mountain spike, 18 big mountain doe, 19 big doe corner funnel, 20 button Muzzleloader, 21 big doe corner funnel, 22 6 point 150yard shot near old barn Nita's, 23 doe 4 wheeler trail Nita's neck shot, 24 doe way up 4 wheeler trail from stand, 25 8 point found three days later, 26 big doe corner funnel and then hay bale wreck, 27 big doe Christmas Day stalk on way to corner funnel, 28 3 point broken rack corner funnel, 29 Huge doe Nita's barn, 30 8 point corner funnel Dads, 31 huge doe corner funnel Dads, 32 button buck Dads stalk to corner funnel, 33 spike/3 point Dads corner funnel heart shot, 34 one point middle woods stalk from corner funnel neck shot. 35 one point walking to corner funnel.
I would like to say after every kill I thanked God for the blessing and food that it would provide. But there were times I got caught up in the excitement and forgot. I try to remember to say a prayer of gratitude and thanksgiving for the creature God has made and the food it will provide.