Last night I was reading Mike Cramond's "Big Game Hunting in the West" A 1964 publishing date. He wrote thee or four books, but his main job was the outdoor editor for the Vancouver Daily Province. We took the evening paper, the Vancouver Sun, so I never read him as kid. He would write a short hunt or encounter, the hunting method and then game description. His details were impressive. I've crossed enough talus slopes hiking , but a few days later I would not be able to give that level of detailed description. I had a photographic memory in my younger days. So would the writer just fill in the blanks days or weeks later ?
His hints on Black Tail hunting soundrd pretty good.
I write things down either as I am performing a task (at the range) or at the end of the day (when hunting). Since I don't usually write for magazines,I enjoy the hunts for what they are. Any hunting notes - basically anything unusual that happens through the day - are included in a short daily journal. Striking details, no matter where they occur or what happened, are always etched in my memory.
I use a cell phone for pictures to jog my memory later, or the voice recorder on my phone.
I carry either a tablet or laptop to amend or append any information collected or modified during range visits. I carry a clipboard with targets and notes. Finally, I keep a piece of paper inside of my ammo boxes. It sounds like a lot, but everything is compartmentalized, as I did in my service days. I write with my left hand, so my clipboard and ammo boxes are to the left of the rifle rest.
Everything gets sorted out and cleaned up when the sun goes down.