How do you organize your application strategy

[spencerw]

Just wondering how everyone keeps there applications sorted and organized. Any input or ideas would be helpful! Thank you.

 

[Dirtscoots]

100% chaos hope and dreams. Tagging in for the spreadsheet folk.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I have to look at spreadsheets all day for work...I have a journal book with years of draws in it.

 

[Grundy53]

I wish I had a plan and was organized. Unfortunately, it's a free for all mixed with fomo and a light gambling addiction.... I have a hard time not putting in for everything.

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[MuleyFever]

Usually I get the email about the deadline then log in and apply for everything.

I usually have a plan for a tag or 2 I know I will draw with my points.

 

[hunthikecamp]

It's a mix of organized spreadsheets by state and a few "oh s***" 11:55PM applications. I'm slowly working towards getting them all in 1 spreadsheet, maybe this year...

Overall mentality though has been apply for everything that's not literally impossible.

 

[WeiserBucks]

I'd rather have my ass kicked than see another spreadsheet.

 

[S.Clancy]

It's pretty easy when you barely hit 2-3 pts before wanting to burn them.

 

[wapitibob]

2025 hunts.txt

 

[Maverick1]

Spreadsheet.

 

[Kurts86]

I have a running spreadsheet of units/states/tags I want to hunt or have good information on.

The longer I’ve applied the more it’s been going back to units myself or friends have some experience in or even the adjacent unit that looks intriguing after time on the ground as less purely quantitative analysis. I also pick terrain I like to hunt more than I ever did when I first started.

Early in the application season you swing for the fences and then sit on a few easy to draw tags with good return policies. Honestly it’s usually so chaotic/random that the most analytical strategies don’t create much stability in a given year.