Using Upland Journal

Explore each feature in detail to help you document your upland hunting adventures with ease and precision. Easy as 1-2-3!

Step One: Prepare your basic information.

Begin by quickly adding lists of Dogs, Species and Hunters.

Each list has a “Current” setting – the current Dog, Species and Hunt are added to any new Bird Find.

Use colors for each Dog and Species, and show Bird Finds on the Map view color coded by either Dog or Species.

Step Two: Record Bird Finds in the Field

Bird Finds are the basic building blocks for Upland Journal. The information for Hunts, Trips, and Seasons is based on your Bird Finds. A Hunt will show the dogs, species, and birds found an taken from the Bird Finds tagged with that Hunt.

Use the GPS-enabled interface to accurately mark Bird Finds at your current location. Multiple methods of adding Bird Finds are available – including the large Plus icon on the Home Screen or Map screen.

Or, create an “Add a Bird Find” shortcut to your phone to make adding even easier!

Step Three: Combine your Bird Finds into Hunts and Trips.

Hunts are partial or full day hunts at a particular location.

Trips are multi-day excursions, often to a remote location. Combine multiple Hunts into a trip to track how well you did on that South Dakota pheasant opening weekend.

Track Places

Places can be your favorite Restaurants or Hotels. Or just any place you might want to return – like that favorite hunting spot you visit year after year.

Easily create a new Hunt from a saved Place. Or get Driving Directions in Apple Maps!

Create a Shortcut

Create a Shortcut on your phone to make recording a Bird Find super simple in the field, without taking off your gloves!

With a Shortcut you can use “Hey, Siri” or the Action Button (if your phone has one) or Accessibility features like “Back Tap” to easily add a Bird Find.

Shortcuts are created using the Shortcuts app that comes with your iPhone.

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