RE: Ritual - Do you do anything symbolic after the kill
I always put the deers privates in the crotch of a tree. I think maybe it's a Wisconsin/Northern Illinois thing, this is kind of getting interesting. Everyone that I hunt with that have gotten bucks, ever since I can remember, have hung the privates in a tree. It's not only for good luck, a scientific reason is also behind it here in Tigerton! It's suppose to attract other bucks looking for a fight, it gets the sent of the buck you just killed into the air! I'm starting to think maybe we're crazy, but it's the norm here in the area of Central Wisconsin where I hunt. I wouldn't think of NOT hanging my bucks genitals in a tree, that just wouldn't be normal!
Paul