ORIGINAL: kenman
After field dressing a buck, his scrotum gets hung from a nearby tree. Failing to do this will result in no buck the next year.
I also never nock the same arrow two days in a row, have to carry a hunter orange lighter, and have to eat the deer heart the night of the kill.
Either you hunt in public land near Carlisle, Iowa or someone who does has your same tradition!
I don't have that many, but I'm only 24 so plenty of time to develop more!
1. Never shave, shower, or use toothpaste or deodorant the day of the hunt.
2. I always wear the same long sleeve red T-shirt from college. It's the only time all year I wear it.
3. It's the only time of the year I drink Mt Dew. I slam a 20 oz right before i head into the woods.
4. I have a CD with several deer themed songs (Terty point buck, 2nd week of Deer Camp, and One Damn Deer). Starting 1 week before the hunt, that is the only CD I can play in my car until I get a deer.
5. Last thing before I settle in for the morning I say a prayer asking for a safe hunt and I
never ask to see deer or get a deer.
6. 3 sprays of doe urine on the bottom of each boot before walking into the woods.
7. Always try deer meat before leaving the processor.
8. As soon as the deer is dead, kiss it on the nose and thank it for the fun and the many meals to come.
9. When ready to drag the deer, move it about 5 feet and pee where it was field dressed, kind of like marking my territory and kill spot.
10. Always eat David sunflower seeds salted in the shell while hunting.
11. Eat the last of the previous year's meat just before heading into the woods on opening day.
12. Wife must bake 1 batch of cookies the night before the hunt. I eat 2 in the car on the way to my spot, take 2 into the woods to eat halfway through the morning and eat 2 more at lunch. The cookies cannot be consumed aside from these times until I have gotten a deer.
Come to think of it I do have quite a few.