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Just wonderin what kind of rituals or superstitions you all do before or during a hunt? Me, i always listen to the same CD in my truck while driving to my hunting spot. And also on morning hunts i stop at the same gas station and get a Yoohoo .

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I have a shower everytime b4 i go out. Also take a wizz just as i am leaving the house. If rifle hunting i take alternate shells from my holder on my stock, weird yes but i have fear one day i may need more ammo and its easier to grab if the shells are seperated. Never had to reload yet but just like being safe.[8D]

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I'm pretty superstitious, so I'm always trying to change my luck for the better.

If I get skunked one day, I always switch something up for the next hunt. For example: I'll make it a point to wear different socks, put my watch on the opposite hand, different gloves, try a different lucky hat, feed my belt through the beltloops in the opposite direction, nock a different arrow, take out the "bad luck batteries" and switch them with lucky new batteries in the walkman, park facing the opposite direction, different pieces of clothing, walkin with a different flashlight, maybe eat something different for breakfast -anything to change it up and rid myself of whatever "bad luck item" it was that caused me to get skunked the previous day.

So, if I get skunked - the next time I walk out the door to go hunting, something will be different. I know it's totally useless and stupid, but it's my way of giving myself the false hope that "Today is the Day." LOL

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my buddies and i always say "shoot straight" before heading into the woods.

and if i am by myself, my father will text me it at some point in time, and those are the days i usually see the most deer. stupid, but its habit.

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I will usually carry a "lucky arrow" or if I didnt see anything I will change around arrows till I find one that has some luck with it.

I am the same with a gun if I see something I will keep the same ammo on the stock and use it again. If I have hunted a week or so and havent seen anything I will change the ammo

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I touch the rack of the 10pt mount I have on my wall before walk out the door and ask it to give me good luck. My little girl also puts some kind of sticker on my bow before the season.

Hatchet Jack

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I carry with me my lucky arrow that i got my last game animal with and whenever i go hunting i carry the hunting knife my dad gave me the first time i deer hunted i think that that knife is the luckeist thing i own

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Somebody has to say good luck to me. Everytime I've killed a deer somebody said good luck to me. When ever they don't, I come home empty handed. Also I will pet my pheasent on the wall. :D

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Let me guess, his name if "lucky." ;)

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I ussaly say a prayer and wear my lucky hunting sweatshirt...i see deer everytime

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I can not think of any rituals that I havein regards tohunting? Routines in preparation, like scent reduction, but no, persay rituals. Maybe I should start one in hopes it improves my chances! ;) Any suggestions? :D

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My family always wishes everyone luck and a safe hunt. I also say a pray or two I need all the help I can get and God has been good to me.

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I'm not too much superstitious, but I always shower with a non scented soap before a hunt. My clothes are washed in a non scented detergent and kept outside. I usually won't drink any fluids that day . . .because I have an active bladder . . .comes with age.[:o]
I use my time in the woods to pray/talk with the Creator. I may pray for folk or situations or just talk to the Lord about things that interests me. Ialways thank God for any game harvested.
If I have to track an animal I really talk to God big time because I'm color blind and about can't see a blood trail.
It's strange sometimes when I'm hunting, I often call to mind hunting partners that are no longer with us . . .especially one old uncle I had. I can just imagine him saying to do this or do that in any given situation.
I do have a few superstitions/signs that give me confidence or take it away . . .but I'm not admitting to them or letting you guys know just how nutty I really am.:D

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I have a different shell in the chamber of my gun everyday (if I don't kill something)

for bow... I dont do much different from hunt to hunt. About the only thing I change is which arrow is nocked when i setup.

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The way my past few seasons have gone, I need to be complaining about how unseasonably warm it is, or how cranky I am about the weather that particular day. Then I shoot a deer. I can't shoot deer on those nice cool days where you have that feel that you KNOW you are going to see something.

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I clean off my deer mounts rightbefore the season starts for good luck.

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I'd hope you have a different shell in there if you did kill something as well... otherwise you'd be shooting blanks! (all pun intended)

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i'll eat the last of the deer steaks from last year ( i eat deersteaks for breakfast when there is anything important). I keep my licence locked up till i go out (one of my brothers or sisters stole my wallet which had my licence in it a couple years ago). i keep my gun close to me at all times the night/ morning before (had my dad tell me to putall of the stuffin the car the night before so we are ready to go. we walk out the door and there buck standing20 yrds away from us. We didnt see that deer again till the first day of youth hunt and ended up growing alot). Finally, something strange has to happen.