Deer Hunting Superstitions
12-07-2006, 02:37 PM
#21
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
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.
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.
12-07-2006, 05:56 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location:
Posts: 2,621
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
Where to start?
I had a lucky sweatshirt I wore and got a lot of deer when wearing it. Told my daughter it was lucky and she got several deer while wearing it.
I had an unlucky pair of binoculars once. Didn't see anything while having them with me. I forgot them in the truck once and got a deer. Then I forgot them a few days later and got another.Left themin the truck on purpose and got one in rifle season. Forgot them in spring turkey and got one. Needless to say, I put 2 and 2 together and gave them away. I even warned the guy they were bad luck.
I don't look at the shell I put in the chamber.
I never brag that I'll get a deer before the season. That's bad luck. When one of my hunting partners starts bragging, around other hunters, that we are getting deer tomorrow, I start down playing our chances. Its funny seeing the look on their face when I do this. I can't tell them why I do it either, that's bad luck too.
I number the vanes on my arrows.On certain days, certain arrows are lucky.
All dollar bills in my wallet HAVE to be facing the same way.
There are a few others but this is enough to speak of, right now. I may jinx myself by just talking about it
I had a lucky sweatshirt I wore and got a lot of deer when wearing it. Told my daughter it was lucky and she got several deer while wearing it.
I had an unlucky pair of binoculars once. Didn't see anything while having them with me. I forgot them in the truck once and got a deer. Then I forgot them a few days later and got another.Left themin the truck on purpose and got one in rifle season. Forgot them in spring turkey and got one. Needless to say, I put 2 and 2 together and gave them away. I even warned the guy they were bad luck.
I don't look at the shell I put in the chamber.
I never brag that I'll get a deer before the season. That's bad luck. When one of my hunting partners starts bragging, around other hunters, that we are getting deer tomorrow, I start down playing our chances. Its funny seeing the look on their face when I do this. I can't tell them why I do it either, that's bad luck too.
I number the vanes on my arrows.On certain days, certain arrows are lucky.
All dollar bills in my wallet HAVE to be facing the same way.
There are a few others but this is enough to speak of, right now. I may jinx myself by just talking about it
12-07-2006, 06:05 PM
#25
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Christiansburg, Va
Posts: 30
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
I have a couple:
1. I have a lucky pair of pants, they are a $30 pair of Carharts ( 3 for 3 so far). I also have a $150 Scent Lok pair but I never see anything in them.
2. I eat the same breakfast and OJ before I go out.
3. If I forget my field dressing gloves I never get a deer.
4. I never talk about seeing a deer the night before. If I talk about deer it is always qualifies with an if or maybe.
1. I have a lucky pair of pants, they are a $30 pair of Carharts ( 3 for 3 so far). I also have a $150 Scent Lok pair but I never see anything in them.
2. I eat the same breakfast and OJ before I go out.
3. If I forget my field dressing gloves I never get a deer.
4. I never talk about seeing a deer the night before. If I talk about deer it is always qualifies with an if or maybe.
12-07-2006, 06:19 PM
#27
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
ORIGINAL: BarnesX.308
Rub the lucky coconut. Yes a coconut. I brought it home from the Florida Keys because whenever it was in the boat, we caught a lot of fish.
See coconut in use:
Rub the lucky coconut. Yes a coconut. I brought it home from the Florida Keys because whenever it was in the boat, we caught a lot of fish.
See coconut in use:
12-07-2006, 06:28 PM
#28
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Phoenixville, PA
Posts: 244
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
oh and i forgot another one. since i shoot a single shot i can see the back of my shell when its in the chamber before i close it...the numbers and letters on the shellHAVE to be lined up perfectly...it needs to have the name of the company on the top and 270 win on the bottom. if its upside down its bad luck....
12-07-2006, 06:29 PM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: currently Fort Drum, NY
Posts: 3,677
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
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.
12-07-2006, 06:32 PM
#30
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 62
RE: Deer Hunting Superstitions
Hey guys. I dont have any crazy rituals but a few things I do.
I pray before I leave and when I am in the stand for a good hunt.
I dont wash my clothes in scent cover or wash in it. I just use regular unscented soaps. Never see a deer when I wash in the stuff.
I have one bullet I load in the chamber and don't chamber a different one till Its been fired.
I pray before I leave and when I am in the stand for a good hunt.
I dont wash my clothes in scent cover or wash in it. I just use regular unscented soaps. Never see a deer when I wash in the stuff.
I have one bullet I load in the chamber and don't chamber a different one till Its been fired.
