I don't shave or cut my hair the entire season, even if I kill the piss outta some deer. I look like a wooly booger all season and Christmas pics don't turn out so well, but it works in the woods. I always get a dip of Copenhagen to enjoy on the road and keep it in until I get tomy breakfast jointwhere I buy a bacon egg and cheese biscuit, a coffee, and a small coke. In the stand I say a prayer thanking God for the ability and opportunity to hunt where I do and as much as I do. Then this next part is the key to it all, other than my prayer.......Levi Garrett. I always, ALWAYS, get a giant chew of Levi Garrett chewing tobacco and spit right undermy stand. When I've chewed it to pieces, I just renew the chew and keep on spittin'. The smell has never spooked a deer away from me, if anything it's brought 'em in. It's a sweet smell and I guess they're just curious. Too much superstition??Maybe,haha

I stop shaving from about Oct 1 till the end of season, sometimes clear up till spring just to bother my wife.

I never carry a flashlight, gutting knife,binoculars, or any way to get a deer out of the field in with me, just never have seemed to shoot one when I was prepared to haul it out I guesse but seemed to get one every time i forgot any of those articals.

I always eat the tenders the same night as I shoot the deer, not really a superstition, just cant wait to eat them

I knock the best arrow during (target practice)every timeIhunt. If I miss with an arrow I will never make it my first choice to knock again!Huh, I wonder why Inow only choose from2 different arrows.

i've got a boonie hat that i call my ugly hat. i smash it up into the worst configurations to better break up my outline. i've shot more deer wearing an ugly hat so it's obviously lucky!

I do everything that you do except eat the heart!

I color the bullet that's gonna be in the chamber black

I also wear a really stupid looking orange fargo hat that I've shot all my deer out of.

me and my dad eat thos boston burnt beans, the ones that are red.
we call'em killer beans b/c we always end up gettin one.... or more

well ., we never say the G.L. word.,"GOOD LUCK"!! it iseither, thumbs up ,or, shoot striaght., never the G.L. word.,

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.

I have to wear my Boonie Hat during archery season! Also I have a camo bandana that I wear around my neck any time I hunt.
Also whenever we would here an owl hoot while we are on our way to our stands before light one of us always get a deer!
My uncle has to have 21 cents in his pocket when he hunts.