Deer Hunting Superstitions
 

I have to believe that most of us out there have superstitions that we do every deer season. I thought it would be fun to share them in the forum. As for me I have many. I wear the same hat every bow season, and the same hat every gun season. I don't shave till I shoot one...there have been times when I don't look so hot. When I buy new arrows I select the best one and set it aside. I call it my virgin arrow. Come bow season that arrow is the one that is on my string. I shoot that arrow and that arrow only for as long as I have it. Every year on the eve of gun season I load my gun and then eject every shell. I only carry five shells with me, and every opening morning I rack a round into my gun, as soon as I get to the blind, and announce that it's time for something to get shot.

Mine aren't all that good, but I am sure there are some funny ones out there. Lets hear em.

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on the morning of rifle seasoni holda bullet in my hand and carry itfrom he time i leave me house untill i get to the stand. the other rounds are in my pocket. i like to keep that bullet "warm and comfortable". lol idk i've just always done it. i also sometimes joke with my brother by taking his shells and shaking them up and telling him they are dizy and won't hit a deer, i think it gets to his head cuz he misses more than he should lol

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I don't do anything out of the ordinary.

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thats hilarious :D

and the only thing i can think of that i do is i wear my lucky hat and eat a big breakfast of bacon and eggs before i go out.....we have always done it at our hunting camp and its basically tradionion now....

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I have to have my neck wrap/ face mask or nothing is going to happen.

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This is going to sound silly but I think seeing a rabbit brings me luck because everytime I see one, a deer comes out.;)

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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:

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i get out of bed and make sure to step down with my left foot first, than my right, than i walk 3 steps and spin in a circle 3 times, than i walk into my room and rub each side of my bucks antler i got last year for good luck, i than go to the bathroom and touch the toilet lid 3 timee before i use, than once im all ready to leave i run down the stairs 3 times and make sure i dont walk out the front door until the big hand is on an even number. one i get in the car i make sure i buckle my seat belt at the second stop light, never the first!... once we get there i pick my bow up and pray to the deer gods, once i get to my stand i clap 3 times and sit down. i always make sure if i have to pee in my stand, to let it flow towards the east, never the west, or you wont see a deer for a week no matter what the wind is.

no im not ocd, i only do this when im going hunting

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I do practice herd management. But I do kill any legal deer that busts me. I don't like them talking about me later, and me being there is supposed to be a secret! (well I do let the small buck walk, but doe are gonzo if they bust me out)

I also behead deer and hang their skulls in a new tree every year. It is known as "the tree of shame". I want the field to be level. The tree of shame announces to all that there is a killer lurking in the woods. It is a naked ape, dressed in a vegetation suit, known as the Killer Primate...

After the season, I boil the skulls and keep them - I guess I'm a head hunter...

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Every time i pass this hill i grab a rock and throw it down the hill and it has to crack ice on the creek at the bottom and thats my sacrifice to the elk gods. Here is a pic of the hill i role the rocks down.

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That's alot to do brotha...oh yeah, who's the girl in the pic?

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my fake lover

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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.

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- Well I don't shave until I get my deer
- I carry 9 bullets with me and only 3 go in the gun. I also put in the same 3 all the time in the same order.
- I always triple check everythign the night before the season opens
- Whenever I leave my tree stand after the morning hunt I always drive home a certain way to check 2 fields
- I carry the same items in my pouch all the time. Sunflower seeds, 2 doe bleats, 1 grunt tube, compass, flashlight, cell phone & matches.

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My best friend and his father taught me to deer hunt. He found an arrow head and gave it to me years ago. I carry it with me every time Iam in the field. I have not had a year go by where I have not harvested a deer. Bill Gates does not have enough money to buy it.

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Gotta have the Cardeer necklace!!

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That's actually kinda scary...;)

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Ok, that's hardcore....

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I have to wear my necklace from cardeer. I have one for bow and one for gun.
Ever since I got those, things have been good to me.
Once again thank you!

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P.S.- I also bury the heart.

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My brotherstree steps is where I hang them!

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Ok, what is a cardeer necklace?

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i NEVER take a camera. the cam must stay at home or i wont see a single animal all day.

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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:(

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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.

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I wear the same hat all of deer season.

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That Kalik in the picture makes me miss the Bahamas. Great choice of beer!

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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....

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we do the same exact thing. but if its a doe, we hang the milk sack.....

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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.

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He is great person I only know on here that makes them and
sends them out for good luck.

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That is LOL funny right there...I bet he appreciates that!!

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I know it's going to be a bad day of hunting if I drink coffee during the drive to the hunting spot and no poo at the truck prior to walking in.

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any of the trophy deer i take thats going on the wall,,i will not eat them at all ,i believe its bad luck so i donate to the really poor family down the road who has a lot of kids and dont nothing go to waste and i feel good cause i did them and there kids a big favor.it just makes me feel good to help the poor.but them young does go to my freezer ,,,

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Everyone at our camp puts on a neck tie at dinner the night before the season opens. We missed this ritual a couple of years ago and nobody took a deer. Mine is a PETA tie, so I can wipe my face and use it as a napkin while eating venison stew.

Mike

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Under no circumstances should blaze orange be worn while in a vehicle.(more of a rule)

Same 'lucky' camo boonie hat(bow only)with a jighead stuck in it from the first walleye I caught on a trip to MN a few years back.

After a buck is skinned and hanging, the shooter must 'spank' it for good luck.

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Well the shaving one is the one my hunting partner andI have,the only problem is I shot one that night so I told hime I would wait till he shot one,I was just wondering anybody know any good ZZTop tribute bands?

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I keep adding to my list as time goes on but here are the current ones.
Eating the heart
hang the nuts
try to steal the last breath
when honkers fly over or turkies walk by,deer are on the way.
be as gentle as i can with the dead deer getting it out and hung up.
New for 2007 seasion
Dont tell anyone where i plan to hunt! This usually results in overcrowding and massive groups driving the same woods.If someone asks where i got it,I say in the woods.

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If I don't take my morning dump, I won't see a thing all day!

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When I shoot a deer with my bow, I don't clean the blood of the arrow until I shoot another one. I don't shot the bloody arrow, but keep it in my quiver