What’s everyone’s ritual before a hunt?

[TI_Bowmen]

Does anyone a before hunt ritual? I always have hot tea or coffee depending on mood and a nice breakfast. Always take coffee with me when bow hunting late season also.

[Horsehide]

When I lived in Northern Colorado, my brother in law and I would always stop at a little restaurant in Casper, WY and have chicken fried steaks and eggs for our last breakfast before getting to our hunting grounds.
The place was ran by a greek family and was decorated with all kinds of TV and movie memorabilia.
Last year we came through, they had move to a new location and the food was just awful.
We came home empty-handed that year.

[TooManyHobbies]

#1. I almost NEVER eat or drink before I go out in the morning.
#2. Almost every time before I go out in the morning. 
#3. I leave a map up on the PC with a marker approx. where I'm going to be, just in case.

[Trenton G.]

I get packed up, start driving away, then turn around and go get whatever it is that I forgot.

[OkKeith]

I reverently chant: "Don't forget your pants, don't forget your pants, don't forget your pants..."

OkKeith

[Crittergetter]

Check the wind direction on my phone about 10 times on the way there then let out a few choice words when I get there and have to resort to plan B!   

[supernaut]

Morning hunts, I'll get up the tree in my climber, get all situated, pull up my bow etc, sit down and it's usually about then I realize I have to go #2. I spend the rest of the morning gauging and calculating the onset of #2 against how fast I can get down the tree and relieve myself before ruining my camo. It's a game I've played all too many times 

[Sam McMichael]

PEE! Us old guys often have "issues", so I make sure to go just before leaving my truck.

[Charlie Lamb]

I usually sacrifice a virgin. I think it helps but they are getting harder to find.

[Red Beastmaster]

I always shoot several Judos as I walk to the woods.

[Orion]

Hmmmm.  Don't know if I'd actually call it a ritual, but I like to have a relaxing evening in the cabin watching the fire in my Franklin stove and sipping a whiskey (and sometimes smoking a cigar) with my brother before we start two weeks of hard hunting during the rut.  We also listen to the weather radio each evening and morning to determine wind direction to decide what stands to take that day. 

[Gdpolk]

Kiss the wife, make sure I went to the bathroom just to try, text the wife where I anticipate being at.  Everything else is just situational I suppose.

[Yooper-traveler]

Before the hunt? Absolutely nothing.

After the hunt? Good scotch.  Great scotch at times.  Maybe some bourbon.  Maybe some Pappy Van’s, just maybe.  This ritual would be hard to pull off before the hunt.

[SlowBowKing]

I usually sacrifice a virgin. I think it helps but they are getting harder to find.

This one made me laugh out loud...literally!

[Jon Stewart]

The same thing I do every morning before I do anything. Brush my teeth. That is the last thing I do before walking off.  I wear a hunting mask, lol
I also do this before my evening hunt, I wear a hunting mask.

[A Lex]

I usually sacrifice a virgin. I think it helps but they are getting harder to find.

Oh Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.

Now I've gotta clean up the coffee I just laughed over my computer 

I usually make sure I'm wearing something blue, and check that I've got my knife and some toilet paper.

Best
Lex

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Fresh toothpick before i leave the truck

[The-Crow]

I normally kiss the wife and my daughters, and tell them I love them. My youngest wishes me luck hopes I get a big one, my oldest wishes I’d just hurry up and go hunting lol teenagers
I tell the wife where I’m going, she never listens, so I hope the little one is paying attention just in case.
I check the wind from the deck, I take a deep breath of it like it’s going to tell me something,,, I say a few words thank my lucky stars, get in the truck and crank whatever song floats my boat that day.
Give myself a quick spray down at the truck and a fresh stick of gum, I quit smoking 7 years ago God help me I’ll never give up gum.
Last but not least like a chant I say
Bag, bow, locked truck and go!!!

Curse when my phone goes off after I’m settled in,

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I like Charlie's idea.  Usually I feed the horses and dogs

[Bob Foster]

I don't eat before I go hunting. I want to be hungry when I hunt.
Devise a plan to slip out the door so my wife doesn’t see me leave.