Hunting superstitions- what's yours

[OBXarcher]

Getting ready for deer season in a couple weeks and I got to thinking. Over the years I have some funny superstitions.

1 If I go a couple outings with out any luck I don't take a knife with me.  I think I have gutted more deer with a broad head than a real knife. .

2 if I miss 3 times with a bow I get rid of it (that one is expensive)

3 my lucky hat,  don't leave home without it

What's yours ?

[Toecutter]

Hate to say it, but I've got so many that its embarrassing.  Mostly have to do with what I carry (or don't) and where I put it (or don't).

Kinda silly, but I can't help myself   :rolleyes:      :D  

This should be a fun read!

Nathan

[Froggy]

Keep my "Buckeye" with me I got from my Grandfather umpteen years ago !!!

[USN_Sam1385]

My superstition is whether or not I see deer on the drive TO my hunting spot. If I see deer driving to my hunting spot in the morning, i more than likely will see and/or kill a deer that morning.

I am also convinced that a deer can feel me staring at them. So I try not to stare at them too hard.

[BWD]

If I don't remember to pack some non-skid, it's going to be a rough day.  :rolleyes:

[OBXarcher]

Last year I saw shooting stars three times on my way to my stands in the morning. All the times I shot a deer. I would hate to think I need to see one to get a deer..

[Bow Bum]

I used to have "lucky" hat that I needed to wear. It finally got so dirty that I just had take it out of rotation.

I'm not really superstitious, but I do favor the deer print boxers...    

Brian

[Mudd]

I have always believed that if I(or any hunter) doesn't get off the couch, we'll not get any shots that day...lol

God bless,Mudd

[Winterhawk1960]

Originally posted by OBXarcher:
 

1 If I go a couple outings with out any luck I don't take a knife with me. Unlike you, I make a trek back to the truck, or else round-up my buddy or my wife and use their knife.

2 my lucky hat,  don't leave home without it.

The only thing I can add to the list is.......I always make sure that I put my "left-footed" socks on my left foot and my "right-footed" ones on my right.    

Winterhawk1960

[doowop]

If I set up with the wind at my back I seem to be very unlucky.

[McDave]

The best way for me to get a shot at a deer is to fall asleep on the stand.  I've lost count of the times I've woke up and looked around to find a deer grazing.  Maybe this is not really a superstition; I probably fidgit too much and scare the deer off when I'm awake.

[graybarkhunter]

i have a side mount 4 arra quiver . when i get in the stand, settled, and ready to knock one , i never grab an arra from the same spot i grabbed it from in the previous hunt.no reason, just a quirk

[Jake Fr]

gotta have the lucky hat or hats and my camera seems if i dont i seem to never see anything

[Blackstick]

I won't go unless the nighttime temperature is 50 degrees or below. Early season sucks!

[JamesKerr]

I always carry my lucky knife while bowhunting.

[wv lungbuster]

Originally posted by JamesKerr:
I always carry my lucky knife while bowhunting.

Same here and funny thing is I don't even know were I got the knife from.

[ron w]

I have lucky hats....lucky socks....lucky wool shirts....lucky bows....lucky arrows and for the most part they have not worked!! Now what do I do!!

[SwampWarrior]

Bear with me here... I must kiss my bow or rifle while in the stand. I know it's wierd but it's now a habit. (Have to be careful of where I kiss my rifle on those cold days.) Usually if I see a lot of deer on my drive to my spot I don't shoot deer. That hasn't held true very often as of lately. This one is a bit more normal and mostly a regular daily occurance, my boots must be tied equally tight, no exceptions, plus my socks pulled to the same spot on my legs with my longjohns over them not under.

[Ben Maher]

*Recently I haven't hunted without my Green Arrow Tshirt ... so much so that I am now scared to hunt without it .

 *always have one of my three lucky knives [ long story ]

 * Much like Steve Fausel in MBB111 ... I always have my shoelaces really tight.

 * Don't eat the yellow snow

[Benny Nganabbarru]

I had a pair of old-favourite orange undies that I happened to be wearing (under my trousers) at the time of a few successful bowhunts, and for awhile they were my bowhunting undies. But they have long since perished, and gone to a better place.