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Offline lpcjon2

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Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« on: November 20, 2011, 05:58:00 PM »
Was wondering if any of you had any supersticious hunting rituals that you do before you hunt.things like wearing a certain piece of clothing, carrying a medalion or keepsake, eating a certain food , or even putting left sock on first and right boot first type thing. It time to come out of the closet and tell us your rituals.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2011, 06:03:00 PM »
Not really a supersticious ritual but I always shower (if possible) before going huntig.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2011, 06:04:00 PM »
My tab and hunting knife. I have a home cut tab...11 years old. If I dont have it I dont see deer. My RIGID hunting knife. If hunting whitetails...I might as well stay home if I dont have it. I also have a rust colored l;ambswool sweater...ugly as hell that improves my odds 80+%.
Laugh all you want, the years have proven this info!
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2011, 06:12:00 PM »
I have carried the same Uncle Henry folding knife on every hunt for the last twenty one years.........got it from my grand pa......will not hunt without it....
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Offline YORNOC

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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2011, 06:20:00 PM »
Here they are:

 
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 06:21:00 PM »
Yup that sweater is pretty unsightly...LOL
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Offline Big Ed

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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2011, 06:23:00 PM »
The only ritual I really have is usually I'll say a Prayer and give Thanks to our Service Men and Women.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2011, 06:37:00 PM »
My only ritual is to climb up my tree, sit still for 3-8 hours & then get back down. That pretty much sums up every single thing I do on the average hunt.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2011, 06:38:00 PM »
Rob I do recal a pic of you sniffing some feces, was that a ritual...LOL
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2011, 06:41:00 PM »
I have a mental checklist of things I'll need...takes about 5 seconds and I'm ready to rock n roll.  That's about as ritualistic as I get.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2011, 06:49:00 PM »
I have a buddy that comes to my place to hunt. If he stops to get breakfast, gas or something else and finds a penny on the ground it's game on because he has 100% success in this endeavor - his story not mine !
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2011, 06:54:00 PM »
I always try to visit the commode before leaving the house. It's much more comfortable than backing up to a tree.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2011, 07:05:00 PM »
A few years back Roger Norris and I exchanged items. I gave Roger an old Schrade Honesteel and he gave me a beautiful 8x10 photo of Fred Bear drawing back his bow.

I always touch the photo before heading out to hunt. I also carry in my pack or Catquiver, my old Schrade drop finger knife and the alligator sheath Larry Surtees made for me.
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Offline Ground Hunter

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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2011, 07:24:00 PM »
Well about half way to my area I usually ask myself - what did you leave at home this time?
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2011, 07:37:00 PM »
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Originally posted by lpcjon2:
Yup that sweater is pretty unsightly...LOL
:biglaugh:   INDEED!
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2011, 07:40:00 PM »
I have a Pittsburgh Penguins terrible towel hanging over the doorway of my bowroom. I always tap it with my bow tip as I leave and return from a hunt.

It doesn't neccessarily bring me luck but after doing it for nearly twenty years I'd be afraid to stop now.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2011, 09:05:00 PM »
Old Timer hunting knife my father gave me when I started hunting. It has been with me every year since. My only other ritual is to hang my cloths on the line day prior to air.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2011, 02:15:00 AM »
My old fawn call and my lucky cottontail call,waist of time with out them. Ask my dog if its going to be a good day to call. He's right most of the time.
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2011, 12:35:00 PM »
I have carried a special knife that was my dad's. I started to carry a medicine bag with some stuff I have found on different hunts. Lucky hats, prayer and just about everything but sacrafice of a chicken, nothing has worked so far as I have had only 2 shots in 32 years.......one of those was with a compound 10 years ago while a I had breif trip to the dark side!   :dunno:   I keep plodding along, maybe someday if I live long enough!
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Re: Do you have any Hunting rituals ?
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2011, 01:27:00 PM »
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Originally posted by lpcjon2:
Yup that sweater is pretty unsightly...LOL
I am thinking the deer feel sorry for you in that sweater is why you see more. That or they are telling their friends to "come get a load of this guy!"   :biglaugh:
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