Traditions, routines, and rituals

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  1. doepatrol

    doepatrol Newb

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    Since the seasons are slowly winding down, and people like myself are already preparing for next year. I want to hear everyone's yearly hunting traditions, rituals, beliefs, and habits. I will go first.
    1. Every year the night before opening day of bow season I always watch Escanaba in da moonlight.(best hunting movie ever)
    2. I always hunt opening day regardless of weather.
    3. I shower with scent away body wash from season start to season end every shower every time even if I'm not hunting that day or that week.

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  3. Sota

    Sota Legendary Woodsman

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    Rituals and routines for me go way beyond deer hunting. I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch 5 days a week or when I am not traveling. As far as rituals that apply to hunting my scent control is the same every time. I would not consider hunting without showering first no matter the wind. I set up my garage like a world series locker room with plastic up. I lay out all my cleaning and recovery tools. I put new mantles in the gas lantern every year before I hunt. I also break out the old disc, but with the music on youtube the disc is no longer needed. I have to listen to Ice T Colors before the season starts (it is an old college tradition)
     
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  4. sheddinva

    sheddinva Weekend Warrior

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    I would have pictured you as more of an Ice Cube fan :)
     
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    I have the same #2 and #3 actually! Another one is always having nutter butters in the stand with me opening day. They just prove year and year they bring the deer, they're good luck and tasty. I always watch an episode of bowhunt or die before every hunt now that I started this year so gotta keep that going next year and make it a tradition for me and my brother before we go out just to get us pumped even more to go out.


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  6. joshfletcher

    joshfletcher BHOD ProStaff

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    For me i have to have a bottle of sundrop in my pack! bad mojo for fletch with no sundrop!!!!
     
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    O and i cant believe i forgot... if im lucky enough to get a deer i jam to Fred Bear by sweaty uncle teddy when im driving out of the woods.:rock:
     
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    Excalibur Weekend Warrior

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    I have to hunt opening day of bow no matter what. I will also listen to Fred Bear while driving out on each trip, helps to get me in the mind set I guess, being doing it since I was a young lad in Michigan. I also will usually carry a sandwich bag full of peanuts to snack on and coffee.

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