So I packed my stuff up. Kissed the wife goodbye and headed out for the tree stand yesterday evening. I returned home, however, about 10 minutes later having almost jinxed the whole thing. Since I learned to hunt with my father we had always left a handful of seeds and such for the squirrels and critters in whatever area we’d hunted. It’s become a tradition maybe even a hunting superstition that’s become an obsessive habit. Anyone else have some crazy hunting habit/tradition/superstition?
Actually if nothing else, a handful of seeds might at least keep some activity going on with the small critters, which helps with the downtime boredom periods. I don't have too many superstitions that I am aware of, but I certainly try to set my stand up almost exactly the same way every time so my pack and other gear is always in the same places. I don't like to guess where everything is at when it's crunch time.
I do not bring a deer drag of any type with me. Don't even bring one in my truck. The one season I brought a deer drag (last year) in my pack all season long. The first time I never killed any deer since my first year of deer hunting. Never bringing a drag again.
I think it's bad luck to go deer hunting and not kill a deer. So...when I go deer hunting, I try really hard to kill a deer.
So true! If you do that you are guaranteed to not kill any deer Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I like to go with no arrows. I’ve never missed a deer yet.... Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Actually one that SHOULD be enforced is posting a pic or a BBD post on Facebook after you take that shot, but have not recovered it yet. I cannot believe the number of posts stating "I just shot the biggest buck of my life..." or even a doe, with pics too come, then crickets.... Then you ask what's up and they say they had good blood and just lost it...
Yea not till it’s hanging in the garage. It could fall out of the truck lol Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
For the last 5 years a guy at work started a big buck contest. $20 to get in, winner take all. Bow only, must have pics, ohio deer only. The 3 years I got in it , I did not shot a buck. The 2 I missed out getting in on it, I shot bucks. No more buck contests for me.
May sound stupid, every year I listen to a couple Garth songs on the way to the farm I hunt. I crank the radio and roll down the windows, knowing I have a couple days with no responsibilities More of a tradition than a superstition.
I used to run a buck pool and had the worst luck. (This was for gun season in michigan) one year nov 15 th is the opener amd it was on a tuesday. I didnt start the pool, shot my biggest UP. Buck Sent from my SM-N920P using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
I drink a big mug of Coffee while I'm driving to my Hunting club. I always fix a big thermos of 'Dinty Moore' Beef Stew to eat when I get back to my truck. I also drink a big mug of Coffee on the way home. Who am I to mess with success... I also always wear the same Alabama Jersey when the Tide is playing Football. It must work... They win nearly all of them...
