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.

Not really a supersticious ritual but I always shower (if possible) before going huntig.

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!

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....

Here they are:

Yup that sweater is pretty unsightly...LOL

The only ritual I really have is usually I'll say a Prayer and give Thanks to our Service Men and Women.

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.

Rob I do recal a pic of you sniffing some feces, was that a ritual...LOL

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.

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 !

I always try to visit the commode before leaving the house. It's much more comfortable than backing up to a tree.

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.

Well about half way to my area I usually ask myself - what did you leave at home this time?

QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
Yup that sweater is pretty unsightly...LOL

  INDEED!

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.

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.

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.

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!     I keep plodding along, maybe someday if I live long enough!

QuoteOriginally 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!"