Share your hunting superstitions.

c-fbmi said:
I have more of a ritual when ever I go hunting, than a superstition..........I always take a firearm and some ammunition or sometimes a bow and arrows, because I found when I don't, I never come back with anything..........ever. Call it a ritual or superstition if you like but it has worked more times than not.........:rolleyes::rolleyes::p:p
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We have a ritual where we say the magic words "guns, shells, tags, colours, knife " before leaving town. It does seem to ward off bad luck. Worked when the kids were small, and might even keep senility at bay.
 
I always wipe blood on my gun when it's the first kill with it.

Did it when I was 20 years old with my new .300 winmag when I shot my first bear. Shot my first moose with the gun 2 weeks later. Then shot the only 2 deer the week of deer camp about 3 weeks after the moose hunt.

Took a bear and moose the next year both on opening day.

Wiped blood on my 20guage from the coyote I shot opening morning of deer hunt. Shot a big 8 point that night, first day ever using that gun.

And I'm not a superstitious person in any other regard that I can think of
 
DVXDUDE said:
I always wipe blood on my gun when it's the first kill with it.

Did it when I was 20 years old with my new .300 winmag when I shot my first bear. Shot my first moose with the gun 2 weeks later. Then shot the only 2 deer the week of deer camp about 3 weeks after the moose hunt.

Took a bear and moose the next year both on opening day.

Wiped blood on my 20guage from the coyote I shot opening morning of deer hunt. Shot a big 8 point that night, first day ever using that gun.

And I'm not a superstitious person in any other regard that I can think of
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I have one gun that seems to be particularly unlucky...might have to wipe some blood on it. :)
 
DVXDUDE said:
I always wipe blood on my gun when it's the first kill with it.

Did it when I was 20 years old with my new .300 winmag when I shot my first bear. Shot my first moose with the gun 2 weeks later. Then shot the only 2 deer the week of deer camp about 3 weeks after the moose hunt.

Took a bear and moose the next year both on opening day.

Wiped blood on my 20guage from the coyote I shot opening morning of deer hunt. Shot a big 8 point that night, first day ever using that gun.

And I'm not a superstitious person in any other regard that I can think of
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Might have to try that.
 
I only seem to do this for turkey hunting, I always change my hat each outing until I kill a turkey. Once I kill a the first one I wear that hat for the rest of the season. As if the luck is connected to the hat.

Have a friend that always kisses the fist shell that goes into his guns chamber. It works.....sometimes lol
 
John Y Cannuck said:
You can't shoot game sitting in camp.

That's about as close as I come to a superstition.

Sadly, a lot of guys complain about not getting anything, and that's the reason.
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Do you mean: You won't be successful unless you venture out further from camp and put some miles on the boots?

Or do you mean: If you shoot game from inside the camp, you'll be cursed and never see game again?
 
I'm not sure if it qualifites as a superstition, but...I won't stare directly at a game animal that I intend to kill. If I have a big buck or bull or whatever that doesn't quite offer a shot, but which I intend to shoot if the opportunity presents itself, I'll only look at it for a second or two at a time, sort of stealing glances. I'm convinced they have an undescribed perception that allows them to feel when they are being watched with ill intent. :)

I actually started a thread about this a couple years back; as I recall, most posters thought it was BS. Somebody referred to "the predator vibe" and that's probably the best way to describe it. Whatever, I'm completely serious about it and take pains not to project that vibe.
 
jjohnwm said:
I'm not sure if it qualifites as a superstition, but...I won't stare directly at a game animal that I intend to kill. If I have a big buck or bull or whatever that doesn't quite offer a shot, but which I intend to shoot if the opportunity presents itself, I'll only look at it for a second or two at a time, sort of stealing glances. I'm convinced they have an undescribed perception that allows them to feel when they are being watched with ill intent. :)

I actually started a thread about this a couple years back; as I recall, most posters thought it was BS. Somebody referred to "the predator vibe" and that's probably the best way to describe it. Whatever, I'm completely serious about it and take pains not to project that vibe.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that does this!
 
jjohnwm said:
I'm not sure if it qualifites as a superstition, but...I won't stare directly at a game animal that I intend to kill. If I have a big buck or bull or whatever that doesn't quite offer a shot, but which I intend to shoot if the opportunity presents itself, I'll only look at it for a second or two at a time, sort of stealing glances. I'm convinced they have an undescribed perception that allows them to feel when they are being watched with ill intent. :)

I actually started a thread about this a couple years back; as I recall, most posters thought it was BS. Somebody referred to "the predator vibe" and that's probably the best way to describe it. Whatever, I'm completely serious about it and take pains not to project that vibe.
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I also beleaf this.
Had a deer in my +'airs and it was a free standing shot.
Ole man told me to swing the bawrell past the fur a couple of times and then
time the trigger finger to exactly when the bawrell stops moving.
And of curse it was my BLR with that long goll dang thang trigger pull.
Just as I was to pull the trigger, the deer moved.
Last chance was a head shot witch I refused.
This one deer was blessed.

Think hounds have an uncanny perseptshun too.
Three hounds here and if two are outside and I gift the inside hound
with a treat, pewf, t'uther two are in thru the dawgie dore post haste.
It happens 'nuff times it can't be a co-insidence.
 
John Y Cannuck said:
You can't shoot game sitting in camp.

That's about as close as I come to a superstition.

Sadly, a lot of guys complain about not getting anything, and that's the reason.
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Sadly true.......

When I bought my camp, I inherited the members (hunted there with the boys before I bought it)..... I kicked two members (of 15), out within the first year because they just weren't safe.......

I have a rule at my camp that accommodates the serious and the less than so.....

Don't drink and hunt, and if you choose to drink the night before and sleep in, that is your choice, but you don't get a meat share of what is taken that day..... that goes to the guys that did the work.....

This allows everyone to have a good time and be as serious as they want, while still preserving the spoils for the victors...
 
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I have to admit that I did once shoot a deer from the back door of the camp, in my sock feet, in the snow.
We'd been skunked for nearly two weeks when one of the guys looking out the window say's there's a deer!
I was first out the door with the 94, dropped a cartridge in the top and laid the big spike horn to rest. about 60 yards off hand.
I should have kept that rack, it was weird. Two large prongs about a foot and a half long covered with little bumps. I don't even have a pic.
 
Not necessarily superstition . But my job can be very noisey ie mentally / stressfully at times . When I,m in the bush by myself . I can stop and close my eyes , and the loudest thing is the sound of the wind in the tree,s . I swear if I stayed in that pose / spot I could fall asleep standing up . But when I,m in that space / mode / zone . I swear I can hear a twig snap a few hundred feet away and that general direction means fresh meat
 
John Y Cannuck said:
I hope you can figure that out fer yerself! :redface:
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Lol! No, I know guys who believe it's bad luck to shoot an animal in camp. They think it's fate tempting them or something. Although my uncle shot one years ago out the kitchen window while washing dishes. Still got game later that year lol.
 
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