Share your hunting superstitions.

When I'm hunting bear over a bait it never fails that a bear will only show up once I have convinced myself that there isn't a bear for miles. Once that happens.... poof... a bear.
 
I always bring along what I call a "fat sandwich" A couple slices of toast, with Mayo, cheddar cheese and bacon. The odd time I'll throw some avocado on there too.
 
GOUMFACH said:
I started with "just one " trail cam, then I caught a few big boys on camera and felt the need to install a few more, so many in fact, I forgot wear a few where and some places have cameras watching cameras watching cameras lol.
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I get bears, elk, wolves, wild Bison, game wardens, trespassers and what appears to
be a werewolf on camera. Sometimes a deer even shows up. :) it's sort of addictive.
 
Oh great.........now you guys have me almost convinced I need to go and spend hundreds of dollars on cameras.......But I know if I do and set them out, some pr!ck will come along and steal them. I know this for a fact because that's just how my luck goes...........
 
Maybe your luck will change?
Or a Sqwartch will grab it and relocate it wartch'in you?

I set one out back for a bit and found dog ghosts and a bunny wabbit
as set our back yard as home.

Gate left open out front and the nayboors husky comes visiting.

Tawt there wuzz some awd chit go'in awn.
 
the spank said:
As soon as you start to pick up the decoys the birds pile in at 10 yards.
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The first time I took my wife duck hunting, I had her bundled up like the Michelin Man, got her to the blind and the complaining started, I begged her to just make it to 8 am... but after 45 minutes I couldn't take it any more and grabbed the shellbag and shotgun ducked out of the blind and headed off to get the boat... as I was walking away I heard the sound of a mighty, rushing wind... sounded like a squadron of fighter jets in a dive... I looked back, just in time to see a flock of 200 bluebills swirl in and pocket right into the dekes, 20 yards in front of my shivering wife... I just kept walking... got the boat, flushed the birds, picked up the decoys and then my wife... she gets in the boat and says "did you see all the birds?" I said "yeah... I saw the birds." She says "there seemed like a lot, was that a lot?" I said "yeah, that was a lot." She says "If you stayed you might have shot one." I said "yeah I might have (pause), you know you are never going duck hunting again, eh?" She says "good!"

That was 30 years ago... she has never been duck hunting since.
 
Dogleg said:
I get bears, elk, wolves, wild Bison, game wardens, trespassers and what appears to
be a werewolf on camera. Sometimes a deer even shows up. :) it's sort of addictive.
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Any chance you could share a werewolf pic? I Love mysterious trail cam pics.

Oh, just to stay on topic,well actually its still off topic because I don't have any hunting superstitions but when fishing, if I catch on the first cast I might as well pack up and go home because I won't so much as get a bump the rest of the day.
 
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hoytcanon said:
The first time I took my wife duck hunting, I had her bundled up like the Michelin Man, got her to the blind and the complaining started, I begged her to just make it to 8 am... but after 45 minutes I couldn't take it any more and grabbed the shellbag and shotgun ducked out of the blind and headed off to get the boat... as I was walking away I heard the sound of a mighty, rushing wind... sounded like a squadron of fighter jets in a dive... I looked back, just in time to see a flock of 200 bluebills swirl in and pocket right into the dekes, 20 yards in front of my shivering wife... I just kept walking... got the boat, flushed the birds, picked up the decoys and then my wife... she gets in the boat and says "did you see all the birds?" I said "yeah... I saw the birds." She says "there seemed like a lot, was that a lot?" I said "yeah, that was a lot." She says "If you stayed you might have shot one." I said "yeah I might have (pause), you know you are never going duck hunting again, eh?" She says "good!"

That was 30 years ago... she has never been duck hunting since.
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Lol that's rich. My wife was talked in to coming along one morning but when 4:00 am came around she wasn't that keen on it anymore. I haven't asked her since.
 
hoytcanon said:
The first time I took my wife duck hunting, I had her bundled up like the Michelin Man, got her to the blind and the complaining started, I begged her to just make it to 8 am... but after 45 minutes I couldn't take it any more and grabbed the shellbag and shotgun ducked out of the blind and headed off to get the boat... as I was walking away I heard the sound of a mighty, rushing wind... sounded like a squadron of fighter jets in a dive... I looked back, just in time to see a flock of 200 bluebills swirl in and pocket right into the dekes, 20 yards in front of my shivering wife... I just kept walking... got the boat, flushed the birds, picked up the decoys and then my wife... she gets in the boat and says "did you see all the birds?" I said "yeah... I saw the birds." She says "there seemed like a lot, was that a lot?" I said "yeah, that was a lot." She says "If you stayed you might have shot one." I said "yeah I might have (pause), you know you are never going duck hunting again, eh?" She says "good!"

That was 30 years ago... she has never been duck hunting since.
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But she still takes racy photos of you at your request to make other guides uncomfortable. She's understanding in her own ways.
 
hoytcanon said:
The first time I took my wife duck hunting, I had her bundled up like the Michelin Man, got her to the blind and the complaining started, I begged her to just make it to 8 am... but after 45 minutes I couldn't take it any more and grabbed the shellbag and shotgun ducked out of the blind and headed off to get the boat... as I was walking away I heard the sound of a mighty, rushing wind... sounded like a squadron of fighter jets in a dive... I looked back, just in time to see a flock of 200 bluebills swirl in and pocket right into the dekes, 20 yards in front of my shivering wife... I just kept walking... got the boat, flushed the birds, picked up the decoys and then my wife... she gets in the boat and says "did you see all the birds?" I said "yeah... I saw the birds." She says "there seemed like a lot, was that a lot?" I said "yeah, that was a lot." She says "If you stayed you might have shot one." I said "yeah I might have (pause), you know you are never going duck hunting again, eh?" She says "good!"

That was 30 years ago... she has never been duck hunting since.
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Haha, love it!
I had a similar experience deer hunting with my wife.
Mid November, cold crisp morning, dead calm. We're in an enclosed blind, no heater, overlooking long cuts in the bush left, right and ahead. Then the questions start;"Where will the deer come from? So what do you do here the whole time? Are your feet cold? Will they hear us talking?" After an hour I was about done and on exiting the blind, notice a nice 5x5 hightailing it across the cut on the left. "Did you see that one, it looked pretty big! Why didn't you shoot?"
That was 20 years ago. My luck hasn't necessarily improved, but it's been nice and quiet. :)
 
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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