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Baseball players are by far the most superstitious people (next to my mother) who really take their "beliefs" seriously.<P>Do any of you have any odd superstitions you refuse to break when you are going on a hunting trip? Go ahead share your oddities with us [img]images/icons/laugh.gif" border="0[/img]<P>Toons

I always toss a coin on the ground before hunting, and in the water before fishing. Don't know why, my Dad did it.

Lucky number is 13.<P>When I absolutely, positively have to go kill something my secret weapon is an old, well worn pair of red longhandled underwear. They're hard to hide when your in camp with a bunch of other hunters. I try to avoid it.<P>But, it works more often than not.<P>They hate to see 'em come out when the "buck Pool" is still open.<P>2D

Lucky Socks, Lucky Knife, I used to have a lucky t-shirt but it finally died.,,BEARHUNTER

NOPE! sorry thats the way it is. [img]images/icons/laugh.gif" border="0[/img]

Most charter boat captains are hung up about bananas bringing bad luck and will go through people's bags and toss any found overboard.<P>Don't believe it myself, but on a bad day it gives a guy an excuse [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img] <BR>art

I always found it to be extremely unlucky to take your girl friend hunting--purely platonic, of course--and have your wife find out about it. Probably just a silly superstition though.

IIFID - yeah that ranks up there with the pilots who going on vacation with their families and let their girlfriend use a buddy pass ticket on the same flight....some how it just never really seems to work out...<P>Toons

Toons,<P>I guess you've seen it all. Although I can't understand why that would be a proble. LOL

Stush you are sooooo very correct!!!<P>I have seen it from where widows have attempted to ship their deceased spouse in a surfboard bag to one of our media guys knowing he was going to get fired so he exchanged the normal tapes on the flight with porn flicks....<P>It is a intersting little world I work in!!<P>Toons

On dove shoots, after bagging my first dove I put dove blood on the trigger. It helps the gun hit the dove I'm shooting at. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif" border="0[/img]

Hey, Toons and IFID, don'tchall know that taking you wife along on vacation is like taking the game warden along hunting? [img]images/icons/laugh.gif" border="0[/img] <P>I got 2 superstitiouns, that I follow.<BR>1: always take an odd number of shells/ ammo.<BR>2: this is tricky, but don't count your shells before going out.<P>I grab a handful, glance at it to make sure it's an odd #, and off I go! I don't have any "lucky clothes" or anything. Now back in my dirt track days, that is another story! [img]images/icons/laugh.gif" border="0[/img] <BR>7mmbuster

I always eat a corndog from the same store when I'm going deer hunting. It works, and my hunting partners have started doing it, too. One time, the corndogs weren't done and for some reason I was in a hurry, so I ate a burrito. I got skunked that year, so now I wait. Also, every time I buy a 338-06 or have one built, I go seriously broke within about eight weeks. That's not true of any other cartridge, but for me the 338-06 is cursed. It's a shame, because it's a great cartridge and I've had some really nice ones. Go figure, Okie John.

My dad (7mmbuster) put those two superstitions in me now. Last deer season I got my mom to count the shells on the first day. I didn't know how many, but I told her to make sure it wasn't odd. That isn't cheating, is it? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif" border="0[/img]

I always carry an old silver dime in my pocket to keep the elephants away because they scare off the game. Works too, there ain't an elephant within a hundred miles of me. <BR> [img]images/icons/laugh.gif" border="0[/img] <P>BCR

My pre 64 Winchester mod 70, featherweight 270 always kills game, I carry other rifles and get skunked a lot. -- no

Is there a differance between superstitious and ritualistic ? I seem to improve my hunts by following three rules after all the normally accepted practices are in place.<BR> 1-take a lucky slug,I use winchester slugs so for me any slug of same caliber I've found in the glove box or in an old drawer,even under the gun cabinet,becomes a lucky slug if its other than a winchester (cept for rems,just plain bad luck),in the field the lucky slug is loaded at random,this greatly increases big buck sightings. Also keeps you wondering if that lucky slug is the one that got the deer when more than one shot is required.<BR> 2-when I hit the woods,I find a pine tree and rub pitch all over me. Be in the woods and smell like them too.<BR> 3- The guy who ticks-off the most poeple in hunting camp always seems to get the nicest deer. I cant explain it ,it does'nt make sense but it seems to work,I can't seem to tick-off the old crew like I used to so I 've had some smaller buck years lately. But,others are shooting big bucks right and left.