Superstitions, rituals, karma, juju... what ever you prefer to call it.
As i was having all my little problems and set backs this morning, that caused me to be sitting here typing instead of in the woods, I couldn't help but think that the stars just weren't lining up for me this year and I couldn't help but wonder why.
Then I got to thinking about diablo and his thing with his knife and relized i have been a little lax on my good juju rituals.
After i get in my stand and all settled in, tied off, bow ready, range marked, gloves hat... I take out a little flask and do a toast to mother nature. That is the very last thing I do before sit still be quiet time. I have found this year that after my toast, i think of some other little thing I didn't do. No more of that. toast is last. period.
I also have a traditional meal of a tenderloin from the previous years deer the night before the opener. I didn't do that this year, forgot all about it, till a week later. The tenderloin was eaten the second week, hope that doesn't jinx me all year.
In previous years, I made sure my gambrel was hung and ready before the opener. This year, however, I took the gambrel to strouds with me. I realized last night it still wasn't hung. That has been rectified this morning.
Last year I had the pleasure of harvesting my first ever buck. he wasn't exactly a booner worthy of a big taxi bill, but I wanted to do something with him. a european mount would be cool. So I buried his head in the back yard, under my archery target, with the plan to leave him for 1 year, dig him up, and bleach him. That year passed one week ago. I took care of that this morning as well. Still need to bleach, but hes out of the ground anyway.
So... deer gods... are you happy now? I hope so, cause I need all the good karma I can get for the remainder of the season.
How bout you guys? any good superstitions?
As i was having all my little problems and set backs this morning, that caused me to be sitting here typing instead of in the woods, I couldn't help but think that the stars just weren't lining up for me this year and I couldn't help but wonder why.
Then I got to thinking about diablo and his thing with his knife and relized i have been a little lax on my good juju rituals.
After i get in my stand and all settled in, tied off, bow ready, range marked, gloves hat... I take out a little flask and do a toast to mother nature. That is the very last thing I do before sit still be quiet time. I have found this year that after my toast, i think of some other little thing I didn't do. No more of that. toast is last. period.
I also have a traditional meal of a tenderloin from the previous years deer the night before the opener. I didn't do that this year, forgot all about it, till a week later. The tenderloin was eaten the second week, hope that doesn't jinx me all year.
In previous years, I made sure my gambrel was hung and ready before the opener. This year, however, I took the gambrel to strouds with me. I realized last night it still wasn't hung. That has been rectified this morning.
Last year I had the pleasure of harvesting my first ever buck. he wasn't exactly a booner worthy of a big taxi bill, but I wanted to do something with him. a european mount would be cool. So I buried his head in the back yard, under my archery target, with the plan to leave him for 1 year, dig him up, and bleach him. That year passed one week ago. I took care of that this morning as well. Still need to bleach, but hes out of the ground anyway.
So... deer gods... are you happy now? I hope so, cause I need all the good karma I can get for the remainder of the season.
How bout you guys? any good superstitions?