Superstitions

Thats another ghost one chessie. I use to clean the first week in December and then wouldn’t do another deep cleaning until the following Dec. More of a ritual
 
My dad bought me a brown vest in Lewistown Montana in 1980. I used that vast up until last year, when it finally just fell apart. I had it duct taped, finally, I just had to throw it away. That was my Lucky vest.
 
BrownDogsCan2 said:
I have had lucky sweatshirts., a lucky Tennessee hat and some others. I may have started a new one. What if one doesn’t right itself and the luck runs out of it ! All I know is physics is crazy!

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I like it! I don't always pick up my hulls as I'm busy marking a wounded bird or yucking up a crappy shot. I do however pickup the empties I come across. I doubt I pickup more than I shoot but its something.
 
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BrownDogsCan2 said:
I have had lucky sweatshirts., a lucky Tennessee hat and some others. I may have started a new one. What if one doesn’t right itself and the luck runs out of it ! All I know is physics is crazy!

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Alright everyone, this might sound crazy as hell. My Dad always said that if you look good you shoot good. I’m not talking about tweed or any Orvis crap. His point was that you need good boots, quality shells, a good dog and a gun that fits. I have used this advise whether I’m fishing or hunting, and it’s always paid off. Never step into the field with less than what you need.

I’m not sure that is superstitious but……
 
For 20+ years, I listen to a Johnny Cash mix on my way out in the morning. One a friend made for me. Not the typical ring of fire, boy named sue crap.
 
Sometime early in January, in SD, I made what I thought was a particularly lucky shot. I put that shell in my front pocket of my brush pants and kept it there the rest of the season. My other spent shells and shells I find from other hunters get put in my vest game pouch. I added one or two to my front pocket after that point as well. I can't say whether it caused more rooster opportunities, caused more bagged roosters, or allowed me to remain relatively uninjured from all the badger hole falls, but it did turn out to be a pretty good month of hunting.

I don't know the rules of this particular talisman. Am I supposed to keep these in the pants for next season, or do I need to start fresh for 2025-2026? For that matter, is the luck drawn on year boundaries or season boundaries?
 
I don't believe in Karma but my success in the field has an eery relationship to the rate of game consumption at home. More game consumed = success in the field. Not that I don't eat what I shoot but I get behind. There seems to be a build up of ducks, pheasants and occasional grouse through the end of November when, for whatever reason, I really push to eat up game. The closer I get to an empty freezer the better my success.

Now this year, I had very solid waterfowl season and, pheasant hunting about equal days between MN and SD, averaged 2.71 birds per day in the field(MN is a 2 bird limit until Dec) so I can't say my hunting ever suffered but I was also eating game at least once per week.

I'm a little concerned though, that during my last SD trip two weeks ago my freezer spontaneously thawed and I had no idea how long my remaining game was affected so in the trash it went. Thankfully I had eaten my stock down to a couple of pheasants and some misc duck breasts for grinding (but unfortunately a couple of plucked sharpies). Still, should my '25 season start out slow, I'll no doubt wonder if that wasted game is somehow to blame.
 
I keep an extra shell on the shoulder strap of my vest in case I get caught with my gun open on a late flush. I figure it better be lucky for me to keep my composure and load and hit anything. It actually paid off on the chicken, not so much on the quail.


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