Superstitions

[silvestris]

Buckeye toter here. Strutter.

Me too.

[derek]

Too many!  I try to find a four leaf clover to fold up with each tag in my wallet.  Clover must be from the same state you are hunting. 

A box of lucky chams gets placed in the back seat of my truck right before the season.. as I walk away from the truck each morning I take a heaping handful, cannot drop any. 

I've also found that picking up deer sheds will ensure no turkey dies that day.. so they get avoided unless on way back to truck or not looking good anyways. 

I carry exactly 7 shells.  3 in gun, 4 in shell loops in vest.  If I shoot day before, it has to be replaced. 

Also I have a close turkey hunting friend, we seem to really feed off eachother when it comes to killing birds.. if I get a LBD! text, it usually isn't too long before he gets the same, or visa versa.  Very odd how many times that has worked. 

[tomstopper]

Superstition/Tradition

I have my daughters write on two shells (1 for each of them) and its anything they want. I rotate who's shell goes in first each year. They love doing this. The shells in the past have said "Good luck, Love You, Bye Mr Gobbler...etc). If they don't get used, I use them just to make sure the gun is sighted in before each season.....

[Rio Fan]

I rotate shells each hunt.  I don't let my hat touch the ground, this goes back to being a kid and what my Dad would do and then always tell me.   I also have a breast feather from a gobbler I killed over 40 years ago facing the barrel in the butt of my dedicated turkey gun at the time.

So no!  No superstitions here.

guesswho-
If a strong gust of wind comes up and blows your hat onto the ground, do you pack it up for the day? 

For me, I try to never go into the woods without some toilet paper in my vest.  Bad things can happen!

[Cut N Run]

I always carry an ancient stone spear point in my vest to remind myself how difficult it used to be to hunt turkeys.

Jim

[mudhen]

Take out and check the choke before each hunt (before loading of course).

Carry a turkey tote made from a 10 pt buck I shot in Iowa...


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[Bigspurs68]

I have my girls pick out the shell that will be in the chamber. They write their name on it and give it a kiss. Mom picks out theirs. That's just a couple things we are compelled to do.

[g8rvet]

I say Psalm 118v24 in my head as the sun comes up, before gobble time.  I do it duck hunting too, before the birds start flying. Even have a sticker on the back of my boat to remind me. Ps118v24

"This is the day the Lord hath made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Helps to remind me the fun is in the pursuit, not in the squeeze of the trigger.   

[guesswho]

guesswho-
If a strong gust of wind comes up and blows your hat onto the ground, do you pack it up for the day? 

That don't happen, but if it did the confidence level goes way down. 

[Snoodsniper]

I wear the same hat and I've had the same face mask for 20 years and will not hunt without it. Lost my gloves after killing my last bird of the season last year. I hope it doesn't give me bad JuJu this year. BTW some of you guys really have issues! Glad I'm in good company.

[30_06]

I write "turkey killer" on the chambered shell. Always carry a particular tiny antler in my pack.

[Tail Feathers]

I say Psalm 118v24 in my head as the sun comes up, before gobble time.  I do it duck hunting too, before the birds start flying. Even have a sticker on the back of my boat to remind me. Ps118v24

"This is the day the Lord hath made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Helps to remind me the fun is in the pursuit, not in the squeeze of the trigger.

This one I may adopt.

[yelpaholic]

I say Psalm 118v24 in my head as the sun comes up, before gobble time.  I do it duck hunting too, before the birds start flying. Even have a sticker on the back of my boat to remind me. Ps118v24

"This is the day the Lord hath made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Helps to remind me the fun is in the pursuit, not in the squeeze of the trigger.

This one I may adopt.

this one is worth keeping..... the rest of you guys may bear watching....

[zeke632]

This is probably odd, as its what you should do anyways. I wont take my gun off safety until a turkey is in range and I'm fixing to pull the trigger.  I've heard hunting partners on several occasions safetys snap off sometime when a gobbler is getting almost close enough, or steps behind a tree etc. Ive taken mine off early when it appeared like it was a for sure, done deal, only for something to go wrong.  I also carry a old leather tote, even though I made a "cooler" tote out of paracord. 
Wont wash clothes until the season is over. Wear an old worn out t-shirt that is falling apart, its my lucky one. 

[Blong]

This is probably odd, as its what you should do anyways. I wont take my gun off safety until a turkey is in range and I'm fixing to pull the trigger.  I've heard hunting partners on several occasions safetys snap off sometime when a gobbler is getting almost close enough, or steps behind a tree etc. Ive taken mine off early when it appeared like it was a for sure, done deal, only for something to go wrong.  I also carry a old leather tote, even though I made a "cooler" tote out of paracord. 
Wont wash clothes until the season is over. Wear an old worn out t-shirt that is falling apart, its my lucky one. 

A safety coming off before the bird is in range and in the bead =no bird for me that day. Kinda like throwing out anchor after you catch one speckled trout, it poisons the water I think!