Thread: Rituals - what are yours?

Live's full of big and little rituals. Help us mark important times and phases in our lives or just focus the mind on the right things at the right time.

To go hunting, what do you do to get 'in the groove'? Not just getting out hunting, but in the flow.

I know I need at least 30 minutes to fall into the easy stalking meander. That's after walking into the area for an hour or two. The first half hour of stalking always seems hard work, then it's easier. Moving from 'get there' to 'be there'.

In that half hour I'm pretty sure I find any excuse to: tighten the backpack straps (again), have that drink and wonder how much better the water from home tastes in the bush compared to at home, check the ammo pouch is securely zipped up, the bino harness is tightened, the suppressor is tightened, the bolt is still closed (on empty chamber, of course). And then I have my last conscious thought about the other part of live: 'forget about the crap at work'. And then I know I'm in the groove.

So what do you do to get in the groove?