He relished pitting his wits against nature, and following lucky hunches. Searchers often dug up public and private property acting on hunches. Predictions were usually made from hunches or information not readily available to the public. I gamble when the odds are in my favour, not simply on hunches. While more rigidly composed than Hunches, they still retain a degree of playfulness. Investigators are seeking to prove their hunches and may even actively frame an innocent suspect. The point of trying to test theory is to see if your hunches work out. In contrast, it often hunches its head between its shoulders when resting. In his memoirs published in 1927 he reframed this as hunches. "I've spent 20 years building a career on hunches," bragged Miss Marsden. Upon returning to the house, Samantha hunches over in pain. Most commonly, the user hunches to operate them, often for many hours a day. The Hunches were a garage rock band from Portland, Oregon active from 2000 to 2009.