Buck Fever?

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I gots to wondering how many of the hunters on here battled through significant bouts of buck fever over the years... or would like to share their experiences of it f'in up a hunt.
Personally Ive been accused of being "dead inside", and it works out well when hunting! :D Ive never gotten excited enough to mess up a shot, or feel overwhelmed with an animal in the cross hairs. I get slightly excited after I shoot and/or find the animal, but thats about it :D
Anyone?
 
last season was my first for whitetail,and I admit I got goofy when id have something in range,then second guess distance, however I was atleast smart enough not to take a shot if I didnt know, turned out both times 30 yrds,could have taken it easy with the xbow,but better safe then sorry
 
Used to get it bad when I was younger!!! I wasn't sure if I should quit hunting but it seemed to make the drive that much more for me. About ten years ago I started to take a deep breath and slow down a bit before I shoot. Still get very excited but try to slow it down and it seems to work for me.
 
Joe Sixpack said:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396872

Yeah, had it when I was younger, thought I'd cured it, for whitetail anyway. Found out I have it for moose now.

Jim Shockey said one time after forgetting to #### his hammer because he was excited, the day I stop getting excited and feeling the adrenaline when I see a big buck/bull, that's the day I should pack it in.
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Exactly, if one doesn't get somewhat excited, then there is something wrong. The thrill of seeing a nice buck,bull or whatever is what we all go out and hope to find. It's almost impossible not to get an adrenaline rush seeing a beautiful animal.
 
My brother got so "twittered" when he saw his first moost, he was concentrating on the horns too much and had the crosshairs between the horns........ Lucky for him he was far enough away that he ended up shooting it in the head & breaking the horns.....
No loss of meat anyway! ( I think I would have kept that to myself if I were him.... )!!
As for me...... yup! Sometimes I have to look away for a second to try to compose myself..... :eek:
 
My brother's first year Moose hunting after 22yrs in the military. He had a huge bull come out of the Bush on him at 20yrds, He put a round in the ground then settled down as the bull stared at him went down on one knee and made a nice shot...He had Killed a few nice Deer in the past and had some pretty hairy situations while in the military on tour and the DART team but a big Moose at 20yrds gave him the feev....:p
 
If it is a snap shot in the brush I am not bad, if there is a five minute wait well..... I get a big knot in my gut and the adrenaline hits so hard I actually have a hard time focusing clearly.

Deep slow breaths will calm it a bit, but much!
 
I can get pretty shakey while Bow Hunting......it is pretty cool to have a deer at 10 yards from your stand, and it has no idea you are there. Usually, for me anyways, if I look away, and don't focus on the horns, if it is a Buck, I can easily compose myself with a few deep breaths, and just concentrate on a specific spot on the deers body, where I want the arrow to enter. That is what works for me.

When deer hunting with the rifle, our group hunts some pretty thick stuff, and most shots are taken within a couple seconds of seeing a deer, otherwise they are gone. Not much time to get the fever, but the excitement sure ensues when the critter is down, LOL.
 
7.62mm said:
I can get pretty shakey while Bow Hunting......it is pretty cool to have a deer at 10 yards from your stand, and it has no idea you are there. Usually, for me anyways, if I look away, and don't focus on the horns, if it is a Buck, I can easily compose myself with a few deep breaths, and just concentrate on a specific spot on the deers body, where I want the arrow to enter. That is what works for me.

When deer hunting with the rifle, our group hunts some pretty thick stuff, and most shots are taken within a couple seconds of seeing a deer, otherwise they are gone. Not much time to get the fever, but the excitement sure ensues when the critter is down, LOL.
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Maybe it was waiting 14 years to get a chance at my first bull elk that made it so bad. Litterally could not see through my binos and they weren't fogged.:redface:
 
As was said above. The day when my heart doesn't thump and I don't get a rush is the day I quit. I went for elk this year for the first time. i was using a bow and we called a small bull in to about 150M. That was a rush. I almost feel that was a better experience than having shot it with a rifle even though we did not get a shot at all.
 
For me it is when things happen slowly. So for example in deer archery when it might take (what feels like) from when you first hear/see a deer until it wanders in range, there is lots of time for the brain to go to mush. When still hunting with a rifle, on the other hand, things happen so fast that often the wash of fever comes after the shot.

And the not being able to see that Noel mentions - I get this tunnel vision where I can focus on what is right in front of me, but the area around that blurs out. This happens typically in conjunction with the heart beating so hard that it seems to be forcing my whole torso to move and I'm sure the deer will catch the rocking motion!

RG

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