Good post.

Last year was my first year deer hunting ever, I used a gun. First morning up we had to move stuff into my friends house, got done and it was like 4 am so we just stayed up.

Got to stand about 5:30 AM bout 10 mins after getting into this row of pines where the stand was I hear this loud crash. I thought I was going to kick right there of heart failure. I was almost violently shaking I could barly get a bead on one of them. This was 3 does that came out of some tree's, and were going to cross the road they would of walked about 30-40 yards in front of me into a wide open field, but a car came across the road, they just took their time making a choice, go back from where they came, or cross the road and continue into our field. They went back. I have waited every day since last year waiting to get that feeling again.

This will be my first bow season this year, and I also was worried about controling myself. What I have been doing may sound funny, but I think its going to help. I don't want that super good feeling to go away, but I have to control my weapon. I get dressed up in full hunting gear bow and everything and turn on the outdoor channel, or OLN. There is a bunch of videos that have basically just the kill shot or scenes where the deer walks out. Sometimes I turn the volume all the way down cuz they play stupid music, but if they have the real sounds I leave them on. I try to pretend that I am in the stand, I even draw without an arrow just like I would trying to make it just like I hope to do in the stand this year and I concentrate on my anchors and procedures, where I want to place the shot. I am hoping because I saw it many times before, that I can control my emotions a bit better.

Now obviosly this is not going to be the same as in real life, but I am hoping it will take the edge off somewhat so I can be more controlled and can take the shot. I have to think of it as a method or procedure otherwise I am too excited. Plus I want to avoid a heart attack if at all possible.