The advixe above is correct, one more tip that has helped me is that I spend a lot of time afield doing the spring/summer just observing deer. I still have my full camo, etc on and I just sit there, if have encounters as close as 10 yards!!!! This way, when hunting season comes along, I don't get as tense, I still get excited, but not to the degree that I would call it buck fever, which I've had many times in the past before observing. Just my .02 cents worth. Good luck, and I mean it, you will get one and it will feel so freaking awesome!!!!