I have taken them on the ground with Trad equipment and cant really say it was a bigger rush than from a stand with a compound, I get pretty excited either way I must say!
There was one that I will never forget though.
I was walking in on a 2 track that had a small ridge line running along side of it on the upwind side of me, when I herd a deer blow and take off running, I blew back and herd the deer stop, so I took up a position behind several small (like 3 1/2 to 4 feet tall) oak trees that still had brown leaves on them for cover, let out a soft grunt and began rubing one of the small oaks with the limb of my bow, the deer would move closer and stop, I would rub the small oak,and this went on till I seen his tines above the ridge line. This was when my heart started beating so hard I thought it was going to pop my ear drums, to make a long story short, I ended up spine shooting that buck and he rolled half way down the ridge and ended up about 10 yards in front of me, A nice 9 pt!
If that is not enough Rush for you, ya need to take up sky diving, clif jumpingor swimming with the sharks or something else.