Excellent point. I too am a self talker and should have included this in my original post. My self talk may go something like this ...... Wow! Look at that thing!.....come this way....come on....that's right....wait until his head is behing that tree.... ok.... draw... aim....stop...stop...ok...squeeze........Wack!.... . Did you see that!!?? (out loud).

This can be very helpful in calming the nerves.

Thanks for all of your comments and input. This was a very good thread and hopefully will help people to hone their skills and bag a deer.

Good luck!