The reason for narrowing your focus down to such a small spot on the deer is to help your aim and prevent you from aiming at the whole animal. It also keeps you from looking at the antlers. It is fact that the larger the antlers, the more frazzled your nerves will be. You will get a better look at the antlers once they're in your hands. Gospel.
Great post Greg and one I'll take with me to the tree this year. I'd like to say I don't nervous but like you said, I'd be fooling myself because I've felt my leg shake. One thing I do know that after all those years of competitive archery, when the tension on the string comes, the nerves calm, pick that hair and then squeeze,
afterward I am a mess....and that too is when you need to use your senses....keep Greg's thread in mind until the deer is on the ground.
Thanks Greg for a great reminder.