I've been in that spot many of times, but for a different embarassing reason. When I first started bow hunting seriously (which wasonly 4 years ago), I had never been in a tree stand. I was scared crapless of heights! lol. . .So I hunted strictly fromman-made ground blinds,or I used whatever mother nature provided as cover. I was able to get unbelievably close to deer but whenever I went to draw, it completely back-fired [8D]. I probably blew ita dozen times beforeI finally forced myself to climb into a 12' ladder stand (which isn't all that high, but man Ikept a death grip on that shooting rail! lol) It took a few trips to get comfortable that season,but nowI own 7 ladder stands between 15-20', 2 hang ons and I got my first climber last season . Not many problems drawing these days.I also want to point out that I nailed the first rack that walked by me that year (from my 12' stand) and I have no regrets. He was only a 5 pointer but Iknow I will look back and relive that first (bow)buck and grin ear to ear when I relive that hunt. I appreciate it for the experience mostly,but it also helped me reduce my own self-imposed pressuretoget a buckwith archery tackle.