I just got back from CO and seen this thread-good readin'. I'll throw in my last buck fever story. It was a couple years ago. Headed to the woods for an evening bow hunt. I was still on the ground getting to my stand when a yearling deer caught my eye. She had no idea I was anywhere in the country. She picked a path that would have lead her about 2 yards from me. I let her get to no more than 10 yards. While she had her head down feeding I slowly drew-and can only assume never even aimed. Touched the released and shot about a foot over her back. She took two bounds and turned around and looked at me like what was that noise? At that point I was laughing so hard I just yelled to her. "Sorry, didn't mean to disturb you!" She then bounded out of sight and I plucked my arrow out of the ground and walked home laughing.

My traditional "buck fever" rarely includes the shakes. Almost all game I hunt when I see them my heart beat picks up-especially with turkeys! butI calm down fairly quickly.Most of the time itis a dose of not thinking clearly such as the story above in aiming. Praise God, so far my stunts have not lead to a wounded deer. Hopefully I can keep it that way.