prof907 I was like you, I gun hunted for over 35 years before I got into bow hunting, I have killed some fine bucks (One monster) with gun, the fever only got me once and that was with the monster, but I recognized the symptoms and calmed myself down in time.

The first shot opportunity I had with a bow was on a calm doe, broadside at 20 yards, I thought I was fine, well the second I released I realized I had missed my anchor point! I blew it on a DOE!!!! Man I was hot at myself, I had sailed an arrow right over her back on a shot that should have been a chip shot.

Well I never even got to draw again that season, the next year my second opporunity came, doe, broadside at 22 yards, I made myself mentally do a checklist on it all and slowly squeezed the release, my first bow kill! What a rush.

A bow is totally different from a gun, there are so many things that have to be right before that arrow is going to hit where you want it to. My advice is to mentally double check everything before you even start to release.