Good post with alot of great advice Greg. I love watching new hunters get the fever and about fall out of the stand. The main thing I always tell myself before the shot is slowly squeeze the trigger. Its easy to punch it in the excitement.

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.

You ain't foolin anyone, Rob. I saw you fall to pieces on a gobbler and all you had in your hand was a call!

Thats pretty funny!!!!!!!!

That's why I hunt, I absolutely love it. Like Greg said, if you don't get excited....stay home.

I'm just picking at you.....but I'll never forget it.....lol.

THAT situation is one in which I was TOTALLY calm.....UNTIL.....I started thinking about me holding that bird in my hands. I quickly got it back together....but I had to make a conscious effort.

I need to do that with the deer I hunt, too. I know I've got a little work to do. I honestly don't remember being frazzled, last year. Lisa and I talked about this last night. I still feel like the MOST calm I've ever been in taking a deer......was my FIRST. I can't explain that.