How do you guys stay calm??
11-13-2007, 06:28 PM
#11
Join Date: Mar 2004
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RE: How do you guys stay calm??
ORIGINAL: my7pointmonster
Stan Potts Anyone??
Thanks for the advice i agree i just need to be more experienced, being only 17... i have the disadvantage of being young enough that i havent seen a ton of deer.
Ryan.
ORIGINAL: Vabowman
I was just about to say what mobow said, it takes time to learn how to control it, doesn't mean that veterans don't shake and get worked up, we just do it after the shot if we want to be successful.
I was just about to say what mobow said, it takes time to learn how to control it, doesn't mean that veterans don't shake and get worked up, we just do it after the shot if we want to be successful.
Thanks for the advice i agree i just need to be more experienced, being only 17... i have the disadvantage of being young enough that i havent seen a ton of deer.
Ryan.
11-13-2007, 06:34 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: North Central Iowa
Posts: 1,642
RE: How do you guys stay calm??
I got lucky this year! From the time I saw my deer to the time he was down was about 20 seconds. Early I had practiced standing up and getting ready to pull back...even thought of killing a small deer (glad I didnt) and even when I knew I wasnt going to shoot it I was pretty much out of control. It was all i could do to keep standing. My legs were nuts. So try to not see the deer until your ready to shoot it
. Experience is a blessing, as I have buck fever controlled during gun season.
. Experience is a blessing, as I have buck fever controlled during gun season.
11-13-2007, 06:52 PM
#16
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: How do you guys stay calm??
I just don't worry about it. I take a couple deep breaths and seem to settle in the closer they get. Become the predator. Once in a while I find myself breathing a little heavy and I just close my eyes, take a couple slow breaths... slow in and out... and it all settles down.
11-13-2007, 07:15 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jefferson county--- eastern OHIO
Posts: 379
RE: How do you guys stay calm??
ORIGINAL: gzg38b
You've got to get into "kill" mode. Don't look at the antlers. Just focus on the spot you want your arrow to hit. Think about when you are going to draw, and where you are going to aim.
You've got to get into "kill" mode. Don't look at the antlers. Just focus on the spot you want your arrow to hit. Think about when you are going to draw, and where you are going to aim.
Trust me all u can do is try to think about after teh shot holdin that deer n How u will tell the story. but wait till u c a giant u will lose it all
11-13-2007, 07:22 PM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hebron Maryland USA
Posts: 595
RE: How do you guys stay calm??
Ithink the more you kill the less it effects ya. like the others said its after the shot when I get worked up. I still get a lil shake but not as bad as it use to be.
11-13-2007, 07:27 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: How do you guys stay calm??
I really don't have no answer for you.I remember when I use to do this,I don't remember when I stopped.But anymore my heart don't even skip a beat.
I guess when you get it in your head that you are never going to kill a Deer unless you stop him,put the right Pin on him and kill him.Then it comes better with time.
big rockpile
I guess when you get it in your head that you are never going to kill a Deer unless you stop him,put the right Pin on him and kill him.Then it comes better with time.
big rockpile
11-13-2007, 07:30 PM
#20
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 215
RE: How do you guys stay calm??
Expect to see him. Role play through your mind when sittin on stand. Where he is going to come from, how your going to grab your bow, when to draw......stuff like that. Pretend your a hitman and there to do a job, kind of barbaric and not the things to tell anti's but it works. I never get worked up until after the shot or after they pass by out of range. But if you don't get excited you might as well find something new.