What are you like?
12-23-2008, 11:07 AM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: What are you like?
I can usually keep it together till after the shot, I take a knee and have a moment of thanks, and then usually clap my hands together and do a mix of moon walk and break dance with a little wave thrown in. Dont know how I would act if I knewsomeone was actually watching me.
12-23-2008, 11:10 AM
#42
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Somewhere in Kentucky...
Posts: 304
RE: What are you like?
Depends on the situation...
If I'm watching a deer for several minutes, I start looking at scenario's and try playing them out in my head...THAT'S WHEN I GET WORKED UP!...and how much caffine I've had that morning!
If a deer shows up out of the blue and I have to react quickly, then it's not as bad...until afterward....then I get all amped up and juiced up!
12-23-2008, 02:16 PM
#44
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
RE: What are you like?
I feel relief. Honestly I have trained myself to stay extremely calm, Im mean ice cold when they come in...Im so intent on shooting the deer that I don't even flinch. I usually make the shot, watch where it goes and and then replay it until I get down. I go for the blood trail and do not relax until it is recovered. I have not yelled or hollered in years, I don't get all emotional either,I thanks the Lord first and then admire and drag out.. I really like the deer Im going to shoot to come in quickly and get in range and let me take my shot...I hate it when they linger for minutes..it just make me work harder at staying calm..
12-23-2008, 05:32 PM
#45
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: pa.
Posts: 1,115
RE: What are you like?
I still have trouble before the shot. Not as bad as years ago. Seeing more deer helps that.
After the shot I do not get to pumped unless I see it go down or know it was a good hit. Then I have a good time. A little fist pump, point to the sky and give thanks, start shaking, hang up the bow, try to sit down,(usually stand right back up), Shake my head in disbelief at what just happened, call someone, anyone,and babble like an idiot about what just happened.
After the shot I do not get to pumped unless I see it go down or know it was a good hit. Then I have a good time. A little fist pump, point to the sky and give thanks, start shaking, hang up the bow, try to sit down,(usually stand right back up), Shake my head in disbelief at what just happened, call someone, anyone,and babble like an idiot about what just happened.
12-23-2008, 06:11 PM
#47
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location:
Posts: 511
RE: What are you like?
when i see the deer, and i've made the decision to shoot it, i am completely focused on that until i make the shot. all i get is a bit of shortness of breath before the shot, but during the shot i am dead calm. after the shot i get the shakes a bit sometimes, but only for a minute or two. none of the hooting and hollering for me though.
the only time i really get shaky is when i miss a deer, or blow an opportunity at one. then for some reason i about fall out of the tree
the only time i really get shaky is when i miss a deer, or blow an opportunity at one. then for some reason i about fall out of the tree
12-23-2008, 07:21 PM
#49
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: west central,wi
Posts: 903
RE: What are you like?
I GET REALLY EXCITTED.When I shot my first deer [doe] with a bow I almost walked no jumped out of the tree to go after her. Now after shooting a deer[more seasoned] I hang my bow up,grab the tree, bear hug it so I dont walk off the tree stand [now that IM MORE SEASONED] I STILL GET EXCITTED.
