I had a great shot at a eight pointer this morning. I had the pin sight right on him I just froze and didnt shoot. Has anyone ever had buck fever and just couldnt shoot at the deer? He got within 20 yard from my stand. He smelled the trails End #307 that I put out. As he was walking away he jumped in the air why did he do this? As he was walking away I grunted at him and I also had a doe bleat. He didnt respone to either why is this? Do you think he will ever be back? When I got down from my stand I went over to see the scrape that I saw him make. Found out that he has been there before. There were about 3 different scrapes under this one large tree branch. I also found a few rubs. Other then thats all I found I didnt want to look around to much.

This also happened to me twice. The first time is when I was a kid and had a chance at my first deer. I was sitting at the bottom of a large tree and heard something behind me. Thinking it was probably a squirrel, I eased around slowly to see a big doe (seemed big to me at the time) walking along slowly feeding not 30 yards away. I raised my grandfather' s .32 cal. Winchester but couldnt pull the trigger. I had the hammer pulled back and everything, I was so nearvous, I just couldn' t shoot. The second time is when I was a teen ager and had my crosshairs on my first BIG buck. He was walking across a clearing and I froze once again. When I finaly shook it off, I pulled the trigger but was so nervous, I still missed him. The buck just stopped, looked around then kept going. I figured it wasn' t worth me taking another shot at him as he won that war. Good Luck!! -- CDH

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