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Do you really get nervous when you're about to shoot a deer?
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:26 pm
Not a hunter, but young guys at work talk a lot of shite about everything , so I have to talk shite when the opportunity presents its self.
Young buck comes into work talking about how he shot this big doe and he was shaking like a leaf before he shot.
Of course, when the opportunity presented itself, I had to immediately respond. I told him a real man (age 50+) doesn't get nervous because we're built differently than these soft boys that still sleep with their stuffed animals and pajamas. It didn't take long before all the young bucks were running their mouths.
I did have another mature coworker - he's also not a hunter- talk more shite, so needless to say, they all want to take us hunting.
So I need to hear from the mature hunters! Please tell me that real men don't get nervous when Bambi offers a shot.
How do you get nervous when you're the one with the gun?
Young buck comes into work talking about how he shot this big doe and he was shaking like a leaf before he shot.
Of course, when the opportunity presented itself, I had to immediately respond. I told him a real man (age 50+) doesn't get nervous because we're built differently than these soft boys that still sleep with their stuffed animals and pajamas. It didn't take long before all the young bucks were running their mouths.
I did have another mature coworker - he's also not a hunter- talk more shite, so needless to say, they all want to take us hunting.
So I need to hear from the mature hunters! Please tell me that real men don't get nervous when Bambi offers a shot.
How do you get nervous when you're the one with the gun?
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Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:29 pm to homemadeshine
If you don’t get a little nervous before you shoot, it’s time to quit baw.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:29 pm to homemadeshine
I don’t.
Not sure why but just never have.
Not sure why but just never have.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:40 pm to homemadeshine
You’re not a hunter, you’re never going to get it
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:44 pm to homemadeshine
quote:try drawing back on a 130+ buck with a bow or any deer closer than 50 yards. It’s the biggest adrenaline rush ever and its what made me fall in love with bow hunting.
Of course, when the opportunity presented itself, I had to immediately respond. I told him a real man (age 50+) doesn't get nervous because we're built differently than these soft boys that still sleep with their stuffed animals and pajamas. It didn't take long before all the young bucks were running their mouths.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:07 pm to homemadeshine
I think you trolling but I’ll play.
I have literally killed over a 100 deer since I was 11 and I’m almost 50yrs old documented 75 or so before I lost my records in Katrina.
I have killed 150in whitetails and deer in at least 5-6 different states.
I’m sitting in a stand right now and if a decent 8 comes out I will get excited maybe not shaking but my heart rate will increase enough that my Garmin watch registers it. If it was a doe probably not, but if I had my bow that doe would make my leg shake and hands sweaty.
I hope I never lose that feeling cus I don’t hunt them anymore for the meat or the horns I’m still just chasing that feeling!!
I have literally killed over a 100 deer since I was 11 and I’m almost 50yrs old documented 75 or so before I lost my records in Katrina.
I have killed 150in whitetails and deer in at least 5-6 different states.
I’m sitting in a stand right now and if a decent 8 comes out I will get excited maybe not shaking but my heart rate will increase enough that my Garmin watch registers it. If it was a doe probably not, but if I had my bow that doe would make my leg shake and hands sweaty.
I hope I never lose that feeling cus I don’t hunt them anymore for the meat or the horns I’m still just chasing that feeling!!
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:21 pm to Jim Hopper
Shook so bad once, I couldn’t draw my bow back
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:30 pm to homemadeshine
I never get nervous before. It’s after i shoot when I start freaking out.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:31 pm to homemadeshine
When I make the conscious decision that I’m going to take that animal’s life, my heart starts beating a little faster. I just remind myself to calm down and take a few deliberate breaths.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:54 pm to homemadeshine
I get the shakes if I have any time to think about it, 8 point or doe doesnt matter.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 5:04 pm to homemadeshine
Only time I ever got shaky and “buck fever” was when a 10pt I’ve been hunting for two years came out.
I was aiming for a shoulder shot and ended up getting a lung shot.
I was aiming for a shoulder shot and ended up getting a lung shot.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 5:29 pm to homemadeshine
I killed 3 deer in my life. I didn't get nervous till after.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 5:45 pm to homemadeshine
Nah. I'm a stone cold killer.
Actually I completely lose my cool. Sort of embarrassing to be honest.
Actually I completely lose my cool. Sort of embarrassing to be honest.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:22 pm to homemadeshine
I’m a little bit different than others, I guess.
If I hear deer approaching in the water (I hunt swamp) I can get shakey.
If I see a doe that’s acting like a buck is behind her, I can get shakey.
When I see a deer I know I want to shoot, I don’t get shakey until after it’s over.
If I hear deer approaching in the water (I hunt swamp) I can get shakey.
If I see a doe that’s acting like a buck is behind her, I can get shakey.
When I see a deer I know I want to shoot, I don’t get shakey until after it’s over.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:29 pm to homemadeshine
I do not. I have gotten the uncontrollable shakes after though.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:34 pm to homemadeshine
No. Not at all and I’ve killed a 380” Wyoming elk at 12 steps with my bow. Some people do, some people don’t.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:09 pm to homemadeshine
quote:Not a doe, but a good buck? Absolutely.
Do you really get nervous when you're about to shoot a deer?
When you shoot enough with your weapon, know it in and out and its capabilities and have a good setup, it's muscle memory, but if it's a shooter buck, I absolutely get some nerves kicking in.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:30 pm to Ol boy
Don’t get it personally but everyone is different…
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:54 pm to homemadeshine
Normally I don't. But I just shot a nice 8 point that actually gave me a whiff of that old buck fever feeling because I had to react fast. But us old dudes that have killed a mountain of deer know how to control it. It comes after the kill. Flood of endorphins and adrenaline. If you can keep it like that, you're a killer.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 8:06 pm to homemadeshine
You need to look up Stan Potts on YouTube.
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