Knees Shaking
10-25-2006, 06:56 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Posts: 93
Knees Shaking
I don't know about ya'll, but when I see a deer coming my knees will start shaking like crazy. It doesn't matter doe, buck, or little button head. If the deer comes running up I'm fine until after the shot. Then they shake, but if I see one coming from a long way off, they will shake the tree. Just wondering if any of ya'll have this problem.
Chad
Chad
10-25-2006, 06:57 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Jacksonville, IL/ Huntington, WV
Posts: 1,573
RE: Knees Shaking
Not so much anymore on does or yearlings. However, when I see a big mature buck you better believe they do. Its called buck fever. When I shot my 11 point two weeks ago I didn't think I was gonna be able to climb down my tree I was shaking so bad.
10-25-2006, 07:09 PM
#3
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: Knees Shaking
Not really, I remember the first deer I took though, I was shaking like a leaf.
I don't know if it's a woman's advantage or not... we have to have nerves of steel to deal with the little ones I guess. I stay pretty calm when I have a deer come in, but I haven't had a trophy class animal in my sights yet either, probably a different story from that point.
It was hilarious my second year, because I was using a muzzleloader for the first time and my husband was sittin' in the buddy stand with me, lol, I could feel the stand shaking from HIS adrenaline rush, and the deer was in MY scope! He kept telling me Shoot! SHOOT! SHOOT!!!!! I just waited it out until I liked where he was at in location to me, and I hit him dead on. It was my a nice little 7 pt. I was perfectly calm, he was the one shaking!
My buddy shot his first this morning, first bow kill first deer, I made him sit down in his stand for 45 minutes before attempting to climb down, all he kept telling me was "I'm shaking" "I'm pumped" I was like, okay, sit down, relax, THEN go check your arrow! LOL I didn't want to walk over there to track only to find him laying on the ground under his stand!
I don't know if it's a woman's advantage or not... we have to have nerves of steel to deal with the little ones I guess. I stay pretty calm when I have a deer come in, but I haven't had a trophy class animal in my sights yet either, probably a different story from that point.
It was hilarious my second year, because I was using a muzzleloader for the first time and my husband was sittin' in the buddy stand with me, lol, I could feel the stand shaking from HIS adrenaline rush, and the deer was in MY scope! He kept telling me Shoot! SHOOT! SHOOT!!!!! I just waited it out until I liked where he was at in location to me, and I hit him dead on. It was my a nice little 7 pt. I was perfectly calm, he was the one shaking!
My buddy shot his first this morning, first bow kill first deer, I made him sit down in his stand for 45 minutes before attempting to climb down, all he kept telling me was "I'm shaking" "I'm pumped" I was like, okay, sit down, relax, THEN go check your arrow! LOL I didn't want to walk over there to track only to find him laying on the ground under his stand!
10-25-2006, 07:13 PM
#5
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Wisc.
Posts: 653
RE: Knees Shaking
hey chad, i was thinking the same thing tonight in my treestand. I shake like crazy no matter what kind of deer. I wish i wouldn't do it so much, but then again, i dont think id trade that feeling for anything in the world.
10-25-2006, 07:43 PM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location:
Posts: 79
RE: Knees Shaking
I never shake 1 bit only because it seems to get real cold when a deer
shows up.ha ha ha .I once shook so hard on a doe she looked up and saw the leaves moving on a small branch next to me.When I draw my bow it all
goes away I think it is due to the tension in your body???
shows up.ha ha ha .I once shook so hard on a doe she looked up and saw the leaves moving on a small branch next to me.When I draw my bow it all
goes away I think it is due to the tension in your body???
10-25-2006, 07:59 PM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: Knees Shaking
Yes sir...I posted that problem about a week ago. I saw a small pig. I could not draw my bow back sitting down. The pig was less than 10 yds away and frozen stiff. I tried standing straight up with my bow in my hands. My darn knees and hands were shaking uncontrolable. When i stood I don't thnk she saw me but she walked off into thick ferns.
However..an hour later came and a hog twice th esize came and I had no shaking at all. She never presented a shot though. I was surprized about the shakes. I think the fear I had was not being able to get a shot off. and my fears came true.
c7
However..an hour later came and a hog twice th esize came and I had no shaking at all. She never presented a shot though. I was surprized about the shakes. I think the fear I had was not being able to get a shot off. and my fears came true.
c7
10-25-2006, 09:24 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,598
RE: Knees Shaking
Unfortunatly over time and kills the shacking subsides. Its still a rush and nothing will change that but I remember in my early years of bowhunting just what you are talking about. So don't fight it just breath deep and concentrate on your shot.