Controlling the "Big Buck" Anxiety
#31
RE: Controlling the "Big Buck" Anxiety
Unfortunately I've wounded some deer. The adrenalin shakes can be quite overpowering,but sometimes the deer moves when you take your shot. I'm confident that these problems will not continue,the guilts you feel are quite severe! Success makes it all worthwhile and soon the success will overtake the failures. These are lifes lessons at their most extreme!
#32
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Delaware, Ohio
Posts: 89
RE: Controlling the "Big Buck" Anxiety
Until I got the first bowkill under my belt I was a shaking fool at every deer sighting which resulted in quite a few misses. Now I take deep breaths and focus on the task at hand, I quit looking at the entire deer and focus on the vitals, pick my time to draw, pick that hair on the chest and the rest seems to be on auto pilot now. I shake like crazy after the shot and would not have it any other way. If I lose that racing heart and trembling hands after the shot I will give up bowhunting. It is a feeling that I have never had when gun hunting and that is what sets it apart for me.
#33
RE: Controlling the "Big Buck" Anxiety
ORIGINAL: kshunter
How do you help to control your anxiety and calm yourself, with the deer coming into range? What's your way of staying focused during the moment of the shot?
How do you help to control your anxiety and calm yourself, with the deer coming into range? What's your way of staying focused during the moment of the shot?
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