How nervous do you get?
07-10-2008, 02:16 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas city, Missouri
Posts: 2,571
RE: How nervous do you get?
ORIGINAL: Hooker
I still get nervous but the shakes always come after I the shot. Sometime I feel like I'm about to shake right out of the stand when I'm giving the deer time.
I still get nervous but the shakes always come after I the shot. Sometime I feel like I'm about to shake right out of the stand when I'm giving the deer time.
07-10-2008, 02:19 PM
#12
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 314
RE: How nervous do you get?
I would say I start at a 7-8 with a hught heart pounding and then if I have some time to focus I can get myself down to a 4-5. I don't really get the shakes but I do get a major thumping heart.
07-10-2008, 02:19 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 1,559
RE: How nervous do you get?
Before a shot, I don't think I really feel anything. I guess maybe because I am too busy talking myself thru what is going on, guessing yardage, figuring out which way he is going to go, where to draw, picking my spot. I do get pretty worked up after the shot, sometimes more than others. I remember one deer, I got worked up so bad that I could not climb down my tree for like 30 mins.
07-10-2008, 02:35 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,598
RE: How nervous do you get?
I would say about a 2. I think it is because I have had to control my anxiety and focus since I was little and racing go carts. I went straight from go carts to 450 HP racing trucks. I remember on my first pace lap my foot was shacking so bad I couldn't stay at a steady speed and was chirping my tires all around the track. Don't get me wrong, I get excited deer hunting and love it. I'm just able to stay calm.
07-10-2008, 02:46 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SOUTH Carolina--I've moved!
Posts: 2,760
RE: How nervous do you get?
It depends on the situation. If a deer just "pops up out of nowhere," I don't have time to get nervouse. If I see him/her coming for a while I'm able to calm myself down until right before it's time to draw. I've never had any problems drawing or anything like that though. When I know the moment of truth is getting ready to happen, I get shaky. 4
Once the arrow is gone and I know I've hit the animal, I'm a mess!!!! 8
I love every bit of it!!!!
Once the arrow is gone and I know I've hit the animal, I'm a mess!!!! 8
I love every bit of it!!!!
