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re: Do you really get nervous when you're about to shoot a deer?
Posted on 12/10/25 at 2:30 pm to REB BEER
Posted on 12/10/25 at 2:30 pm to REB BEER
I get excited when I see any, heart rate goes up. By the time I'm taking aim, I'm all calm and steady though. If they don't turn or go where I am hoping, I get annoyed. As if they should facilitate me taking their life better or something.
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Posted on 12/10/25 at 4:19 pm to calcotron
Well, I have to admit I did get really excited when I had a close encounter with a deer this morning on my way to work. As I was exiting my neighborhood, there is a large piece of land across the street that has a house that sits off a good bit from the road and has a couple of big oak trees near the road.
I see a lot of deer over there, but they are always a couple of hundred yards away in a big field, but this morning there was a huge doe eating acorns 20 yards directly in front of me. As my lights shined on him, he lifted up and he stared at me for about 10 seconds and then just went back to eating. I was going to sit there and watch him for a little bit, but my neighbor pulled up behind me, so I had to head to work.
I have to admit that was a cool experience. The only other time I got that close to a deer was 25 years ago when I was going 65 on the interstate and a doe decided to cross over and I hit it and it went straight up in the air and almost totalled my car. After reaching my girlfriend's house a few miles away, I called the local sheriff department and asked if I was responsible for removing the deer and he said yes, but told me not to worry about it because out there in the country that deer was probably already on someone's grill. It was pretty funny, until I got the bill to repair the car!
I see a lot of deer over there, but they are always a couple of hundred yards away in a big field, but this morning there was a huge doe eating acorns 20 yards directly in front of me. As my lights shined on him, he lifted up and he stared at me for about 10 seconds and then just went back to eating. I was going to sit there and watch him for a little bit, but my neighbor pulled up behind me, so I had to head to work.
I have to admit that was a cool experience. The only other time I got that close to a deer was 25 years ago when I was going 65 on the interstate and a doe decided to cross over and I hit it and it went straight up in the air and almost totalled my car. After reaching my girlfriend's house a few miles away, I called the local sheriff department and asked if I was responsible for removing the deer and he said yes, but told me not to worry about it because out there in the country that deer was probably already on someone's grill. It was pretty funny, until I got the bill to repair the car!
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:55 pm to homemadeshine
Blood pumps faster every time more adrenaline than nerves but manage to not get too excited.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:39 am to Jack Ruby
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If you shoot your deer rifle 3x a year, you're going to shake like a leaf.
Disagree here. I'm proof. That's all I shoot mine, if that much, and I don't get nervous until after. I'll add that I have the utmost confidence in my gun so maybe that lends a little credence to your thought.
But I do agree that it affects everyone different. I believe it more comes down to how good you are at controlling your breathing.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:05 am to homemadeshine
Nervous isn't the best adjective. Adrenaline-fueled is a better way to describe it. Same thing as shooting a free throw to win a ball game
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:08 am to homemadeshine
I don't get nervous shooting a doe anymore but a big buck will give me a slight adrenaline rush. After I shoot the feeling is gone.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:27 am to homemadeshine
Only in July.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:06 am to homemadeshine
I use to get nervous everytime I shot when I was the one with the gun. Then I started bow hunting and that changed the game. I still get excited, but I’m not nervous unless it’s a big buck.
Shooting a deer at 25 yds with a bow is whole different ball game.
Shooting a deer at 25 yds with a bow is whole different ball game.
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