The rush/buck fever

[cewoz560]

Quick question do you still feel the adrenaline rush when you see any deer or only on the ones you want to take?

 

Started hunting 3 yrs ago and had a rush every time I saw them, I would have tried to shoot at anything. Now I'm getting more particular watching waiting. The rush is not the same.

 

Thoughts?

 

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[not on the rug]

I've been hunting for 27 years and I still get excited every time I see deer.  Doesn't matter if I've been in the stand all day and 20 deer have come by. I still get excited each time one pops out 

[jerseybowhunter]

I get that rush everytime I see a glimpse of a deer, if I decide I'm not going to shoot, I calm down alittle but if I decide to shoot the feeling intensifies

[Buck154]

This time of year I get a rush cause you don't know what it is or what will be following. Any ways I just love seeing deer while hunting.

[Tarhunt]

This time of year I get a rush cause you don't know what it is or what will be following. Any ways I just love seeing deer while hunting.

Yep. Me too! Especially, at first light.

[Integracingsr]

Every time.

[Integracingsr]

When the day comes that I no longer get the rush, I'll hang up the bow for good.

[MTH]

Every Time....Heck even when the squirrels do a solid impersonation, I'm edgy......hope that feeling never goes away....That's why I like seeing deer long before a shot opportunity..... It allows that initial rush to pass and lets me focus more on the task at hand.....My worst shots are on deer I didn't see until it was literally time to shoot....Blood's still pumping hard and that impacts shooting....I prefer that cool down period to better improve my odds

[Rusty]

I've been hunting for 27 years and I still get excited every time I see deer.  Doesn't matter if I've been in the stand all day and 20 deer have come by. I still get excited each time one pops out 

 

Dido, just add 10-15 years to the 27. 

[cewoz560]

Agree with all of you...I get a rush just looking and seeing em come in. But definitely not as intense when the bow is up...had a long-term spike and 5pt hang under for 20mins or so. tried to video with my epic cam mounted to my stabilizer. Got a few secs b4 batter died...imagined a shot perfect broad side...nice to know I could have...

 

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[BowhunterNJ]

Oh yeah! Any time I hear a deer coming or see one approaching I get an adrenaline spike. If it's a big buck or even a target doe when I'm in freezer filler mode, I'll start hearing my heart pound through my ears! Such a cool experience, we seek it out every hunt we go on!

 

 

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[Haskell_Hunter]

Anytime the animal I am hunting shows up, the heart rate goes up.  Deer, turkey, tree rats, you name it.  I hear myself in the back of my head saying, "Alright, it's game time".  It's the anticipation and the seems-like-forever-waiting that gets the blood flowing.

[JHbowhunter]

I tend to just stay seated and not get excited, until after I shoot.  Been bowhunting 32 years, it would take a giant buck to get me a little unglued. I did have an incident this year where a shooter buck followed a doe my way, for over 300 yards across a wide open field clearly heading my way... That was just too much time and with bow in hand way too early, I started to feel the rush.  Unfortunately I was set up close to a road, and two cars decided to pull over and observe the show as well - game over.