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buck fever meds?
bitlocker
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any folk remedies?
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Get closer.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
... a bigger, pill,,,,,,,
If there comes a time when my heart doesn't quicken when I see a nice buck it will be time to quit hunting.
Hoppes
Deep breathing and focusing in on vitals and not looking at horns !!!
Never had buck fever in my life and I have harvested several big bucks, even let a few walk.
I must be crazy or something.
I guess the best answer I could give is don't think about it.
In the place that i grew up in Louisa County, Virginia if you got Buck Fever and missed a Buck the Uncles and their friends would chase you down and cut your shirt tails off.-----Ray
I grew up in southern VA as well. A lot of the folks in my area seemed to use hefty doses of alcohol to "cure" their buck fever. Coupled with the chain-smoking and gallons of coffee, the mix-mash result was usually a frenzied hail of bullets in every direction when the dogs come out of the thicket chasing....well, anything! Took me about a milli-second of those shenanigans to realize I wanted no part of dog-hunting, and no part of hunting with with folks I don't know. 30 years later and I'm still sticking to that.
Frogdog, same here. Louisa is Central Virginia. Never remember any alcohol but in my early life I soured on road hunting and hunting deer with dogs and shotguns. I saw far too many wounded deer.-----------------------Ray
Contence in a hip flask ?
Take your rifle with you in the off season and aim at any deer you see. Get used to looking at them through a scope. Once it becomes a familiar thing you'll be cured. Also if nothing else remember to squeeze the trigger.
I am too busy making sure I have perfect shot placement and proper trigger control to get buck fever until after the bullet leaves the barrel.
bpost, you are correct!
I think seat time in a tree stand during bow season cures it fairly well. By the time gun season is here, I've been close to so many deer, all I think of is shot placement as Bruce alluded to.
The first two weeks of bow season are boring, but necessary for scouting. I never harvest a deer until the third week.
I am not a trophy hunter so antlers don't help make my decision, I look for body size. I've been distracted by antlers many times, but they always seemed to be on scrawny bucks.