When I first started hunting Deer, it was with a gun. I used to get buck fever so bad I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. I don't know how many Deer i shot at before I got one, but it was a few. I believe only a true hunter at heart gets buck fever. Like the cat getting ready to pounce or the bird dog on point, a true blooded hunter has an instinct for the kill. An excitement that sometimes is hard to control. I would like to say after all these years I have learned to conquer it, but that would be a half truth. Once in a while it still gets the best of me.