Bambi Whacking 2023-2024

[308Scout]

The shakes. Anyone else get them? Maybe just not something I notice nearly as much when I am hunting. I for sure get them, but they usually seem pretty mild and I can almost always control them for a few seconds for a shot. Most of the time, if I can take my time with a shot I can relax and get rid of them almost completely after a couple of minutes (like if I have time with deer on a feeder). Anyway, just watching a lot of hunting youtube and noticed a heck of a lot of the guys who are filming all of the shot and time surrounding it have the shakes. But it seems like way worse than what I get. Maybe I am just not noticing it, even after the shot, but a lot of them seem like they are trembling like a leaf, even during a shot.

Maybe mine are that bad and I am just not noticing it. *shrug*

I definitely had that pre-shot adrenaline dump on the first few deer that I took. It's much more mild and controlled now and only happens after the shot for me.

 

[gwchem]

Its all adrenaline. I don't get them before the shot, maybe a bit on first sighting, but not always and not bad. After the shot I have had them though like being cold and shivering. Doesn't happen much any more.

I've had fits of uncontrollable shivering for up to ten minutes after the shot, but rarely before. And it definitely gets less intense with experience.

 

[willtill]

That be buck fever.

 

[Inigoes]

The shakes. Anyone else get them? Maybe just not something I notice nearly as much when I am hunting. I for sure get them, but they usually seem pretty mild and I can almost always control them for a few seconds for a shot. Most of the time, if I can take my time with a shot I can relax and get rid of them almost completely after a couple of minutes (like if I have time with deer on a feeder). Anyway, just watching a lot of hunting youtube and noticed a heck of a lot of the guys who are filming all of the shot and time surrounding it have the shakes. But it seems like way worse than what I get. Maybe I am just not noticing it, even after the shot, but a lot of them seem like they are trembling like a leaf, even during a shot.

Maybe mine are that bad and I am just not noticing it. *shrug*

That is called "buck fever"

Just like ArcheryRob pointed out, its your adrenaline

 

[BigCountry14]

Had a small one hitting a mock scrape last night.
My first sit on the stand was yesterday afternoon. I did hear a grunt, but never saw him

 

[lazarus]

That is called "buck fever"

Just like ArcheryRob pointed out, its your adrenaline

Yeah. I guess just odd to me watching youtube videos of guys who, it seems, have bagged scores of deer shaking like crazy before the shot and then dancing afterward with it.

I for sure can have some tremors and shivers for 10, 15 minutes after the fact, but before it is mild at best. A little tremor and of course my heart beat is up.

 

[outrider58]

Shakes? Normally not before a shot anymore. I'm concentrating too intently. After the shot, a huge adrenal dump, especially after shooting a good deer.

 

[Inigoes]

Yeah. I guess just odd to me watching youtube videos of guys who, it seems, have bagged scores of deer shaking like crazy before the shot and then dancing afterward with it.

I for sure can have some tremors and shivers for 10, 15 minutes after the fact, but before it is mild at best. A little tremor and of course my heart beat is up.

Hearing your heart pumping in your ear drums doesn't help

 

[PEEJAY]

Powdered bleach and 40%hydrogen peroxide into a paste let it sit for 24hrs will whiten it up. May need 2 applications

40 volume Hydrogen peroxide is ok. Bleach will destroy the bone and make it brittle.

 

[Archeryrob]

The last couple deer I shot I had nothing. Two bucks and just high fiving myself and does nothing. I guess it's that experience thing. Never got it with the first deer I ever shot at 19 they ran in so fast, pumpkin ball through the heart, 4' wide blood trail in the snow and recovery. Afterward I get pumped sometimes just like others have explained, but nothing like this one time.

Couple years back had a bad crossbow shot. Not sure what happened, but heard a large crack and doe ran off to my left quartering behind me. No ability to recock the bow in her line of sight. Couldn't see blood on her or a wound. Then I started shaking so bad I thought I could drop my crossbow. Uncontrollable like I was freezing. Ten minutes later she left and I got down and found the arrow broken behind the Ferrell and some blood on the front. Not sure if I shot too far left and hit the leg bone and glancing to make the head veer and snap the arrow? I am assuming sitting and wanting to shoot again and not able to do anything just drove my adrenaline through the roof.

 

[gtodave]

I get The Sways when I'm trying to be still. The more I try to be still, the more I sway back and forth. If I can lean back against a tree until I'm ready to shoot, I will.

 

[outrider58]

40 volume Hydrogen peroxide is ok. Bleach will destroy the bone and make it brittle.

I'm certain he meant bleaching powder. That's how I interpreted it.

 

[wilcam47]

40 volume Hydrogen peroxide is ok. Bleach will destroy the bone and make it brittle.

Its powdered bleach and the liquid peroxide. Doesnt destroy the bone

 

[outrider58]

40 volume Hydrogen peroxide is ok. Bleach will destroy the bone and make it brittle.

Its powdered bleach and the liquid peroxide. Doesnt destroy the bone

Bleaching powder is not powdered bleach. Bleaching is used as a verb, not a noun.

BLP

Quick White Bleaching Powder. An exceptional skull bleaching product!.

www.mckenzietaxidermy.com

 

[wilcam47]

Bleaching powder is not powdered bleach. Bleaching is used as a verb, not a noun.

BLP

Quick White Bleaching Powder. An exceptional skull bleaching product!.

www.mckenzietaxidermy.com

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Ah ok, but yep thats what i use. I thought it was bleach.

Heres ingredients:
POTASSIUM PERSULFATE ,AMMONIUM PERSULFATE ,SODIUM SILICATE ,MAGNESIUM CARBONATE HYDROXIDE ,SODIUM METASILICATE ,SODIUM STEARATE ,CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (GUAR) GUM ,MINERAL OIL ,MAGNESIUM STEARATE ,MAGNESIUM OXIDE ,TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE ,DISODIUM LAURYL SULFOSUCCINATE ,DISODIUM EDTA ,XANTHAN GUM

 

[G8tor]

One tool that I found is a back saver, possibly a life saver for an out of shape guy like me when trying to put a deer into the bed of a pickup truck by yourself.

A game hoist that fits into the hitch receiver on the truck.

Amazon product ASIN B08DK54XMP

Thanks for posting this up. I could have used something like this the other night. Didn't even know they existed.

 

[Inigoes]

Thanks for posting this up. I could have used something like this the other night. Didn't even know they existed.

Various places carry them: MidwayUSA, Bass Pro, Cabelas etc...

Well worth the investment.

The hard part is removing the trailer hitch that has been on forever. lol

 

[Doco Overboard]

Winds right, for a quick trip over to the iron chair.
Maybe some stags acting up if I'm lucky.
Hope I see some.

 

[RRomig]

Winds right, for a quick trip over to the iron chair.
Maybe some stags acting up if I'm lucky.
Hope I see some.

Good luck!
I’m hoping to start next week.

 

[outrider58]

The second full moon of the equinox is 10/28. Figure one and a half to two weeks after for the full on rut for whitetails ti fire up. That's my prediction. YMMV