Tips from pros!!!

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I wont lie last year on my rifle deer hunt I got buck fever like a big fat puzzy, just wondering if any of you hardcores have some kind of training techniques like should I do 20 up downs then take shots on the range or how do I practice for high stress situations?

Thanks to whomever posts
 
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I'm a novice at shooting comps but what the other guys said rings true. I've had at least one bonehead manuver in each of the matchs I've shot. You get on the line, the clocks ticking, the pressure of wanting to do your best. Screws with my head that's for sure.
 
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Chiller is spot on. A good comp will test your skills in a variety of conditions and applications.

Often over looked is one of the best things about comps... The chance to bring a group of shooters together and learn from each other. Anyone who says that have never learned anything while sitting in a staging area from talking to other shooters is one of the following things:

1- A flat out liar

2- An extreme introvert who refuses to communicate with anyone and sits in the corner with head phones on.

Go to comps, talk to people (generally the ones who do well will yield the best advice), watch how others preform and take away as much as you can.
 
#8
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Morg, don't know if you're set up to do Tactical Comps or not, but a couple of things might help. Pure quality trigger time and confidence is very important. If you practice enough and are confident enough to take the shot it makes the situation much easier.

Buck fever is something every true sportsman deals with, I've been blessed and have killed well over 100bucks, and probably 300 does I've always said that when I stop getting excited it's time to quit!

That being said the degree to which you control your excitement is what makes the shot successful or not.

The same fundamentals to which one breaks off a successful shot in a Tactical Comp are exactly the same to which a Hunter does.

The online training here very much demonstrates basic fundamentals which crossover into hunting scenarios exactly.

I believe if you really absorb, "breaking the shot at the bottom of your breathing cycle" it will do wonders for your success hunting.

Good Luck and don't sweat the "Fever" you are not the first and certainly won't be the last. Commit to yourself you will learn how to control that excitement.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dagsta</div><div class="ubbcode-body">And by the way I am certainly not a pro!! But I have been fortunate enough to enjoy quite a bit of success in my life hunting. </div></div>

He did sleep at a Quality Inn though.....
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dagsta</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've always said that when I stop getting excited it's time to quit!</div></div>

Pretty much why I'm getting off my deer lease. The last few I have shot didn't even raise my pulse. Its just target-up then target-down.
 
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The above advise is good. I'd also spend more time around big bucks where you can't kill them. Once you get over the drooling and eye popping when you see them, you'll remain calmer when you're holding a rifle. I don't get the nerves until after the gun goes off, then I'll shake my butt off.

Like going to a strip club for the first few times, once you realize they all really don't want you, you'll be able to sit back and enjoy your beer and the show
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I hunted on a management hunt inside a high fence operation for several years in a row. I had 160"+ bucks laying under my stand and wasn't allowed to shoot them. After sitting there and watching them for hours on end waiting for a doe to shoot, I built a tolerance to them and don't get rattled by them when I can shoot them. I still get excited about hunting, but I seem to have better focus now. The shaking and excitement hits me when the meat is on the ground now.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Igor Rass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Front Sight Firearms Training also known as Front Sight .Front Sight is a privately owned and operated facility for training people how to safely operate firearms in both recreational and self-defense settings . Its also referred to as "comfort of skill at arms". </div></div>

Damn with a post like this, I think you need to invest in a advertising tier..
 
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Buck fever used to be synonymous with my chance of shooting a good score at the 200 yard from the standing position in HP competition. My mind ran rampant there, and I typically shot just to get it over with. A mental management plan, as well as discipline changed that. For the deer hunter, a plan of what to do from the time the firearm is shouldered to the executing the firing tasks will preclude the hunter's mind from running rampant too, since the brain is already occupied on an order of things.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ARCOREY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hunted on a management hunt inside a high fence operation for several years in a row. I had 160"+ bucks laying under my stand and wasn't allowed to shoot them. After sitting there and watching them for hours on end waiting for a doe to shoot, I built a tolerance to them and don't get rattled by them when I can shoot them. I still get excited about hunting, but I seem to have better focus now. The shaking and excitement hits me when the meat is on the ground now. </div></div>

Bow hunting has actually helped me a lot. I rifle hunted all my life and had bad buck fever every time, but about 5 years ago, I started bow hunting. After about 6 months of bow hunting, I noticed that I really settled down with my rifle. When you are sitting 15 feet away from them, its a little more exciting, and you really have to learn control when bow hunting, just my two cents. Happy hunting.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Morg</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I wont lie last year on my rifle deer hunt I got buck fever like a big fat puzzy, just wondering if any of you hardcores have some kind of training techniques like should I do 20 up downs then take shots on the range or how do I practice for high stress situations?

Thanks to whomever posts </div></div>

Try hunting small game and predators in the off season. Make your off season hunting as similar to your big game hunting as possible. Use the shooting sticks/bipods and/or the shooting angles and positions that you would use for hunting big game. On prarie dogs I only take challenging shots, either longer ranges or difficult, but realistic, shooting positions. Only 2-shots per P-dog... no walking the shots in on them... how many big bucks just stand there for more than two shots?

IMHO, Coyotes are the ultimate practice for making shots under pressure. You usually get away with way less (mistakes) with a coyote than with any big game animal that I hunt.
 
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