Really bad shakes afterwards one time when I seen the buck go down and still moving. I had two shells and shot one time and another when it ran off.
The shakes started and you don't want to spook it deeper into the woods, but you see it right there moving.
You don't want to leave cause you hear about deer running off when you leave.
I did back out and get another shell and came back deer drt.

Solid advice there.. i get the shakes but more so after the shot. Its like its pinned up and it all comes out at once especially when you know you hit em good

Same exact thing with me, but I had to learn to control it. Here's how I did just that:

Several years ago (maybe 8 or 9) I missed a shooter buck because I was shaking. I got really mad at myself, and thought through all the work that I put into getting myself in the position to kill a good buck (we all know how much effort it takes). I mentally told myself right then that I would NEVER miss another deer due to shaking in the stand. And I haven't. For me, it's a mind-over-matter type thing. Now don't get me wrong, my heart rate is on overdrive, and there have been several times where I stood stock still with bucks very close to me where I expected to see my beating heart down on the ground with the deer because it exploded out of my chest! But as far as shaking and not being able to take a shot, no that doesn't happen anymore. What DOES happen, just like chiller and toothdoc said, is after I've shot a good buck I've got to sit down (or else I may fall out of the stand!). Nothing wrong with that either. Matter of fact, every one of the racked bucks I've killed in the last several years has caused me to get weak in the knee's after they were down. It's at that moment I take the time to thank God for all He does in blessing me while I am deer hunting (and I do that again once I lay my hands on the buck).

The more you kill, the better you will be able to control buck fever.

I almost go through my firing sequence subconsciously once I make the decision to shoot. I trace the crosshairs up the back of the front leg, settle them in the crease behind the shoulder, exhale, pause, touch it off.

Does dont make me shake anymore - just good bucks.

What you're describing is the very reason most people hunt. It's the excitement we spend all year waiting for.

I still get the shakes after the shot sometimes with the bow but not with the gun. I have learned to be aware of what happens after the shot so I may stand and listen for several minutes to help in the recovery of the deer. This helps calm me down.

I've deer hunted for the past 55 years (I'm 69) and still get excited just seeing a deer in the woods during open season. I shot a large doe this weekend in Michigan, and while I didn't "shake", I was both excited and pleased with a well executed shot. I'll continue to hunt deer as long as I'm physically able, and hope one of my four grandkids want to come with me some day.

I still get the shakes with the bow, although if I've got 4 or 5 minutes I'll settle down. Especially on a good buck.

I still get tore up from my feet up when I see a deer and I have been hunting 42 years.I got so tore up 2 years ago when my daughter killed her first deer that the pictures are nothing but a blurr.Thank goodness my wife also got some pics.

Thanks guys for all the replies.
Extreme, Oviedo is actually NE of Orlando and yes it's a 6+ hour drive to camp but I love it up there.

Clem, good advise.
Funny thing is I shot 2 coyotes last year and didn't get the shakes at all. Now they came in very fast and I don't think I had time to think about it, just got on them and blasted them.

Agreed ... You can help it some by going outside of deer season, sitting in stand and just watching them. Go thru all the motions as if it was deer season all the way to putting the crosshairs on it. Gets you more used to them being there, and maybe you will see a yote or something to pop.

I'm better at staying somewhat calm these days but back when I first started bowhunting I have shaken my arrow off the rest at full draw and everywhere in between. The adrenalin rush is awesome! When I completely lose that feeling I'll probably quit hunting.

I have been almost adrenaline free when gun hunting for decades. I did say almost. I was hunting a huge buck back 2000 er so, a buck came out to my left when I was looking right and got by my shooting zone. I about had a come apart thinking it was THE buck. Turns out a second look it was not. Surprised me getting that shook.

I always get a lil nervous bowhunting when a good buck is not quite in THE spot to shoot.

And I always get nervous when a gobbler is coming in.

I had to slap my wife on the back to make her breathe on a badass old gobbler we were hunting one morning. She was hypervenelating to beat hail, I thought she was going to fall out. She did end up killing that bird.

Finally saw a deer for the first time this season yesterday, about a 80 lb doe. I was shaking horribly ha. First encounters of the season get me every year. I calm down more as I see more deer.

I get the shakes except for when I'm looking through the crosshairs. Stone cold when looking through the scope but if I'm just observing or after the shot, I shake.

With that being said, I just learned a new trick a few weeks ago. Take a deep breathe, hold it, then purposely tense up every muscle in your body. Hold it tight for 5 or more seconds. Slowly exhale, relax your muscles and the shaking will stop. 60% of the time it works every time.

Me too. Im all business until after. Im concentrating so hard after seeing him on getting my gun or bow up without being seen, getting in the right position, then acquiring my sight picture, and then breathing, aiming and sqeeezziiinnngg.

After I get excited though.

It all depends on the deer for me. If he doesn't get my adrenaline going I know he isn't what I'm after.

If I ever get to the point where no deer gives me that feeling, I'll hang it up.

I honestly think it's an Anticipation/Nerves vs. RightThere-ShootItNow deal for a lot of folks.

You see a buck/deer a long way off and the chit hits the fan: you watch, get ready, flip out, shake, etc. But you have a deer/buck walk in almost immediately and you merely react without getting crazy. Have been in both situations.

I still think hunting as much as possible and killing as much as possible can help. Hogs, predators, does if you can shoot does, whatever.

I hope I will always feel that nervousness or adrenaline rush on a good buck or gobbler. I don't get nervous, but I do get excited when any deer shows up. If it ever stops i might be done...

I think that's it in a nutshell Clem.