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In hunting, losing mental calm and missing a shot

Duck ague, alsobuck fever orbuck ague, is a hunting term for theyips, in which a marksman or hunter, before taking a shot with either a gun or bow in a tense situation, loses mental quietude and misses the shot.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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InJames Dickey's 1970 novelDeliverance and its 1972film adaptation, a character suffers from duck ague before shooting a wild deer, after which another character describes the phenomenon, saying "Hell, I've knowntournament archers, damn good shots, never out of thefive ring. Draw down on a live animal, they get buck ague."^[5]

In the final scene of the 1951 filmFort Worth, one character tells another, "Now don't get buck ague."

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^"The Stuart-Bennett Duel. The First duel fought in Illinois, at Belleville, Indiana, Stl Clair County". Feb 8, 1819. RetrievedSeptember 4, 2015.
^Barrel, Double (1915)."Forest and Stream".85 (2): 587.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
^Miller, Orlo (2010-03-18).The Donnellys Must Die.ISBN 9780470675199.
^"About News".The Ireton Ledger. Ireton, Iowa. April 12, 1912. RetrievedSeptember 4, 2015.
^John Boorman (Director) (July 30, 1972).Deliverance (Motion picture). Los Angeles, CA: Warner Bros.

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