Duck ague

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Duck ague, also buck fever or buck ague, is a hunting term for the yips, 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]

In the movie Deliverance , Jon Voight suffers from duck ague before shooting a wild deer, after which Burt Reynolds' character describes the phenomenon, saying "Hell, I've known tournament archers, damn good shots, never out of the five ring. Draw down on a live animal, they get buck ague." [5]

1951 movie "Fort Worth", Warner Bros, in the final scene in the newspaper office, David Brian tells Randolph Scott, "now don't get buck ague".

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