Usually means: Nervous excitement in novice hunters.
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  1. buck fever: Merriam-Webster
  2. buck fever: The Word Spy
  3. buck fever: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buck fever: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buck fever: Vocabulary.com
  6. buck fever: Wordnik
  7. buck fever: Wiktionary
  8. buck fever: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. buck fever: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Buck fever, buck fever: Dictionary.com
  11. Buck Fever: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. buck fever: Rhymezone
  13. buck fever: FreeDictionary.org
  14. buck fever: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. buck fever: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. buck fever: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. buck fever: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (buck fever)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Excitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) The yips.

Similar:
buck ague, buckism, duck ague, buck, buckhound, hunting pressure, venery, hunt, entry, buck private, more...

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buck ague, buckism, duck ague, buck, buckhound, hunting pressure, venery, hunt, entry, buck private, more...



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