buck fever
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He writes, “ … it’s not that I fear buck fever, it’s that I can’t seem to work up a decent feeling of enmity toward a deer.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Don’t let buck fever cause you to freeze up during the Slate News Quiz.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2021
The War Department increased the general buck fever by asking editors and publishers not to bannerize bombing raids, asking columnists to be casual.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When he found one, instead of aiming and shooting, he got a classic case of buck fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Snap had turned toward the buck, but now he got a sudden attack of "buck fever" as it is called and stood stock still, with eyes staring from his head.
From Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters by Bonehill, Ralph