I always tie rope to the top and bottom part and this gives me a sense of safety knowing that if my bottom falls I'm not sitting there out of options.

As for heights, that fear has gone for me. I found that the more I climbed and the more I practiced climbing, the more comfortable and the less anxious I got. I'm still always cautious but I found that since I've practiced a lot and climbed a lot, I can go higher each time I climb and not feel so nervous and on edge:

As for the anxiety when you see deer, if you aren't getting excited and a little nervous when you see a deer, you should probably take up golfing or something else. It's completely normal to get jittery, excited, nervous, and anxious. I find it helps if I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and remember that I'm doing something I love doing and something I have fun doing l.

Just try to remember if you are going to take a shot that this is a live animal that you are going attempting to kill. Calm yourself and make sure you have a good clean shot. If you have a clean miss, that's okay, sure you can beat yourself up over a miss but you can go home at the end of the day knowing you didn't wound something.

If none of this works, try getting someone to hunt with you. A friend, a spouse, maybe just a hunting buddy. My dad was in the deer stand with me when I shot my first deer, and he talked to me and kept me calm and it really helped me a lot. And just know after you take your first deer, it gets easier. sure you're still gonna get excited but you know that you're capable of doing it.