Hunters are heading into the woods for the deer gun season in just a little more than a day but after a close call last year one hunter almost didn't get the chance to get back into the woods.

Nick Kampen was dragging a buck out of the woods when he says he had a heart attack. After surgery at Luther Midelfort and a little determination he's back in the woods looking to add a few more deer to his collection.

"I haven't felt this good in ten years," says Nick Kampen.

Nick Kampen is getting ready for the gun season but he says last year's buck was almost his last. When he got home from work one night he saw two deer in the woods. So he went inside and garbed his bow but when he brought the deer out he started having trouble.

"All the sudden whoa, just started bending over and my chest was burning. You just don't know what was going on," says Kampen.

He says he made it back home and called 911.

"I called the emergency room and they just said you're more than likely having a heart attack and I didn't like hearing that," says Kampen.

Doctors say while they don't see an increase in heart attacks during the hunting season, that extra exertion could be a problem for hunters who have heart problems

"What it may do is act like a stress test and identifies people who may have unrecognized heart disease, they suddenly do more strenuous things or their under more stress," says Dr. Fearghas O'Cochlain.

Kampen says he's following doctor’s orders and taking his medication but says he's not going to give up hunting.

"I hope I can do it until I'm 80 or 90," says Kampen.

Kampen says something simple every hunter should do is put a bottle of aspirin in their pocket.

Doctors at Luther Midelfort agree with that and doctors also recommend having a cell phone with you in case of emergency.