we had a night shoot out behind the cook tent at elk camp one night. And your right the darkness eliminates the distractions.
My hunter had missed the opportunity on a sweet herdbull at 10yds because he couldn't see his sight pins in the fading light.
Back at supper,while the rest of the camp was razzing him about needing to go to a recurve or barebow, we somehow ended up out back at the target butt, showing him what we meant.
One of the saturday morning hunting show celebs was there with his longbow, and we wagered $10 on 3 arrows, closest arrow to the "Spade" on an Ace of spades playing card took the cash.
I could see the card with my peripheal vision, but not when I looked directly at it. I had to let go and trust the force, lol.
When we turned the flashlighs on the target I had a nice group on the card, no spade though. The star of the show had a big group on the target but.
The young compound hunter got the point, but I never got my $10 bucks.