I practice with intensity that makes other people around me uncomfortable. I work on form aspects one thing at a time up close until is automatic. I practice secondary aiming at various ranges until it become informed instinctive. I had a fellow come over to shoot with me last year, bragged about his 12 step shooting. Not all of the steps were of equal time. I had a Skoal can lid stuck to the target. He drew very slowly, did this and did that and then held his 35 pound bow back, 6 leaves fell out of the tree, a monarch butterfly drifted past, several birds, a nuthatch, a downy wood pecker and three house finches came to my bird feeders, and then he released. He hit the edge of the lid and said, "ha ha top that!!" I called to my wife, put the lid back on the Skoal can and handed it to her, "Try to get the thing across the target the first time please." She did, I stuck it. I did not say anything, but then he went on a negative John Schulz rant. I said, "you done? Goodbye." As brought out above, what are you thinking when you shoot, what are you looking at when you shoot? If you cannot look at the target, while going through your step by step protocols, you could have target panic. I know people that shoot with bow sights that use them almost instinctively, they are pretty good game shots. There needs to be a goal of unloading all of the over thinking baggage when hunting. When trying trying to kill an animal, are you still working form? I would say at that point, that you have not done enough close in practice, working on one aspect of form at a time. Ten shots three times a week won't cut it. It takes a lot more work than that.
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