Step away from that target !

[moleman]

Because its convenient, I shoot my target most every evening but this evening I done a little rove, which I havent done for quite a spell, through the pasture and down my lane, WOW ! I shot better than ive shot in ages!
Im sure theres no such thing as targetitis, but if there is, I had it!
By simply getting away from my target, my shots and form were as smooth and fluid as a flowing stream, and my sense of concentration seemed like it was magnified X 2, which in turn equated into much improved accuracy.
Any body else experience this ?  

[Cmane07]

I definitely do.  I can shoot my target terribly but then hit random pine cones like nobody's business!

[VictoryHunter]

Random shooting practice is the best!

[ron w]

Variety is the spice of life....LOL!      

[Red Beastmaster]

Every year right before deer season I get into a funk and my accuracy and confidense go south. I guess it's the building excitement and the pressure to make a perfect shot that plays games with my mind.

When I realize it's happening I take a walk with a Judo. With the first shot I am reassured that the problem is my bullseye and 3-D targets, not me. Drilling random targets within hunting ranges is the confidence builder I need to hit the season with the right mindset.

Judo points are such a wonderful tool for the beginner learning instinctive shooting and those of us who have been at it awhile.

[awbowman]

Man all this shooting has me pumped up!  I'll soon be fighting 90+ degrees and enough mosquitoes to carry you away.  Can't wait to here the deer coming through the water!

[damascusdave]

Around here when we go roving we are often shooting at live targets...they are Richardsons Ground Squirrels but we just call them gophers...lots of different unknown distances at small live targets will make anyone better on big game

DDave

[-snypershot317-]

i can say that i suffer from it...i can shoot all day at target and shoot anything but good at it. then i take off on a rove or small game hunt and can hit just about anything or miss by fractions instead of gaping misses of inches  :p  i personally cant shoot a target to save my life with any form of equipment  :p  but glad to hear you were cleared of the target blues  :D

[KodiakMag]

Originally posted by -snypershot317-:
i can say that i suffer from it...i can shoot all day at target and shoot anything but good at it. then i take off on a rove or small game hunt and can hit just about anything or miss by fractions instead of gaping misses of inches   :p   i personally cant shoot a target to save my life with any form of equipment   :p   but glad to hear you were cleared of the target blues   :D  

Thank goodness! I thought it was just me that can't put together consistent groups on a target.       Good thing deer aren't made out of foam and have 5 a dice layout on their vitals.

[meathead]

I step away from my target at home about a month before the season starts.  Just stump shoot daily.  Performing under a variety of conditions sure helps when season comes in and you are shooting at live animals.

[-snypershot317-]

yeah thankfully they dont..lol..otheriwse id be in trouble. although i am still looking for my first trad archery deer. ive been successful with trad muzzle loader but have yet to be successful with trad achery    :p   . hopefully will get my chance soon enough. i enjoy the sport but sometimes the target blues are more of a challenge than actually hunting    :rolleyes:

[nineworlds9]

+1!

[tippit]

When that happens to me, I step up a few feet away from the target and just concentrate on my form not worrying at what I hit. I also do a lot of random shooting.  At our farm in SC I have clear water bottles scattered around just about the size of a squirrel. You know when you hit those by the loud wack...tippit