If you went strictly by how I shoot at 3d's, I couldn't say I'm ready, but when we get out in the field and shoot at leaves, holes in the bushes, cowpies, etc. etc. I'm pretty good, my wife is the same way, don't seem to target panic out there as often. I'm lucky, I have an honest to goodness Trad Archery Shop a few miles from my house, a lot of trad shooters at my club and I took an Archery Instructor course that covered shooting non-compound bows in depth. So after elk season was over a couple of years ago, I put up the compound and was pretty proficient by the next April for turkey season, missed some easy shots since, stuff still happens, but I have lots of fun and don't own a compound anymore, I killed a deer my second trad season. Like was said above, you have to shoot an arrow to kill something.