I grew up shooting nothing but square targets with dots on them for practice. I could shoot great at a dot, but my accuracy when an animal was in its place was pretty poor. Let's just say I missed more than I killed (at 14 Imissed 5 elk in a week... ouch!). Now some of that was pure adrenaline, target panic, whatever, but I wondered if shooting a 3D target of a deer would help so I bought one and practiced with it instead. The first deer I shot at I drilled (43 yards)and when aiming I felt like I was aiming at a target so I didn't hurry the shot, etc. Have been doing it ever since and I must say I attribute every bit of my shooting to the "life like" practice. Just wondering if anyone has had a similar or opposite experience.