ORIGINAL: Arthur P
This is the reason I don't compete for real anymore. I used to have a lot of fun at shoots and after a while it got so serious that it was like work.
The last few compound shoots I went to, it was like being in a library where you can't hardly breathe without someone getting all disturbed. Everybody all tight and serious. That's one reason I enjoyed doing the 'gamesmanship' things with them, just to piss them off.
I suggest grabbing your recurve or longbow and get to an all-traditional 3D shoot. You wouldn't recognize it as being the same game. It's like being at a birthday party, where you can joke and laugh out loud and genuinely enjoy yourself. It really is a whole different world with a completely different mindset.
I usually go to one 3D shoot a year here in Minnesota. Its a traditional shoot with 60 different targets. They have 3rounds to it, one is awestern round, one is a Minnesota round, the other is a Africa round. There are realistic shots which you don't always see when going to a regular 3D shoot. I would love to go to more of these, there's no excuse for me not doing more of these, good practice in the off season and it keeps your shoulder in shape too. The people are very easy going as well at these traditional shoots i've been to.