I am almost 23 years old now and have been shooting archery equipment since I was about 6 or 7. I started with a cheap "long-bow" style bow with no way to adjust the poundage and no sights. Then, I migrated to a cheap compound from about age 9 to age 11. These were my first years shooting with a release. I was able to shoot consistently good during those yerars, but when I got a bow that had enough oomph to kill a deer at age 12, I have had a tough time squeezing the release. It's something that I've tried to get over for the past 10 seasons and I just can't break my habit.

The problem:
It seems as though when I am shooting at a live deer, I think I settle down and squeeze the trigger on the release. My problem is when I target practice. I can draw my bow back and immediately put the finger over the trigger...but when I look through my peep sight and see the pin where it should be, I pull the trigger right away. If I draw back and settle the pin where it should be before putting my finger on the trigger, I seem to have to reach and pull the trigger rather quickly. If you were not able to "get" anything out of that, my problem is that I cannot seem to rest my finger on the trigger, settle the pin where I want, and slowly squeeze the trigger. This is greatly affecting my consistency. I have been fortunate to kill a number of deer with my bow, but I just can't get over my "target panic". I think I am a little trigger happy. I have been told to shoot one arrow per day and that's it. That way, I know I make my shot count.

Any suggestions to help me out would be greatly appreciated.