I too went through the dreaded " Target Panic" a couple years ago. I followed a path similar to Cougar. I can' t say I didn' t worry about the anchor though. That' s all a part of the shot sequence... so I drew, anchored, took up the slack on the trigger and squeezed off the shot with back tension. If the shot didn' t go off in 8 seconds from the drawing step I let down and started all over. In the beginning I let down a lot. Now if I start to have a problem I just shoot a few blind bales and all is well again. The " CURE" was given to me by an old Pro who knew his stuff.

Problem # 2: In my early years of hunting I had an occasional bad hit(although I recovered most) or worse yet... a miss that was unexplainable. Somewhere probably 20 years ago I was reading something by someone(who knows at this point) that most people don' t pick that spot and really concentrate on it. I call myself doing that.... but the author went on to say... " Just before you release that arrow ask yourself if what you' re looking at is what you want" . I' ve done that for the past 20 years or so religiously... at least 99 % of the time. When the sight picture is right, the animal is in the right position, I' m at full draw and on target... it just pops into my mind now after 20 years or so. My mind says, " HOLD ON THERE, is this the sight picture and the spot you want" ? It takes a fraction of a second but it has caused me to regroup and realign on more than one occasion. When I do it I can usually see the hole appear where I was looking. It has a side effect after 20 years of really calming any nervousness at the time of the shot resulting in a relaxed well placed arrow and follow through.