I'm just wondering if people aproach shooting differently If they are target shooting vs practicing for hunting.
Most certainly....and I (when I shot a lot of 3D) practice, accordingly. I'v enever seen too many deer that would stand still long enough for a pre-shot routine like the one Matt listed.......but I'm also quite sure his sequence is MUCH shorter when he's hunting (but no less 'practiced').
Two "kinda" different animals.....but one will surely help the other.
Plus at the moment of truth when your hunting I think most of that stuff goes right out the window.
Love the golf analogy....and I agree it SHOULD go right out the window. That's why we practice.....so that it becomes "natural"/"Instinctive" in that moment of truth.
Good post, MM....