I think there are a least two different types of people on here. Those who just bowhunt, and those who are archers who also bowhunt. I personally enjoy shooting, when I shoot I don't think of it as practice, I do it because I want to, not that I need to. If I would wait until a week before to start shooting it would seem like a job. I would probably say something like, I geuss I should get my bow out and shoot some it's almost bow season, to me that makes it seem like something that I have to do. I enjoy shooting way to much, I don't want to sit back and wait until a week before season, but that's just me, to each his own.