mauser, I know what you are referring to. I remember everything about my hunts where I have taken birds up to the "moment of truth". There have been numerous occassions on both deer and turkeys that this has happened to me. I am also a very safe hunter and there are a lot of times I don't remember taking my gun off safe and the memory of squeezing the trigger is a blur. I don't remember any felt recoil, but that's when I start picking back up on the memory of the hunt. I also find this to be strange. I don't know if it occurs this way due to the adrenaline or what. I'm sure that has something to do with it. I am a person who is extremely familiar with all of my guns and when they are in my hands, they become an extention of my body. I find that to be interesting as well. I can be blind folded and swap guns and just by the feel, I'll know how the action operates and the location of the safety. This also may have something to do with not remembering when the safety was taken off.