First randomly thinkof a yardage distance(remembering whats within your effective range).
Rapidly bringup your bow(without an arrow nockedof course)and startaiming at the family pet...and see how quickly you acquire the correct pin
Then attempt to stay on target while the family dog or cat trys to figure out what your doing...LOL
It's simple but it helps.

P.S. It's probably a good idea to let your Wife know what your doing before she comes out of the bedroom and Freaks Out!
(I'll try to remember that myself next time)

if that works for you than great. Be careful not to dry fire the bow

I would NEVER aim at a pet, person, or anything other than a real target. The routine of acquiring a target, anchoring, aiming, squeezing the release, and follow through becomes habit. I don't ever want to get "used" to Fido being in the picture. I also never draw without an arrow on the string.

I can already hear the excuse, "I was just practicing and then...I don't know what happened. I'm really sorry."

At what point did I say "Draw the Bow"???
Maybe I should have written a 5 page Disclaimer and Instruction Booklet forthose who read thingsinto a post other than what was written...before suggesting this simple practice hint.

if it helps you then id keep doing it because bowhunting is a preference sport and for me its just shooting targets

Now that right there is funny, I don't care who you are!

I can't see the real value w/o drawing the bow.

I hope this explaination helps:
It's a trick to get people to hold thierPin on target.
It's a trick thattrains someone to get on target before they attempt to draw(and I did not mentionfor anyoneto draw thier bowduring this practice).
It's a trick thatalso helps because the more times the Bow is in thier hands the more they notice when something is not right with thier equipement.
It's a trickthat makesPractice picking thecorrect Pin for the yardagein a hurry more fun, when it does not matter,so theres less confusion if thier shooting a multiple pin sight During Hunting when it Does Matter.

It's Unconventional and I apoligize for the Confusion/Mis-Interpretations...then again thats what this post was attempting to help prevent.

LOL...I'd tell you all that I do the same thing when watching a Hunting video or TV show and hold the right Pin on the Deer and Elk...but seems I'm already facing Ex-Communication from the Archery Church!

I dont see the harm & it may help drawing if your not nocking an arrow. A family pet might not be the best thing to use, maybe a squirrel. I wouldn't tho, I know I'd end up dumping the string sooner or later. Its not quite like dry fireing a gun.
I saw something once you could use to dry fire a bow, looked pretty neat.