Time for a Dumb Question
05-09-2008, 12:50 PM
#1
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Time for a Dumb Question
What is target panic? Can someone explain it?
I hear alot about it on here, but I haven't ever heard specifically what it is. I kinda get the general idea though.
And Im afraid I may have a bad case of it.[&:]
I hear alot about it on here, but I haven't ever heard specifically what it is. I kinda get the general idea though.
And Im afraid I may have a bad case of it.[&:]
05-09-2008, 12:53 PM
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
Target Panic is what a deer experiences whenhe looks up in the tree and realizes that you're at full draw, and he's about to be on the business end of a razor-headed arrow.
The ensuing terror is known as "target panic."
The ensuing terror is known as "target panic."
05-09-2008, 01:08 PM
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
Target Panic is what a deer experiences whenhe looks up in the tree and realizes that you're at full draw, and he's about to be on the business end of a razor-headed arrow.
The ensuing terror is known as "target panic."
Target Panic is what a deer experiences whenhe looks up in the tree and realizes that you're at full draw, and he's about to be on the business end of a razor-headed arrow.
The ensuing terror is known as "target panic."
05-09-2008, 01:16 PM
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
If your one to be able to hit skoal cans out to 50 yards, but miss deer at 15 then thats target panic. If you can't pull back on an animal and keep your wits about you to make a good shot, thats target panic. I used to suffer bad from it, but what I do now is do a count down. Basically before I shoot, I go thru a check list in my head.Am I full draw? Is all the weight on my back? Am I looking thru my right eye? Do I have the right pin? Have a picked a spot? Am I starring at that spot? Am I low enough on the animal. Next, Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze the trigger. (or for trad bows, push the bow to the target slowly).
It sounds like a lot, and I have had deer move on while I have been going thru my steps, but its made all the difference in the world.
It sounds like a lot, and I have had deer move on while I have been going thru my steps, but its made all the difference in the world.
05-09-2008, 01:19 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
Like most have said on here. From what I experienced, a mental battle with the target, pin, and release. Concentrating too much on keeping the pin right on the exact dot, which usually magnifies your pin "float," and as such results in anticpated trigger pull (punch).
05-09-2008, 01:20 PM
#9
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
I have target anxiety.. that is I'm always anxious to shoot at something.. but often times nothing is around.. so I draw my bow and pretend I'm drawing on an animal and possibly experiencing target panic while at full draw but in reality I'm just anxious to draw my bow so it's really not target panic at all.
05-10-2008, 09:30 AM
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RE: Time for a Dumb Question
ORIGINAL: early in
It's like flinching when you shoot a rifle, you anticipate the shot and it throws your accuracy off. That would be my description of it.
It's like flinching when you shoot a rifle, you anticipate the shot and it throws your accuracy off. That would be my description of it.
I would call it buck fever when your shooting at game