I was shooting great groups last week out to 35 yards. Now last three days after working the night shift I shoot and can't hit worth a darn. I was having a hard time holding the pin on target. Well I know I drink a ton of coffee all night and sometimes don't realize how jittery it makes me. Anyone else have similar problems?.........Dabow

YES! to much coffee in the morning will give me the jitters every time[:'(] I will drink a couple of cups when i get wake up but after that no more for me. If i drink to much caffeine i can`t` shot worth a crap![&:]

Same here. My problem is I drink coffee all day. I have a couple cups of regular first but by about 8:00 I am on the decaf. It is nothing for me to drink 1.5 to 2 pots of coffee a day. Damn computers will do that to a guy.

I quit drinking caffiene. All I used to drink was DR. Pepper, day and night. I suffer from General anxiety and acid reflux both and caffeine is not really good for either. However if I didn't drink it I would feel sick and get really bad headaches. At any rate my anxiety was getting worse and I have been threatening to stop any way so I did it. I was sick for about a day and then it went a way.

You don't notice so much after you quit, until you get some in you again. Then your like whoa! what's happening. I drink sprite now, but every now and then I treat myself to DR Pepper (I love the stuff). And I can really tell a difference after getting the caffiene in me.

Take my word for it, caffeine is bad for you. It's a drug just like everything else, it's just legal like the crap in cigerettes is all. I don't know if you will shoot better, but your body will sure like it. And you will probably sleep better as well.

Paul

When I was spot shooting my normal routine for a shoot was to get up in the morning and take several tylenol to avoid the "no caffeine headache" that Paul was refering to.
I too quit for awhile but I fell off the "coffee drinkers wagon" last year.[>:]

It does effect your steadiness!

Absolutely affects my shooting. I notice a definite difference when I shoot early in the morning after having coffee. A little harder to stabilize the pin especially if I try to hold it for any length of time.

Tonight I will cut way down and stop early. Than in the morning I will see if the accuracy returns. I am quite certain this is the problem but it sure messes up your confidence......Dabow

I like to drink about 2 pots before I practice to simulate the Buck Fever I know I'll have when the new world record steps out in front of me! LOL

I don't know what is worse drinking coffee and perhaps getting a little jittery when shooting or getting tired or lethargic while waiting in your stand. I personally need the caffeine in the morning just for the boost.

I concur with that. Only problem I have with coffee is the fact that it doesn't like to stay in me very long and I don't squirt anywhere near my stand.