Harwinton Rod & Gun 3-D

[tedicast]

This morning Scotty, Jen, and I shot the course at Harwinton R&G club. There was a pretty light turn out being Mothers Day, and it was a beautiful morning to shoot, though it got windy as the morning progressed. Scotty shot the course with a scope for the first time. He started off a little slow, but really picked up the last 2/3 of the course to end with a 260. Jen shot a solid course. She misjudged 2 targets for goose eggs, but she shot the course with no yardage estimating help at all. She ended up with a respectable 225 even with the 2 0's. She is coming along better then I ever expected.

I brought my new best freind along for the shoot for the second week in a row. I really tried to leave him behind, but he is a pesky little bugger. His name is Target Panic. This is one friend I can't wait to lose. I just can't seem to bring my pin down on a target. My pin freezes up high, and it almost seems like I can't physically bring the pin down. This week I was able to resist the temptation to force the pin down, and slam the trigger. Needless to say, I bombed for the second week in a row. I can shoot paper out to 50 yards with no problem whatsoever, but as soon as I draw on foam....the TP rears it's head. I've got some work to do.

I wasn't really in a picture taking mood today, but Jen and I took a few...here they are.

Scotty at full draw on the elevated platform....



Scotty about to let fly on the bison...yes, thats my arrow up in the hump....



Me shooting a deer through the woods...



Scotty shooting the same deer...


Jen at full draw on the same deer.....




Scotty taking a tough downhill shot on a small fox...



Jen taking the downhill shot...



Me about to nickel the fox...



Me at full draw....



Scott...taking a poke at a goat...

[BT]

Thanks for the Pics

Is there anyway that you can make this target panic work for you until you over come it?.
You mention that you cant come down on the target.....what about coming up on it?....or does that cause you to jump the shot?.

If your consistently holding the top of the ten , perhaps you could sight 5" low for these shoots or come up on the target and adjust to hit 3" high.

Whatever.....you'll get it back

[tedicast]

Coming up on a target is a nighmare for me. I tried it last week. Cconsistently hitting top of 10?...lol more like an inch from the top of th back. I shot 18-8's, and 9 nickels today!

[Greg Krause]

looks like a fun shoot. It was a nice day for it!

Don't worry tedicast. You will get out of the slump you're in. I think sometimes we get frustrated and are so determined to shoot well, that we actually make ourselves get TP.

Have you tried blank bailing at close range with your eyes closed? I do that for a while and then start shooting with my eyes open at 10yds. After a day or two of that and TP seems to go away for me. It's not fun to do, but it seems to work with me.