Reading the tough or easy thread bout 3D got me thinking. Some of that will be repeated but something to ponder is how stress affects us in every way, certainly our decision making and shooting. Myself after a shooter knows form and shoots well we will introduce distraction and stress. It makes a shooter more bomb proof so to speak. Works too w training animals and imo should be done w police. In shooters I may put up a tic tac toe board and only called shots count. It causes you to pick a spot cause tic tac toe blocks even if 2 ft square are easy to miss if you don’t. In shooting I may have someone shooting even moving targets decently. Throw a ball or something, touch their ear w a feather as they’re ready to shoot n watch them blow shot. What nothing ever touched you deer hunting? Mosquitoes, flies, bees? Either you need to let down safely or shoot safely and accurately in these circumstances. You can but it takes practice. Gonna tell you bout dog training. I may whoa a pointer, we teach a tap of an ear as a release. Ok so two dogs are both standing, we may throw a ball right in front of them try to break them for a correction. Once that is fixed we release one dog w a tap and fetch to the ball. The competitive second dog won’t like it but we need them to mind (make decisions) in distracting times. Police shouldn’t be forced to shoot or draw always calmly. A buddy of mine was special forces. They ran, were sleep deprived, than lie in ice water to qualify. Could you shoot than? Should police be so untrained? Should victims blame the cop? I say not. It’s not the cops fault. Please LE don’t take offense. Think about it and incorporate stress and distraction training ,safely, into your shooting regimen. Once you master a process introduce another. Buck fever is shooting under stress. It’s something we don’t think about but is very relevant imo.

You are absolutely correct. Learning to shoot under stress will make routine shots seem like cake. Anyone that has been a grunt, or in any of the combat arms fields learns what stress can do to your effectiveness with a weapon. Some of the smalls arms training I have been through really opened my eyes to what oxygen deprivation and confusing environments can do to your coordination and decision making. Don't just practice on nice sunny days. Practice on cold crappy days with the wind blowing in your face. Practice in lower light conditions. It will make you a better shot when it matters.

Maybe you can be so fortunate enough to have a mentor who taught me to shoot that would come up behind you and push you just as you would be ready to release or holler in your ear or distract you to teach you how to shoot under pressure. When you shoot in a group there's plenty of distractions you need to learn to over come.

You also learn that if you place your arrow where it belongs and your the first shooter then expect to get your arrows broken that's enough distraction right there also. I then learned to shoot in the middle of pack aiming for their knocks and arrows in the right place. It don't teach you where to shoot just under pressure it helps with all the static around you.

When your in the bush its you and your own head that you need to over come any negativity that could effect the shot.

When I was a kid we shot lots of 3D. Never for perfect scores but for realistic practice. Sometimes shots need to be off on a target. Anyway when guys started busting up your arrows we’d aim for a nose tip. I don’t recommend it cause we brake a few deer noses. The point is that was stressful to some. You’d miss and you might lose an arrow, the first guy tried to protect his arrow by keeping it right at the tip.

Sorry break not brake

What makes you think the police don't train like that? I went through the academy over 10 years ago and it was stress everyday, someone yelling in your ear. The range had lights, sirens, flash bangs. Think maybe you should stay in your lane and talk about the things you have some clue on...

37 years as a cop and we stress trained all the time for qualifications. Night fire with only flashing lights for light, sirens blaring etc. Maybe some agencies were different.

Guys I’m trying to offend no one. I shoot w cops, many of my friends are cops, some cert cops, 2 even swat cops. How come they say different? My friend is a chief another 2 we’re captains. Was told the union wouldn’t allow it. Flashing lights aren’t stress training like I speak of. I’m actually sticking up for you.

We don't have unions here. Youre insinuations LE don't practice under stress is hogwash.

In 25 years on "the job" we trained under stress all the time. Now I'm stress free, retired 20 years ago..:-)

As far as hunting goes, maybe stress enters in when you only been doing it for awhile. To me, hunting is as stress free as you can get, and that includes the process that involves shooting at game in about any situation.

I don't claim to speak for any law enforcement since I've never had to deal with that. I imagine it is stressful as hell and my heart and respect goes out to them. The ones I do know, and there are about half a dozen, are well equipped to handle stressful situations. My most stressful times now are waiting on the postman when I have something ordered. ;)

Beg to differ, lighting and sound is part of stress, plus annual trips through hogans alley type shoot houses. If your union is controlling your training, sorry for you as you've lost control of your management duties. Time to nullify the union like Governor Walker did in WI a few years back.

To the overly sensitive types please ignore the cop thing. All the training is perfect. My mistake. Now the rest can consider what I’ve said if they like or not. Up to you.

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