[ThePinkOne]

I think it's head-ology stuff.


Here's one for you. I shoot BT compound so very similar technique to shooting off a clicker. I can blank-bale no prob, but a target face on and I may struggle- timing off, hold too long etc- especially if my scope dot is too big. If I look past it, not aim just look at centre of target and pull shot through no prob. Ah, I hear you all say, target panic...

However, it isn't that simple. If I use scaled full-size faces (equivalent sight pics to 100yd, 80yd, 60yd) I have no probs. But indoor spots.... aaaagh! Even though they are the same size gold as the 60yd equiv face..... and the outer size of the spot isn't that dissimilar to the 100yd scale target total size. So I guess that partly explains why I have always been a better outdoor than indoor archer- for some reason I am able to cope with the outdoor sight image better. I don't know exactly why this happens yet, I am working empirically here, we'll sort out the theory later. I think it could be partly a subconscious colour preference thing- next thing is to experiment with different colour target faces to explore the issue more fully (I have Corel Draw and an A3 colour printer, marvellous for experimenting).

I am also recalling that when I have my eyes tested, as part of refining of the prescription the optician will get you to look at two illuminated discs, one red and one green. As different fine tuning lenses are tried you are asked which looks brighter- red or green- so there must be something in that too (I am extremely short-sighted an also have severe astigmatism in both eyes, left worse than right but with either eye I cannot see the big letter at the top of the chart without glasses). My usual shooting glasses have the specially thinned lenses- my other reactolite non-thinned ones I cannot shoot in, too much distortion- another factor maybe?

I have already stablished that the scope inserts have an impact too, and found a preferred set up with that (Beiter scopes are wonderful for playing).

OK, slightly off topic perhaps, but I do wonder: how much of any clicker problem is the physical and how much is the visual/mental?

P.