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Originally posted by MacD37:
With irons, the eye foucuses on one site, then the other,then the target, not all three at the same time, but you don't realize it.

I think that statement is bang on, MAC. Practicing "snap shooting" just makes you faster at it. Sometimes fast enough that you pull the trigger when it "feels good" because you have aligned the sights so quickly (and subconciously) that your not fully cognizant that you did it.

I used the MS example only because you can see clearly (while looking over his shoulder through the camera) that there is plenty of time to deliberately line everything up and you can even see the adjustments made to the alignment of rifle barrel and target. You can also see that his cheek settles into the stock like a practiced wingshooter and that his eye is lined up with the bore. What sight picture actually gets imprinted on his concious mind is impossible for anyone but him to tell.

Instinctive shooting with a trad bow or a rifle with no sights at all is really no different. You train your eye and mind to quickly recognize the right allignment and let fly. To say that is not "aiming", however, is grossly misleading, at least to my way of thinking.

Cheers,
Canuck