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Mobuck · May 23, 2012, 08:21 AM

I'm going to put this down as an issue of experience.
The reaction to a changing scenario may depend on past experiences or just previous stressful situations. When a gun is involved, the overall amount of gun handling experience combined with past history of hunting, target shooting, or maybe neither.
I'm older, have handled guns for 50 years, hunt a lot, and carry/use/shoot literally every day. My reaction might be different than someone who only has a SD pistol and practices shooting every time they draw. When I'm hunting with others(especially inexperienced hunters) I see some indecision as to whether to shoot or wait for a better presentation or some other reason. Sometimes that indecision costs the hunter a chance to fill a tag. On the opposite side is the person who has already decided to shoot and takes a shot regardless of any other factors. That person is the one most likely to muff the shot, take a shot at the wrong animal, or a poorly timed shot. In a SD scenario, that person may be unable to react to a changing scenario.

May 23, 2012, 08:21 AM	#17
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	I'm going to put this down as an issue of experience. The reaction to a changing scenario may depend on past experiences or just previous stressful situations. When a gun is involved, the overall amount of gun handling experience combined with past history of hunting, target shooting, or maybe neither. I'm older, have handled guns for 50 years, hunt a lot, and carry/use/shoot literally every day. My reaction might be different than someone who only has a SD pistol and practices shooting every time they draw. When I'm hunting with others(especially inexperienced hunters) I see some indecision as to whether to shoot or wait for a better presentation or some other reason. Sometimes that indecision costs the hunter a chance to fill a tag. On the opposite side is the person who has already decided to shoot and takes a shot regardless of any other factors. That person is the one most likely to muff the shot, take a shot at the wrong animal, or a poorly timed shot. In a SD scenario, that person may be unable to react to a changing scenario.