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Tunnel vision is one possible side effect of the "Fight or Flight" system. It kicks in as a natural response to life threatening situations whether it be a gun fight or nearly hitting a deer on your bike. Longer situations mean more and stronger reactions, but there is no way to tell how much you'll get in any given situation. (More likely to suffer from tunnel vision in a 3 minute wrestling match over a gun than the deer vs. bike scenario, but it is possible in both)
I don't think it is possible to totally train this out as it is part of the internal nervous system that we have no control over, but the the breathing and awarness exercises mentioned earlier will help. Our training includes scanning after shooting to break up concentration on one point (which emphasizes tunnel vision) and moving during and immediately after a life threatening situation if possible to break up this, and other, effects.
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