Have a few epic melt downs in the field this year? A year ago, I did, too. Currently licking your wounds, telling yourself next year will be better? That you won’t let that pin hit hide and a millisecond later hammer the release? Yep, been there, said that.

Here’s a little secret. Sitting in the recliner next to a crackling fire telling yourself next year will be the year you finally get a grip on your target panic, buck fever or whatever is a good thing. However, talk is cheap. Getting a grip on your target panic takes action. I talked the talk for years. Finally, just last year, I decided to walk the walk.

System for Success

In order for you to effectively overcome the anxiety you experience when shooting at a target or animal, you have to change your system. What? Don’t have a system? Well, you need to get one, fast! An effective bowhunting system — where one step is performed perfectly and then another and another — is the key to success. Develop a perfect shot-sequence system, ingrain it into every shot you take and eventually, it will just become muscle memory. You’ll go from hyper-panic mode to the shot just being gone naturally and the sight of a buck with deflated lungs running away.

Here’s the necessary steps:

1.         Log on to www.alphabowhunting.teachable.com.

2.         Locate course 2.0 Bowhunting Building Blocks – Buck Fever and Target Panic.

3.         Pay the $50.

4.         Start the course and DON’T SKIP A STEP!

That’s it? Yep! That’s it! This is the system that cured me, and Phil Mendoza is a top-level archer, bowhunter and teacher.  Don’t be too proud. Stop wanting your target panic to go away. Simply take action and deflate some lungs in the seasons to come.