I'll stick with my Zen mode
but I do understand all thing's mentioned. As I was growing up I was drilled by one of the best, my father who is a NamVet was also a trained sniper WHO DRILLED INTO MY HEAD! hehe the physic's of shooting but as he said none of that matter's if your not one with your shooter. He was a mystic type guy too
Honestly though I don't do any calculating, pellet weighing etc. I sort through my pellet's for bugger's and I keep my shooters and scopes dialed in and ready. When I know that my shooter's are dead on the rest depends on me and since all that I do is hunt with them I spend countless hour's studying animal behavior along with Ma Natures behavior. A hunt moment in my head, I've inspected and loaded the pellet like this is the only one that I have so I must make it count. The pray has been spotted but I've set myself up not to be spotted, most of the time.
I let the pray go about it's duties anticipating it's next move, it stop's. The crosshairs have been locked , not only am I watching the pray but I'm looking past it for anything or anyone that may be in harms way. The leaves and branch's get a quick glance for wind direction and possible pellet deflection. At this point when all is perfect I slip into the Hunt Zen mode hehe and it's almost like a second of tunnel vision. The animals body doesn't exist, nothing else just that one little spot between the ear and eye. The pellet already knows where it need's to be, just send it on that invisible wire to the target. Breathing rested and relaxed and just squeeze the trigger, it's all been played out in my mind now just watch it unfold through the scope. This all happen's in seconds and work's for me and I'm not telling anyone to run out and get some meditation bead's hehe but I think we've all had that shot that just felt so smooth and fluid from start to finish and you knew right when you squeezed the trigger that the pellet was going to be dead on.
We've heard that term over and over " Be the shooter" and I just take it alittle further, be the target or animal, be the leaf on the tree heck be the tree lol. Now get your meditation mat's out and spend some time with your shooter's one on one hehehe. Just my Zen's worth nothing more.
Ed
