hard to imagine trusting a client to shoot anything after being a guide for a while.
Before I shot my first bear everyone in camp kept saying how nervous everyone was when they saw a bear and how hard it is to control your emotions. When I shot my first bear I didn't feel much different than when I shot a Raccoon, I mean heck I was in a tree stand, not like I was spearing it on the ground.
you also hang out of trees with a chain saw
have hundreds of coons killed
that is probably a lot different experience than others have.
people like to overthink things , when all they need is good muscle memory of bringing a gun to bear on a moving target , sounds like yours might have well been a deer from the tree stand and it hadn't a clue you were even there to shoot it till the shot was fired.
we had a portable electric remote clay thrower and had it set up that it would basically drop that clay about 10 feet to your left and 20 feet behind you , the thrower was protected by a plywood shield and out about 50 yards , the remote we could send them at you fast , dust one and the next one was on the way made you track and hit , if you got it a little close parts of the clay would shower down on you.
running this with a 18-20 inch barrel shotgun like you might be carrying for slug hunting or defense and you get familiar with it , and the limit wasn't 5 birds and you shot till you stopped it or it was past you and it was you need to keep topping off any time you get a break
learn to load while watching for incoming , be quick to shoulder , it isn't perfect training nothing is but it gets you quick.
pistol targets on a sled pulled at you can also build memory, the fist time you see a swinger or a peek-a-boo target that is activated by another target it seems so fast after a while you are trying to figure out if you can shoot the activator grab another target on the way and still get the activated target.
none of it is perfect but it all builds muscle memory and is a lot better than what most people do , a stationary target that is always in the same spot.
walking while shooting the pistol and engaging multiple targets learning to fire 2 rounds every time your foot hits the ground then transitioning to the next target during the stride
nothing is perfect but it all helps.
