I have to admit I had a great season last year . But the year before not so much. I was overly cautious passed on slam dunk shots I could have made with a rifle... bow... bb gun. I made mistakes in not proper position , cocked hammer when deer were to close spooking them, after a single miss my confidence dumped annd I filled tags with the rifle. Last year I left the rifle in the safe and committed to the blackhawk. For me everything fell into place. Practice practice and practice some more. I shot over 500 rds 44 mag 1000 rds 45 acp 1000 rds of 22 and I bought a pump up crossman handgun to thump on tree rats getting into my feeders. All practice and confidence building. Im up too 8 tree rats 3 rabbits 2 fat doe. To be honest my gramps gave me some advice back when I started hunting... they aint gonna shoot them selves.