A person aims a shotgun during a skeet shooting session at sunset, wearing protective ear muffs and sunglasses for safety in the golden evening light. A shooter's scores can drop by 5-10% during clay target shooting competitions due to poor stress management. My victories at both the national championship and the US Open in 2008 came from a simple approach - I just reminded myself to watch the bird. The sort of thing I love about clay pigeon shooting's mental game is its sim