The poor PH's take their lives in their hands with some yahoos, including me.

Last year at the "sighting-in" demo, I shot the 10 out of the center of the one of the new "Shoot-N-C" targets, off-hand, open sights, at about 20 yards (I think it impressed me more than the PH!). A good sighting-in ceremony takes the pressure off both client and PH.

But the sighting-in ceremony may not have any relation to the pressure situation.

A few days and 'phunts later, here comes a bitch on my left front, while the PH is on my right front. I didn't hesitate to blaze away, which turned her. My PH was diplomatic but clearly upset (actually he was not as near to getting wasted as he thought). I have a definite aversion to getting stepped on by a cow. We're going at it again this year, so I guess I didn't scare him too badly, though I told him, under the same circumstances, I'd do the same again.