In shooting at aerial targets, the basic difference between this method and the one commonly used by professional trick-shot artists, such as Ad Toepperwein, is that many of the trick-shooters employ a different kind of timing of the shot as a key ingredient. They wait until the rising target has almost stopped rising, aim carefully, and shoot just below that point so that the target stops and falls into the path of the bullet. That type of shooting generally requires either unusual natural ability or years of practice to master. McDaniel's method does not employ that sort of timing, and instead uses a carefully controlled form of snap shooting to hit the target at any point along its trajectory which trains the subconscious mind for any and all of the practical types of instinct shooting to follow: bird hunting, combat shooting at reasonable distances with the rifle, or quick-draw and hip-shooting with the modern handgun for emergency self-defense.