FLINCHING is a problem that causes big-game guides to take to the drink — not because they are susceptible to it themselves but because their hunting clients are often badly afflicted. It’s damned annoying making a long, tough stalk to get within range of a trophy animal, then see a paying guest throw a flinch and yank on the trigger of his rifle when he fires.
Usually the game departs, unscathed, for parts unknown and the guide resigns himself to the fact that he must start looking for another target, knowing that he is likely to have a repeat performance staring him in the face.
From the hunter’s viewpoint, flinching is an expensive malady, for often that trophy representing thousands
