Assuming in both cases you don't shoot until being tired causes issues.

When you come out and are shooting REAL good, do you have a tendency to keep going longer than if you came out and were shooting off?

I stop pretty much at the same point of fatigue regardless of my shooting.  I don't shoot a lot of competition anymore, so there is little need to shoot more than thirty or forty arrows in one session.

An Olympic Gold-Medalist rifle shooter advised to shoot more when you are doing well, and stop when you are doing poorly. You want to ingrain the good stuff, not the bad.

I also stop once I start to feel fatigued. If I have a really good practice I may even stop sooner! The point is exactly what Todd and everyone else pointed out. I want to be sure to leave the practice field with the last arrow in the bullseye, cause that is what the brain is going to remember.

If I'm shooting good I'll stay at it until I start to tire.  If I'm shooting badly I'll quit before I get aggravated and go make arrows or something.

The first 5 arrows I shoot will determine if I continue to practice or mow the lawn....

always end on a good arrow , regardless...that what I do!!    

QuoteOriginally posted by Todd Hathaway:
An Olympic Gold-Medalist rifle shooter advised to shoot more when you are doing well, and stop when you are doing poorly. You want to ingrain the good stuff, not the bad.

That's interesting.

Usually, if I'm shooting bad, I take a few minutes and try to settle down, and try to figure out what is going wrong. I try not to leave the session until I start shooting decent. Which I can usually do to some extent at least.

I follow the advice of the rifle shooter.  I also end on a good shot no matter what.  If I cannot execute a good shot I will shorten the distance, focus solely on basics, and that will produce a good shot.  Think about the release.  

Back when I played baseball, I always tried to end batting practice with a line drive so that would be what was in my mind's eye during the game. I use the same idea when I am shooting. I try to end with a great shot or a great group, even if I have to get up close to the target to do that. On a day I am shooting bad, I will stop after a good shot just to end on a good one. It seems to help.
Joe

S!  I'm with the majority on this one. I shoot as well as I can until I begin to fatique and then I shoot alittle longer while concentrating on the down-grading ability..somedays to maintain focus..somedays to maintain physical ability.

When..not if..I'm having a really suck-*** day..I refuse to walk away..without ending on a 3 cycle hit zone. I may kill every arrow in the quiver but I want my brain to out-smart my muscles or vice-versa. Leave on a bullseye-forget what it cost me!