Great story! When I took my test we had to shoot a clay pigeon and I had never shot one before. The clay was thrown and I dusted it but I had held the shotgun in such a way where it gave me a bloody nose.
Glad your bloody nose didn’t keep you from giving it up. Going shooting tomorrow? In Minnesota!? Good luck. (I moved away years ago and now am not used to the cold.)
I was just reading about guys complaining about shooting in the cold and thinking the cold was messing up their shot patterns and that’s why they were missing.
Consensus was it was the heavier clothing messing up their shotgun fit.
I’d probably blame it more on my shivering!