Rarely, if at all, you see shotguns in the air. You just know if you’ve come to the goal or missed. Patterns of shooting on paper aid understand what is happening, but it is still a 2D shutter of 3D phenomenon.
Every hit or there are many secrets. So we will come up with explanations what happens when they miss. Some are real, some are not. Those who do not become myths and urban legends. Belief that it doesn’t aid them in shooting.