1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Welcome back, everybody. I'm really 6 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: excited for this week. We're gonna this is our third 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: installment and kind of the last of the Summer Prep series, 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: and what this has been is just getting you ready 9 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: for the hunting season and things you can do this summer. 10 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: This week, we're gonna be busting out our bows and 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: getting into some practice that I really think makes the 12 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: most sense when it comes to hunting. If I think 13 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: back of over my summers, you know, while everybody else 14 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: is out at the lake and doing other things. Yeah, 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: I do those things as well, but really my summer 16 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: is spent shooting my bow and really honing my skills 17 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: for that archery season coming up. And so what I 18 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: want to do is is kind of give you some tips. 19 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: I've got a list of things like the types of 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: shots and the types of practice that I do that 21 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,279 Speaker 1: I that I really do believe is a lot different 22 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: than maybe some of the other practice tips you've heard, 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: and this is things that I do that I know 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: for a fact makes me better when I go into 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: the field. Some of these tips are they're all just 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: very hunt specific, and so I'm excited to get into those. 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 1: But before we do that, let's go down to Old 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: Mexico on Accused Deer Hunt with a Bow and Arrow. 29 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: I thought it'd be kind of fun today to just 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: recap a story and a little bit of behind the 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: scenes of maybe something that some of you have seen. 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: I know a lot of you've watched them Eat Eater 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: television show, whether it's on Netflix or you you know, 34 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: back when it was on the Sportsman's Channel or what 35 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: have you, wherever you watch it. But I thought, yeah, 36 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: it's kind of fun to tell a little bit of 37 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 1: behind the scenes stuff because in a hunt that's filmed, 38 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: you you only see a certain percentage of it. And 39 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: while it definitely follows like the narrative of exactly what happened, 40 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: there's always a few things is like if someone if 41 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: I was telling that hunting story, that you may not 42 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: capture in that in that TV show. So quite a 43 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: few years back, Steve and I went down to Mexico. 44 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: They were filming The Meat Eater and we did a 45 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: couple like a kind of a two part episode, so 46 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: one that gets talked about a lot, the Eating the 47 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: Coyote episode, but before that we did Cou's Dear Steve 48 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: hunted with his rifle and then I went out with 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: my bow, and then we did the Coyote and have 50 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: Alina kind of after that, but on the same trip, 51 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: So two different episodes but really the same trip. And 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: it wasn't real long trip, so we didn't have a 53 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: lot of time. But I just decided I love hunting 54 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: with my bow. I mean, at heart, I'm up a 55 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: bow hunt. I would consider myself a bow hunter. Yes, 56 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: I hunt with everything. I enjoy rifle hunting. I've actually 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: got a new muzzleloader that I'm gonna be hunting with 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: this year. It's actually an old muzzleloader, but new to me. 59 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: It's a percussion cap muzzleloader. And I mean, honestly, shotgun, 60 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: bow whatever, it doesn't matter. I just love to hunt. 61 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: But my true passion is when I've got my bow 62 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: in hand and I'm out hunting. In archery season, There's 63 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: been so many times where I even take my bow 64 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: to a general rifle hunt might be general rifle season, 65 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: but hey, I'm gonna still keep hunting with my bow 66 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: because I love the pursuit with the bow. And that's 67 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: how this Mexico hunt was. You could use a rifle. 68 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: Hunting cous deer during the rut is a great opportunity 69 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: to get a great buck with a rifle. But I 70 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 1: just thought, yeah, it's January, this is awesome. I'm in Mexico, 71 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: and of course I'm gonna hunt with my bow. So 72 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: we started out hunting. Steve was going off and hunting 73 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: on his own, and I think actually Janice was filming Steve, 74 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: if I rememberly, and then a friend of mine and 75 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: good worked with met here for a long time, Dan 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: Dodie was filming me. So we went out on our own, 77 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: and we really only had about three days to hunt 78 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: cou's deer because the other was going to be spent 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: hunting coyotes and have Alina, And if you know anything 80 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: about cous deer hunting, three days with a bow is 81 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: not a lot of time to get it done. I 82 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: wasn't looking for any particular size of buck. I just 83 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: wanted to get a buck with my bow and bring 84 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: home some meat and yeah, have a good time. So 85 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: the first couple of days we got into some deer. 86 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: I was trying a bunch of different tactics rattling, but 87 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: mostly spot and stock. So I glass in the morning. 88 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: If I didn't see anything I like, then I'd go 89 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: into some thicker stuff try rattling. For some reason. You know, 90 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: I actually had one buck running and while rattling, I 91 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: think on day two, but they weren't super responsive to 92 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: the calling. And I'm not patient enough really to sit 93 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: all day in like travel areas, so I would just 94 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: kind of do it in case I got close and 95 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: didn't think I could get in or whatever. It was 96 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: just kind of another tactic that I was using, but 97 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: primarily spot in stock. I did spot a couple of 98 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: nice bucks that I tried stocking, but being the rut, 99 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: they just by the time I got to where they were, 100 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: they were already gone. They'd moved off. It wasn't really 101 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: looking good for me. I didn't really have any solid opportunities. 102 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: And then the fact of adding in a bow hunt 103 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: on top of hunting CU's deer, which is difficult, and 104 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: then adding somebody that's filming, and so you know, we're 105 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: hiking around this a new area, never been None of 106 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: us have been to this particular portion of where we 107 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: were hunting, on this particular place. I think Steve had 108 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: been here one time before, hunting buffalo a couple of 109 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: years earlier, if I remember right. So, you know, just 110 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: kind of really exploring. Now it's the last day to 111 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: hunt Cou's deer and I spot this really good buck 112 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: across the canyons or like, sweet, let's get over there, 113 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: let's try to get that buck. We get in there, 114 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: and he's like ends up chasing this dough and I'm 115 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: trying to like cut him off because he was in 116 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,799 Speaker 1: a spot bedded where I thought, okay, it'll be great 117 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: to stop, but the dough got up. Of course, he 118 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: gets up, and now the whole plans ruined. At about 119 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: two yards out, I see him drop down this canyon. 120 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: We rush up, get into position, and he's just kind 121 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: of like chasing that dough by it a hundred miles 122 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: an hour. I try to stop him. I actually got 123 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: to full draw, but he just never stopped, never gave 124 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: me a shot. He was pretty close. I wouldn't have 125 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 1: had time to range, just would have had to guess 126 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: the range but I thought, dang, that's my opportunity. It's 127 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: now almost the end of day. I'm like, well, probably 128 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: not gonna get a buck, but I'm just gonna hunt 129 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: til the very bitter end. So we dropped down into 130 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: this wash and I spot this coat of mondy. I 131 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: think some people call him quadies or as well. We 132 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: call him coat of Mondy. Some people call him desert 133 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: monkeys as well. It's like a raccoon lemur looking animal, 134 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: very strange animal. When I first started hunting cou'se deer 135 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: down in Arizona, my buddy John and I would always 136 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: joke about the code of money's like reading your thoughts 137 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: and then translate it. We just have like this whole 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: stick that we would do about how they would read 139 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: your minds. And they're like these weird animals that would 140 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: read your mind and then scare away the deer and whatever. 141 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: So we'd have to wear tinfoil hats in the mountains 142 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: and it was just like this big running joke that 143 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: we had. It probably does not translate well at all 144 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: to this podcast, but they hold a special place in 145 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: my heart. And it's funny because the first cou'se deer 146 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: buck I got with my bow. In Arizona. We were 147 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: sitting there glass and we've been hunting for like a 148 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: week or more, and I was glassing down in the 149 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: canyon and I spotted this coat of money and I'm like, dude, 150 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: look at these codies here and there like sweet. So 151 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: we glass them up and they walk really they're like 152 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: they're like the size of a raccoon, and they've got 153 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: like they walk with their tails straight up in the 154 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: air and it's like this long cat like ringed tail. 155 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: Soon super cool animal. So they're walking in the bottom. 156 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, cool, that was awesome. I feel like 157 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: that's good luck. So later that morning, like literally after that, 158 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: I decided I'm gonna go up this ridge. Look down. 159 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: As I'm walking up the ridge, I spot a buck. 160 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: I go. I get into position above the cliff and 161 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: shoot my first cues buck with my bow. Had just 162 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: seen a code of money, and so on this particular 163 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: day in Mexico, I see this code of money. I'm like, guys, 164 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: this is good luck because every time I see one 165 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: of these I end up getting on accused here and 166 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: they're like, well, so we're trying to film these things 167 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden the code of Money like 168 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: kind of sees us and starts moving off. And there 169 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: was like I don't even know what you call it, 170 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: a pack, a herd, a group, a flock, whatever, there was. 171 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: I had never seen so many of these things in 172 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: my life. There was a massive group. I don't know 173 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: how many of there were. They just like we're going 174 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: across this kind of cliff face and this wash everywhere. 175 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: Maybe thirty of them. I don't know if that's even possible. 176 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: Maybe it just seemed like there was that many. We 177 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: really wanted to get some good video of them. So 178 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: they went around this washing. We're kind of like in 179 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: this wash, chasing these codies, and it's like almost the 180 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: end of the day, and I'm like, man, this would 181 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: be so cool to get some like good videos and pictures. 182 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: And we go up this wash and we end up 183 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: they just like disappear, like these are some mystical creatures, 184 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: even more mystical than the cues deer buck. And so 185 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: we're like, okay, you know, we're looking around, we don't 186 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: see him. We're like, well, it's almost the end of 187 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: the day, starting to get dark. We've got, you know, 188 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: a little bit of light left, but probably not going 189 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: to see a deer, but whatever, We're just gonna walk 190 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: up this wash and hit the ridge and then work 191 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: our way back to camp in the dark. So we're 192 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: walking up the wash and we hit this spot. It's like, 193 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: really weird, is desert everywhere, but there's this like patch 194 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: of I'm pretty sure they were oaks or almost like 195 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: cotton woods. I can't remember what kind of tree. They were, 196 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: like a like a bigger tree but dead in this wash. 197 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, huh, maybe there's some water here or something. 198 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: It seems like maybe there's more seasonal water, like year 199 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: round water, not just run off. We kind of like 200 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: creep around the corner and this is like a tight 201 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: wash where it's almost like cliffs and rock on either 202 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: side and like smooth bottom, so you almost have to 203 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: like rock climb up a few places to get up. 204 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 1: There's a few places where I'd like hands someone in 205 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 1: my bow, do like a rock climb move like a 206 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: three step rock climb move, reach back, grab my bow, 207 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: that whole thing like it was. It was fairly technical 208 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: getting up this, but we figured we could get up 209 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: and then get up on the ridge somewhere and go 210 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: out and there's a spot with these trees, and I'm 211 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: I'm looking and it's just something doesn't look right, and 212 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: it's really thick, and we're in the bottom and out 213 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: on the hillside walks this cous deer. I'm like, dude, guys, buck, 214 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: Like I just knew it was a buck. And I 215 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: put up my bind nose and sure enough, it's just 216 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: this little it's a little spike. But it's the last day, 217 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: last evening. I'm like, oh man, this is awesome. But 218 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: the trouble is there is a ton of brush, just 219 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: like sticks from this tree. So we were down like 220 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: what would be the base of the tree, the trees 221 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: out a little ways, maybe halfway between myself and the deer, 222 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: and then the deer's up on the hill, so it's 223 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: a pretty steep uphill shot. I've got branches and everything 224 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: in the way, and the lighting is like, now weird 225 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: because it's starting to get dark and and this deer 226 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: is starting to move. I'm like, all right, I'm gonna 227 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: make this shot. We've got time. The deer's really not 228 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: aware that we're there, trying to get the camera on 229 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: it but not be seen. I range and I'm ranging 230 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: what I've started doing, is I try to get a 231 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: range between like past the tree to the hill where 232 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: the deers and I get it. It's like forty something yards, 233 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: and now I'm ranging the tree and the trees like 234 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: twenty yards, and then there's another tree behind that. There 235 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: was like thirty yards, So it's like these two trees 236 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: about ten yards apart, and then the buck's back on 237 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: the hill behind it, and it is just a jungle 238 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: of twigs and sticks and everything. So what I do 239 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: is I draw back and I'm put my pin on 240 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: the deer. At the time, I think I had like 241 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: a seven pin spot hog size seven deadly pins or 242 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: something like that, if I remember right. And so I'm 243 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: using my forty yard pin. I think by this point 244 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: in the buck is like forty two yards or something. 245 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, put that forty yard pin right center 246 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: of the lungs and figure to get like a two 247 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: inch drop. And then I'm like, okay, I gotta make 248 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: this exact. So I creep up a little bit closer, 249 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: you know, without being seen. I'm like exactly forty yards 250 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: from that buck. And then I've got the twenty yard 251 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: tree and then the thirty yard tree, and then that 252 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: bucks ten yards passed it. So I draw back and 253 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: I've got my multiple pins and I'm just angling my 254 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: like kind of moving at full draw and leaning and 255 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: ducking and just getting the exact right angle where my 256 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: twenty yard pin on top is branch free, my thirty 257 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 1: yard pin is branch free. And then I've got my 258 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: pin on the deer, and I line all those things up, 259 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: released the arrow and it's twat buck runs off and 260 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, that looked good. So we give it 261 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 1: a few seconds, but I'm like, it was hard to 262 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: see where it hit because it was lower light, but 263 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: I just knew that based on the way that I threaded, 264 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: the needle should be right in there. We end up 265 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: going up finding the arrow and the way the buck 266 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: ran right over the ridge, but it looked like he 267 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: just fell right there. I find the arrow, grabbed the arrow, 268 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: and we just walked to where we last saw the bucket. 269 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: Sure enough, he's laying there, maybe fifteen yards passed where 270 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: I shot perfect heart shot last evening, buck was down. 271 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: When I think about archery practice for me, I'm honestly 272 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: I'm not concerned with hitting dots on a target. What 273 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: I am concerned with is just making a perfect shot 274 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: in the field. And I shoot a bow for bow hunting, 275 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: like I don't really I'm not really concerned about target archery. 276 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm not really concerned about whatever else. Like my entire setup, 277 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: my entire When I pick up a bow, the thought 278 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: in my head is this is for hunting. This is 279 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: what I hunt with, and I'm going to make a 280 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: really good shot on whatever I'm talking I want to 281 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: make a clean, ethical kill. I'm going to be more 282 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: successful that way. And I would think that most bow 283 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: hunts is difficult, as bow hunting is, it comes down 284 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: to that shot. I learned really early on that the 285 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: difference between being an extremely effective and efficient and successful 286 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: bow hunter is what you do with those shots that 287 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: you're presented. And I mean, one of my best seasons, 288 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: I think I went nine animals, nine arrows. It was 289 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: like perfect, And I've had seasons to where it's the opposite, 290 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: where I switched bows out of bow I didn't really 291 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,359 Speaker 1: like and it seemed like I would get an opportunity 292 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: and somehow mess it up and it was the most struggling, 293 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: worst feeling, terrible season. And what it comes down to 294 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: is just having that like the guys that are consistent 295 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: archery hunters, guys that are really good with their bow, 296 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: are guys that can take those shots offered in the 297 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: field and make a perfect shot. And the thing about 298 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: that is in field shots are often very unideal. When 299 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: you're practicing in your backyard, it's one thing you're training yourself. 300 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: You're getting that muscle memory, you're shooting at those dots, 301 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: and you're becoming proficient doing that, But that doesn't always 302 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: translate to what you're gonna encounter when you draw back 303 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: on that one opportunity you're going to get that season 304 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: on a meal, they're on an elk onam, maybe you've 305 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: got a sheep, dag antelope, whatever it is. So what 306 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: I do is I like to practice things that really 307 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: translate and create muscle memory for scenarios and situations that 308 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to encounter in the field while I'm hunting. 309 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: I will say I shoot my bow quite often. I 310 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: believe that arch like practicing with your boat, is very 311 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: important a key to being successful. But I also believe 312 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: that when it comes down to in the moment, I 313 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: probably personally, if I was to judge myself, excel at 314 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: shooting at a live target or a deer in the 315 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: field as opposed to just shooting at a block in 316 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: the backyard. And I might seem strange, but it's because 317 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: the way that I practice is building that muscle memory 318 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: for those tricky shots, those tricky scenarios. And so I 319 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: want to break down the type of shots that you 320 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: can do at home right now, whether you've got a 321 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: long range, of short range, whatever. I kind of dissected 322 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: my practice and translate that to scenarios in the field, 323 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: so you can build that muscle memory so when it 324 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: happens during a hunt, it's something you've done a hundred times. 325 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: And that's the whole key to practice. That's why this 326 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: summer prep series is so important, is because when you 327 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: developed the right muscle memory, when you encounter a scenario 328 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: that might only happen one it's a stock on a 329 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: deer that goes off and you're gonna get your shot, 330 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 1: and then you draw back and it's the first time 331 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: you've ever taken a shot like that. It's a lot 332 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: it's going on. But if you draw back and you know, hey, 333 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: all summer, I've done this, I've got the muscle memory. 334 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: I can just execute this flawlessly and don't have to 335 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: think about it. I don't get that paralysis by analysis. 336 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: I just go through the motion of making the good shot. 337 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: You're gonna be a lot more successful. So I've outlined 338 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: a whole list of things here, and I'm just gonna 339 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 1: go through the list and give you specific tips on 340 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: ways to practice. So I've titled each of these shots 341 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: the first shot. We're gonna call the longhold. Now this happens, 342 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: I mean this happened to me literally yesterday, where I 343 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: was actually bear hunting. I drew back at a time 344 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: when the bear wasn't looking. Then he went into a 345 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: position that didn't offer shot, but I did not have 346 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: time to let down, so I just had to keep holding, holding, 347 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: and waiting for that opportunity shot. As I'm holding, I 348 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 1: gotta make sure I'm not moving. I gotta also be 349 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: able to put that pin in the right spot, not 350 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: get tired, not get shaky, and still execute a good, 351 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: perfect shot. So this is something that I practice consistently 352 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: throughout the summer. And what that is is it's just 353 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,719 Speaker 1: mimicking those scenarios where you're drawing at the right time, 354 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: but you may have to wait for a shot. It 355 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: happens so often, and I'm very surprised at how many 356 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: few hunters really hammer this home and practice this. So 357 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: I have a couple different like when I'm shooting, I 358 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: almost play games in my mind of different ways that 359 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: I do this to keep it interesting. I mean, if 360 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: you haven't figured it out by now, I kind of 361 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: have a form of a d D where I just 362 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: gotta make it interesting. I've got to keep moving and 363 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: challenging and do that stuff. So the Longhold shot is 364 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: something that I do a lot. And you can start 365 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: out like this, maybe pick a time thirty seconds to whatever. 366 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: You get your phone, you set the timer, you draw back, 367 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: and you just hold, hold, hold and holding a way 368 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: where you're pretty much holding on the target, and then 369 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: the timer goes off and take your time and make 370 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,719 Speaker 1: a good shot. It's really good to set a baseline 371 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: so you can see where you're getting, how you're progressing, 372 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: because over time you're gonna be able to expand those 373 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: times longer and longer and longer. By the end of 374 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: the summer, you'll be able to be held at full 375 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: draw for quite a while and still execute a great shot. 376 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: So what you want to do. Start out, shoot just 377 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: say five arrows, four arrows, whatever. Shoot a group. Doesn't 378 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: even matter how far your range is. You could do 379 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: this at twenty yards or closer. Maybe you just back 380 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: your practice, you only got ten yards whatever. Wherever you 381 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: practice doesn't really make a difference. But shoot a group 382 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: just normal, call that your baseline. You go, Okay, this 383 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: is the type of group I'm shooting at this distance. 384 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: Now shoot a group with that hold or thirty second 385 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: hold or whatever you're gonna start with, and then compare 386 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: the two. What you're trying to get is you're trying 387 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: to get your long hold shots to be very similar 388 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: or the same as your baseline shots. So as time progresses, 389 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: you know, maybe do that day you'll do three to 390 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: five rounds at that hold. You want to make it 391 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: where it's fairly difficult, where you aren't just perfect. So 392 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: I like to start out, you know, for me personally, 393 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: I do a lot of minute holds, and then as 394 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the summer progresses, I've done even longer than that. It 395 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: obviously depends on your draw weight and other things. I've 396 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: got a bow that's fairly heavy draw weight right now, 397 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: and I've realized that my holds are not as good, 398 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 1: is not as steady, and I can't hold as well 399 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: as long. So I've been practicing this a lot more 400 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: to build that strength and muscle memory for when that happens, 401 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: because I've I've realized when you are in a scenario 402 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: where you have to hold the bow back, that tension 403 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: and muscle fatigue does build up. And what that causes. 404 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: It causes a panicked shot or a rushed shot. When 405 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: you get a slight opportunity, it may not be opportune. 406 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 1: So you're in the field, you're drawn back, and if 407 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: you haven't practiced this a lot, what's gonna happen is 408 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna start shaking, You're gonna start to get tired, 409 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: and your brain is gonna say, I can't let down. 410 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: I have to shoot. And animals gonna give you a 411 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: slight shot or something, and you're gonna rush that shot. 412 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: When you rush the shot, you're probably gonna mess up. 413 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna jerk your arm, you're gonna you're gonna do 414 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: something that really is not what needs to be done 415 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: in that moment. But practicing it now is gonna overcome 416 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: that difficulty. It's gonna tell yourself look, I've done this 417 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: a thousand times. I'm just gonna hold and I'm gonna 418 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: make that smooth, perfect shot like I did all summer long. 419 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: And so that one is key, Like add that to 420 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: your practice. The next one we're gonna call the light 421 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: and dark. So a few years ago I really noticed 422 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,959 Speaker 1: I like to shoot my boat at various times throughout 423 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: the day. You know, I know a lot of people 424 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: like they might shoot before work or after work, and 425 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: it's kind of always the same sunlight wherever they're shooting. 426 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: So one time I was out in my backyard and 427 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: I was I think it was early morning. I was 428 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: shooting kind of towards the sun shooting, and I'm like, man, 429 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: I really suck at shooting and then shooting and it's 430 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: just like not good groups, not really happy. And then 431 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: later on in the day I shot again, I'm like 432 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: tight groups, everything's great. I'm I could not figure out why. 433 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: I was like, man, maybe it's just the morning. I'm 434 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: not really dialed up or what. And I started to 435 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 1: think about it and look at it. And in the 436 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: middle of the day, what I was doing is the 437 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: target was in the sunlight, and I would shoot underneath 438 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: the eve of the house and my sight was in 439 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: the sun. And then as I stepped back a little 440 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: bit further, you know, I got into more shade, and 441 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: my groups weren't as good. And then I went further 442 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: back and then I was shooting really good again, Like 443 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: this is making no sense, and I started to really 444 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: analyze it, and what was happening was this particular sight. 445 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: In the evening, the site got brighter, and as the 446 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: sight got brighter, the pin was a little bit bigger, 447 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: and it was almost like I didn't have is fine 448 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: night aiming point. It was like tricking my brain as 449 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: to what I was seeing and how I was aiming, 450 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: and it kind of messed it up a little bit. 451 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: I ended up taking the fiber optics out and just 452 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: dulling it down for the evenings, in the mornings and 453 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: in the shade. But it also really made me realize 454 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: how much light factors into the way that you see 455 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: your pin, the way that you see the target, way 456 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: that you see an animal. Now translate that back into 457 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: thinking about shots that I encounter in the field. Many 458 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: of the shots that I encounter, it's like you're stalking 459 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: in on the deer. The deer's bedded under a tree, 460 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: you're in the sun, or you're in the shade the 461 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: bucks in the light, or you're going in on an 462 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: elk in the timber and there's just light going through 463 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: the trees and multiple different ways. I prefer to try 464 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: to stay in the shades the animals can't see me, 465 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: but there's even those times where you're in something real dark, 466 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: hiding and the deer's out, and that difference in light 467 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: really affects the way that your eye sees the pin 468 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: and you perceive distance and you aim at the target. 469 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: And I realized that the difference in light was causing 470 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: me to shoot different. I'm not talking like for me, 471 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: it was different than the groups that I was used to. 472 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: And so what I started doing was practicing in different 473 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 1: times of light, like looking towards the sun with the 474 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: sun at my back, with the sun on the site, 475 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: and really understanding how to shoot an adjust for that. 476 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: And once you start doing that, you're going to realize 477 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: that it does make a difference in many ways, or 478 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: maybe for a lot of people. I think one way 479 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: that really combats that is being able to shoot with 480 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: both eyes open. If you don't currently shoot with both 481 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: eyes open, what happens with the varying light. It affects 482 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: the way that your I focuses on the pin and 483 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily focusing on the target, and it changes the 484 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: way that you normally shoot. So by practicing shooting in 485 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: different lights and different types of light, maybe take that 486 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: target and go set it in a dark hole where 487 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: you can't really see what you're shooting at as well, 488 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: you can't make out the definit shion as much, and 489 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: getting used to focusing on that. Then do the opposite 490 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: where you're in the shade and the targets in the light, 491 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,479 Speaker 1: because it adjust the way that your eye picks up 492 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: things at different depths and allows you to kind of 493 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: concentrate and work out the kinks of that focus. And 494 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: that's just a huge thing that I think a lot 495 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: of people don't think about. So one of the main 496 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: factors to doing that is making sure you're shooting with 497 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: both eyes open. And then another factor is, you know, 498 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: just practicing and understanding what kind of differences that light 499 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: actually does make. Number three here is going to be 500 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: our obstruction shot, and that is pretty much the shot 501 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,959 Speaker 1: that I was talking about in the story. There's a 502 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: lot of factors going on the angle, the light, and 503 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: then the obstruction. I've been doing some of these, like 504 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: little how twos on my Instagram stories, and this one 505 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people really like resonate with, because I 506 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 1: think a lot of people don't necessarily kind of comprehend 507 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: it in this way. You really want to be careful 508 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: of obstructions when you're shooting, and you need to practice 509 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: with some forms of obstruction. What I mean by obstruction 510 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: is something that obstructs either your flight path of your 511 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: arrow or your line of sight, and those two are 512 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily the same thing. So if you think about 513 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: in that story where the CU's deer was forty yards away, 514 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: I had a tree that was thirty yards away and 515 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: a tree that was twenty yards away. My arrow is 516 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: constantly falling essentially from the time it leaves my boat. 517 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: It's making an arc, but it's like where it hits 518 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: at twenty yards is higher than where it hits at 519 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: forty yards. So the obstructions that I need to worry about, 520 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: at least the ones in between myself and the target 521 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: are the ones that are in the flight path of 522 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: the arrow, not in the flight path of my line 523 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: of sight. In that particular shot, on that CU's dear, 524 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: I actually think that there was a in my line 525 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: of sight, a stick right on his vitals. But I 526 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: was aiming for that point putting my forty yard pin 527 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: right on that stick. But I knew that stick was 528 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: twenty yards away, and so looking at my other pins, 529 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: I could see the gap at which the arrow was falling. 530 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: When I actually practice these kind of shots, I've done 531 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: this in my backyard by just even taking something like 532 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: I actually used to do it with a trash can, 533 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: and I'd like put some stuff in the trash can, 534 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: like yard branches or whatever, even just use the like 535 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: the trash can itself and kind of like put the 536 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: trash can twenty yards, walk out to forty yards and 537 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: have like the can maybe where the vitals are, but 538 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: use my forty yard pin, which would be almost like 539 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: center punching that like right on the can where I'd 540 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: see the target in the background, and then have the 541 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: arrow shoot over the can into the target. But what 542 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: that did was it just really allowed me to say, Okay, 543 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: that arrows above where I'm shooting. Now, how do I 544 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: compensate for that? If you have a multiple pin site, 545 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: the easiest ways at full draw see if your pins 546 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: are on any kind of obstruction between you and the target. 547 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: If they are, that's where the arrow is going to 548 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: be at that yardage it's going to hit. I have 549 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: seen it smoved to kind of a single pin site 550 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: or slider site. Is actually I've got a double pin. 551 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: It's a spot hog fast, steady xl UM. I get 552 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: asked a lot what site I'm using, So that's the one. 553 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: But the thing that I don't like about this. I 554 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: love a lot of things about that site, but what 555 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: I don't like is having those pins above my my 556 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: primary pin to show me if I'm going to hit 557 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: any obstructions in the way. So what I've had to 558 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: do is I've had to build out this mental kind 559 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 1: of picture of the flight path of my arrow. And 560 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: the way that I do that is I go to 561 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: a certain yardage and I'll say, like, I'll go twenty 562 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: yards and I'll set my twenty yard pin, and then 563 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: I'll shoot an arrow at the target at twenty and 564 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: I'll take two steps back, shoot another arrow, step back 565 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 1: a couple of steps, shoot another arrow, shoot another row 566 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: out to you know, thirty whatever yards, just so we 567 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: don't get low enough to where the arrow is hitting 568 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: the dirt when you look at it. Now, it's kind 569 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: of hard to build this as a verbal picture. But 570 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: now you're looking your target. You should use the same 571 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: pin on the same target, but as you've stepped back, 572 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: you've changed the distance. Now what you should see is 573 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: your arrows should be in a line vertically, but they 574 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: should be like further down, and it will show you 575 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: the drop in your arrow from that twenty yard to 576 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: that thirty yard as out of every couple of yards, 577 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: like exactly how much your arrow is dropping, and then 578 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: building that out. You do that enough, you can start 579 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: to build this mental picture of how your arrow is 580 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: falling and how much room you need above and below. 581 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: And what that helps you do is it helps you 582 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: build out Now. I also, because I have two pins 583 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: on the slider, I can kind of see that gap 584 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: and I can like stack my pins to see visually 585 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: whether it's hitting any obstructions or not. What stacking the 586 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: pins means is like, say I've got my top pins 587 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: set for forty yards, and I know my next pin 588 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: down is going to be fifty yards, so that's a 589 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: ten yard gap. So what I could do is if 590 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: the obstructions twenty yards, so I know that it's approximately 591 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: ten yards between my first and second pin, So I'm 592 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: gonna set my second pin where the target is and 593 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: that will give me, Okay, that's where it's gonna be 594 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: ten yards this way of it, and then I'll move 595 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: the bottom pin again to where the top pin is 596 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: at and see if there's any obstructions in that. It's 597 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: a lot to do, it's a lot to think about, 598 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: but you can do that while practicing, so you really 599 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: can get a picture of how far your arrow is flying, 600 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: where it's dropping, and just understanding that trajectory. There's a 601 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: lot to it. But when you do it enough and 602 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: really understand how your arrow is flying, it lends itself 603 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: to list next type of shot that I'm gonna talk about, 604 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: which would be just like off pin shooting or gap shooting. 605 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: And this is something that I practice a lot where 606 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what kind of site you have, whether 607 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: you've got a fixed pin site, a multipin site, whatever. 608 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: Let's say you've got a fixed pin site, you've got 609 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:55,959 Speaker 1: multiple pins, you've got a forty yard pin. Practice shooting 610 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: at those yardages that's in between your pins where you 611 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: don't have something to aim. So what the best way 612 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: to do that is just like pick a spot, imagine 613 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: a pin where it should be in between your two 614 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: missing pins, and shoot for that. It's really like how 615 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: many times you're out hunting you get to a yardage 616 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: and it's not an exact yardage that you have a 617 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: pin for. Maybe you've got a single pin or a 618 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: slider site like I have. You get in, you set 619 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: your pin, and the animal walks out three or four 620 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: or five steps and you don't have time to readjust right. 621 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: So just shooting at the target, practicing where your pin 622 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: does not represent the value that you're shooting at. So 623 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: that's understanding that trajectory, but doing a lot of practice 624 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,479 Speaker 1: shooting off the pins or shooting in the gap between 625 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: the pins, shooting maybe adjusting your holdover and really knowing 626 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: that trajectory and holdover and practicing those kind of shots. 627 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: I do that a lot. I'll shoot my twenty let's 628 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: say twenty yard pin at twenty yards, then you walk 629 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: out to I don't know, twenty four yards, twenty five yards, 630 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: thirty yards without using them. Now, if you're a single pin, 631 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: you wouldn't have a thirty yard pin. Maybe you just 632 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: got the first one, and then just knowing the hold 633 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: over shooting and trying to hit that same arrow that 634 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: you shot with the correct pin at that yardage. I 635 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: hope this is all making sense. It makes sense to 636 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: me because I do it a lot, but I know 637 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,239 Speaker 1: that it can be a lot. This is probably a 638 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: lot easier to understand if you shoot your bow a lot. 639 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: So if you're new to bow hunting, just keep these 640 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: things in your mind when you're practicing. It doesn't always 641 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: have to be shooting a spot on a target with 642 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: the pin that is associated with on flat ground, because 643 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: that kind of practice is really good for doing that. 644 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: When you get in and stock in on an animal, 645 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: A lot of times that does not translate. It's these 646 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: these things where you've got to make a quick reaction, 647 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: a quick move, a quick adjustment. I have shot quite 648 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: a few animals with my bow. To say the least 649 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: of those animals I have shot with my bow, very 650 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: few of them were very ideal situations. I don't know 651 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: if other people encounter ideal situations, and I don't. I 652 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: just don't really know, but I doubt it. I think 653 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: that what happens is you get in and there's some 654 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: sort of cluster f that goes on. The animal moves out, 655 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: there's an obstruction, the lighting is weird. There's just a 656 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: million things, a million factors. And so out of the 657 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: things that I have shot with my bow, I would 658 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,239 Speaker 1: say maybe one percent of them are that ideal, like 659 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: walk out, everything is perfect, take the shot. It just 660 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: does not really happen like that is often, and by 661 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: being able to practice these inopportune times, you're able to 662 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: capitalize on those real life scenarios. Let's go to number four. 663 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: I call this the limited or the one time shot. 664 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: When you're hunting, you get one shot most of the time. 665 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I've got stories, but my guys are called 666 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: in an elk they've missed, and then like hold the 667 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: elk there and they've got more shots off. But that's 668 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: not always. That doesn't happen like that, So you get 669 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: one shot. Maybe you don't have a lot of time 670 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: to shoot through the summer. You can shoot a little 671 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: bit on the weekends. You don't need a lot of time. 672 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: You need to have a bow that you're familiar with 673 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: and then just making that one shot count. So maybe 674 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: take a week during the summer and say, hey, when 675 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: I practice I'm just shooting one shot. If you've got 676 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: a three D target, that's awesome. If you've got whatever, 677 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: but pick a random yardage. Maybe you just go however 678 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: your maximum distances on your phone, get a random number generator, 679 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: put that in maybe between twenty and sixty yards or whatever, 680 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: and go stand at that yardage and make a perfect shot, 681 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: one shot and then call it a day, because that's 682 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: just really gonna train you to put emphasis on that 683 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: one shot. You don't get to shoot a group, you 684 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: don't get a redo, you don't get a mulligan. That 685 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: first shot has to be the best shot you've ever made. 686 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: And practicing that and getting that mentality is huge. So 687 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,919 Speaker 1: during the summer there's times where you know, maybe every 688 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: other day or whatever, I'm just gonna go out and 689 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: I'm gonna shoot one arrow and I'm gonna make that 690 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: one arrow a perfect shot. And if I make a 691 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 1: bad shot, I'm gonna kick myself about it, beat myself up, 692 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: and I don't get a redo until tomorrow. And that's um, 693 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: that's a really good way to practice and get your 694 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 1: head right for when that shot does come down. Number five, 695 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: we've got this angle shot. Now there's a lot of 696 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: people listening, they're probably tree stand hunters. If you're a 697 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: Western hunter, most of the shots you're gonna make. And 698 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: I've talked about this actually on the very first podcast, 699 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: podcast number one, which is almost a year ago. And 700 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,360 Speaker 1: I don't expect everyone to listen to everything. So but 701 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: if you get time to go back to that one, 702 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: uh do it. Shooting downhill is tricky. I think it's 703 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: one of the more difficult shots that you can take, 704 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: and it's probably the most likely shot that most people 705 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: are gonna take. So if you can go out somewhere 706 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: where you've got a steep decline. If you don't have 707 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: that maybe I don't know, put up a tree stand 708 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: in your backyard if possible. If you're gonna be shooting 709 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: from a tree stand a lot, practice the way that 710 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,879 Speaker 1: you're gonna be hunting. The same goes for if you're 711 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: maybe your anal up hunting. You're gonna be in a 712 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: ground blind. Put a chair in your backyard with the 713 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: blind up or just the chair, and practice shooting like 714 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 1: you're going a hunt. I remember the first time I 715 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,240 Speaker 1: got a ground blind, sat in a chair and thought, 716 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,840 Speaker 1: I never shot like this. This is gonna be interesting. 717 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,760 Speaker 1: I ended up just pushing the chair aside and shooting 718 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: from my knees, and then the next year decided just 719 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: practice shooting from a chair in a ground blind. Not 720 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: that it's more difficult, but it's just something you don't practice. 721 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: Your body is in a different position, and you want 722 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: to practice how you're gonna be hunting. That downhill shot 723 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: is one that you will encounter, and there is a 724 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,880 Speaker 1: level of difficulty to it because a lot of factors, 725 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: especially in the mountains when the hills going one way. 726 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 1: Gravity is pulling your bow in your body a certain way, 727 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,880 Speaker 1: and the air it's pulling the arrows straight down, and 728 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: the line of sight might be further than the actual yardage, 729 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: but the winds affecting it. There's a lot of factors 730 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: that go into it. It's something you need to practice. 731 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,439 Speaker 1: I am fortunate I have live in a two story house, 732 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: so I shoot from my balcony constantly. I don't know 733 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: if that's possible for a lot of people. I've even 734 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: like suggested, you know, getting like even just a step 735 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: ladder and just that act of you know, make sure 736 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: you're safe, don't do anything stupid. I don't want to 737 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: hear that you fell and hurt yourself, broke your arm 738 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,800 Speaker 1: because you fell out of a tree in your backyard, 739 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: or you rolled off your roof shooting your bow obviously 740 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: use some common sense, but getting to those kind of 741 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: angles is is super important. Great practice Number six, you know, 742 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,439 Speaker 1: shooting at a target that's realistic the hunting. I think 743 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: three D target practice is awesome. If you don't have 744 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: a three D target. What a three D target is 745 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: you should know, but it's um like an animal shape target. 746 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: They range in price from sixty dollars to six dollars. 747 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: You know, find something that works for your budget. Me 748 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: and friends always go in on these things, like get 749 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: a couple of targets, will take them out camping, will 750 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: take them out wherever. That's the best. Like if you're 751 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: going to plan a summer camping trip, bring a three 752 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: D target, get some buddies and go out and set 753 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,720 Speaker 1: it in real life scenarios, especially in kind of terrain 754 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: that you hunt a lot, or maybe bring it out camping, 755 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: set up like a tree, stands target whatever out in 756 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: the field. Practice is awesome. And if you can't do that, 757 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: I know that's hard to do. There's like archery leagues 758 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: there's so many summer events with COVID. Yeah, it's probably 759 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,480 Speaker 1: put it like a damper on some of this stuff, 760 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: you know. I know, um it was a Mountain Archery Fest, 761 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: Total Archery Challenge. There's a lot of those, like awesome 762 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: ones that take place in ski resorts and have cool 763 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: shots and great targets that you don't get to shoot 764 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: out a lot at home. But even just like local 765 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,399 Speaker 1: three D leagues, if that's a possibility where you live, 766 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: I know I've done those a lot throughout the summer, 767 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: even just like weekend tournaments, like it's not you don't 768 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: have to compete against anybody but yourself. One of the 769 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: ways that I like to shoot is instead of keeping 770 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,799 Speaker 1: like the normal score, because I really don't believe that 771 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: the kill zone on those three D targets is correctly placed, 772 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,319 Speaker 1: especially for the angle that you're shooting at. So what 773 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: I do. Actually, a good friend of mine, David Wise, 774 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: he showed me this game. I don't know if it's 775 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: other people do it or what, but the way that 776 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: we shoot is at a three D it's like a kill, 777 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,760 Speaker 1: a wound or miss. So if you make a shot 778 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,920 Speaker 1: like and it's decided by the group yes, that's a 779 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: kill shot. That's where you'd want to place the shot 780 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: for the angle and this animal, you know, it's it 781 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,880 Speaker 1: doesn't matter where the tenoring is on this three D target. 782 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,240 Speaker 1: If it's a kill, like a good kill, that's a point. 783 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: If it's a wound, that's a negative point, and if 784 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: it's a miss, it's a zero. So it's kind of 785 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,879 Speaker 1: like real life where a kill shot is the best, 786 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: a wound is the worst. You can even make a 787 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,359 Speaker 1: wound shot negative two or whatever. Put more weight on Hey, 788 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: if you make a bad shot and a and a 789 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,040 Speaker 1: miss is like that sucks, but it didn't wound the 790 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: animal and it didn't gain you a point, so it's 791 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: a zero. And that's a fun way to play with 792 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 1: that kind of hunting mindset of not necessarily trying to 793 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: pick a point on a target that gets you a 794 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: certain score, but pick a point on the target that 795 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: would be an actual kill shot for the angle and 796 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: the scenario that you would be hunting. And so you know, 797 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: it might be a little bit higher and in the 798 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: s older if it's quartering to you and you're shooting 799 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: down or the same, like maybe further back if it's 800 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 1: quartering away so just doing that with that hunting mindset, 801 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: great practice, great practice. I don't know why I repeated 802 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: that twice, but yeah, it is great practice. I'm just 803 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: gonna buzz through a couple of me and I probably 804 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,000 Speaker 1: could have done a podcast and maybe I will do 805 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 1: like a single podcast and all these kind of things individually. 806 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: But another one that's huge. If you've got a late 807 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: season hunt, practice now with your jacket on, because that 808 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,200 Speaker 1: bulky clothing makes a big difference when it comes to drawing, 809 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,960 Speaker 1: smooth aiming. Make sure that stuff doesn't hit your string. 810 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: One thing that I've found when I'm hunting, I would 811 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: use a face mask, and when I practice, I wouldn't. 812 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 1: So when I draw back and nothing felt right. So 813 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 1: when I would like wear a face mask for a stock, 814 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,799 Speaker 1: pull it down and then shoot. So one thing that 815 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,719 Speaker 1: I do is if I'm going to hunt with face mask, 816 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,360 Speaker 1: practice in the backyard. Shooting with a face mask. It 817 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,720 Speaker 1: changes the way the string touches your face, your anchor points. 818 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: So just make sure that you get everything how you're 819 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: gonna hunt, and that's key. The next one I have here, 820 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 1: I call it the squat shot. This is the shot 821 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: that I think is the most difficult. I've just identified 822 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: it by like the times that I've missed. I've probably 823 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,840 Speaker 1: been shooting like this, and it's a standard hunting scenario. 824 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: You creep up, you've got the animal out there, however 825 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,319 Speaker 1: far you've got it where you can draw out of sight. 826 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: I never like to be insight when I draw, so 827 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,879 Speaker 1: I'm I'm down low, I draw back, then I raise 828 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,440 Speaker 1: up and shoot. I get my bow, settle the anchor, 829 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: and then I raise up and shoot. But there's those 830 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,760 Speaker 1: times where, like if, especially if you're shooting from above, 831 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,359 Speaker 1: which happens to be the way that most stocks plan out, 832 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: You're gonna like skyline yourself or whatever. So you're just 833 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 1: maybe shooting just above the cover that you're behind, and 834 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:49,480 Speaker 1: you're in this weird like chair pose, half squat. You're 835 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: fairly unbalanced and it causes you to rush or I 836 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 1: don't know what it is, like the act of not 837 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: being balanced very well, maybe not practicing it a lot. 838 00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: I've really focused in on that and said, look, this 839 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: is how I'm like, why did I miss that shot? Well, 840 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,839 Speaker 1: here's a key thing that I've noticed over time, and 841 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,440 Speaker 1: now that's a shot that I practice regularly and even 842 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,520 Speaker 1: during practice, I noticed, Hey, my groups aren't as good 843 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 1: when I shoot like that, So that's one for me personally. 844 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: I just it's something that I kept encountering in the 845 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: field and didn't even recognize until maybe I missed a 846 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 1: couple of animals with a shot like that and thought, dang, 847 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 1: that sucks. And now that's something I've added into my practice. 848 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: I don't remember what number were on, but we'll just 849 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: call it nine and you guys can correct me later. 850 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 1: We're gonna go with like the long bomb for as 851 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,600 Speaker 1: long as I can remember. Well ever, since I had 852 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 1: a modern compound bow, I'd like to just step it 853 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,759 Speaker 1: back and and push how far you can shoot. And 854 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 1: that doesn't necessarily mean that's where I'm hunting from. What 855 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:52,080 Speaker 1: it does do is it allows me to focus on technique. 856 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 1: And I kind of feel like, if I'm shooting at 857 00:42:55,719 --> 00:43:00,399 Speaker 1: seventy hundred yards whatever, ninety yards, my pins generally go 858 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,360 Speaker 1: as far as a hundred anymore because I have a 859 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: pretty low anchor. But if I'm shooting at those further 860 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,759 Speaker 1: distances more regularly, and I'm fortunate that I have a 861 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,360 Speaker 1: long range to practice at, if I can make a 862 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 1: good shot at that yardage, when I get up to 863 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,279 Speaker 1: twenty yards, it feels close. It feels easy. It's a 864 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,800 Speaker 1: mental thing of just saying like, dude, this is close, donner. 865 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: But it also you don't want to get too overconfidence 866 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,280 Speaker 1: say oh, it's so close, and just kind of rushed 867 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,359 Speaker 1: the shot. I've noticed that sometimes in the past, when 868 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,640 Speaker 1: I did a lot along practice, those close shots ended 869 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: up being the more difficult shots because you would just 870 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 1: your brain would just say it's easy, it's over and 871 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,800 Speaker 1: put it on hair and it's done. No, you still 872 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,359 Speaker 1: have to focus in and make every shot the same. 873 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: So that's the key is mixing in the long shots, 874 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,440 Speaker 1: but then taking what you learn at that long distance 875 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: and translating that into that close distance to make the 876 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: most precise shot possible. But it gives your mind that 877 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 1: feeling of I can do this, and that's really good. 878 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,120 Speaker 1: The one thing that I will say about this is 879 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,680 Speaker 1: I have noticed that over the years people have been 880 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,919 Speaker 1: shooting further and they get confident at shooting at those 881 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:10,319 Speaker 1: further distances. Then what happens is in the hunt they 882 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: stalk in and they get to that max distance, they're 883 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,359 Speaker 1: afraid to stalk in closer because they think they're gonna 884 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,680 Speaker 1: mess it up, and they decided to take a shot 885 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,319 Speaker 1: from that further distance, and oftentimes that shot does not 886 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 1: work out because at those further distances there's a lot 887 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,000 Speaker 1: that can go wrong. What I've been doing for many 888 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 1: years now is whatever my maximum distances, I don't really care. 889 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: I say in my head, I'm going to shoot from 890 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 1: less than forty yards, and by doing that, most of 891 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,040 Speaker 1: my shots are thirty yards or less, and that's spot 892 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,200 Speaker 1: and stock whatever. If you're gonna stop at sixty yards, 893 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,600 Speaker 1: that's as close as you're ever gonna get. If you 894 00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 1: got to sixty, you can probably get to thirty or forty, 895 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,240 Speaker 1: and you should because I've realized at that thirty yard range, 896 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,080 Speaker 1: very little goes wrong. I mean, maybe you might blow it, 897 00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,480 Speaker 1: but you know that could happen either way. You could 898 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,319 Speaker 1: blow it taking that further shot. I would rather blow 899 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,760 Speaker 1: it getting close than blow it taking a further shot. 900 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:07,879 Speaker 1: And because once I started doing that, my success rate 901 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:12,480 Speaker 1: and my like perfect shots went up. It's just having 902 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,120 Speaker 1: that mindset of it doesn't matter how far I can shoot. 903 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,520 Speaker 1: This is how far I am going to shoot, and 904 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to this close yardage on a cariboo. 905 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,600 Speaker 1: A few years ago, it was sleeping. I was snuck 906 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,840 Speaker 1: in on this cariboo. It was like forty yards and 907 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,279 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, it's sleeping. If it gets up 908 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,960 Speaker 1: and I'm in the wide open and sees me, it 909 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,000 Speaker 1: might run. So I'm gonna get to thirty yards. And 910 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,799 Speaker 1: I got to thirty yards and I thought, okay, I'm 911 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,880 Speaker 1: gonna get to twenty yards because if something goes wrong, 912 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:41,080 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that I make the shot. 913 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 1: And then I drew back. Maybe it was too close 914 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:45,680 Speaker 1: because it might have heard me and ran, but it 915 00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,279 Speaker 1: was close enough where on the move I actually made 916 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,000 Speaker 1: a perfect shot and it fell over ten steps later 917 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,560 Speaker 1: and expired. And it was because nothing was close enough, 918 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,439 Speaker 1: you know, just getting in and getting into that range 919 00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,560 Speaker 1: that I know, hey, I'm already this close. I might 920 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,279 Speaker 1: as well get a little bit closer. Now. There are 921 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,239 Speaker 1: those times where you can't push it, but there are 922 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,919 Speaker 1: those times where you can, and I suggest you do. 923 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:08,840 Speaker 1: I got two more. These are going to be the 924 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:13,680 Speaker 1: last two. Wind is huge. There's very few days where 925 00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:15,600 Speaker 1: I haven't got in on an animal. It's not some 926 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,600 Speaker 1: kind of wind. You want the wind in your face, 927 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,400 Speaker 1: but cross winds are big in the Mountain West. Luckily 928 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,400 Speaker 1: I live where it's windy all the time. If it's 929 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: a windy day, I hear people like, Oh, it's too windy, 930 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna practice. That's when you should practice. I've 931 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,840 Speaker 1: done many different techniques over the years. The one that 932 00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,600 Speaker 1: I find the most efficient now and I've tried in 933 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 1: the past, and it just is the most consistent is 934 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:41,120 Speaker 1: using my level to adjust for the wind. So and 935 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,640 Speaker 1: I's just like, well, what's that means? So if it's windy, 936 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: what I'll do is all lean my bow. If it's 937 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:50,880 Speaker 1: blowing left to right, I'm gonna lean the top limb 938 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,200 Speaker 1: of my bow with the wind. What that's gonna do 939 00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,640 Speaker 1: is it's gonna kick my pin over into the wind, 940 00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:03,000 Speaker 1: so I can hold on the bull's eye, and it's 941 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,359 Speaker 1: gonna put my point of impact further to the right. 942 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: So I'll use the level bubble as a gauge of 943 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,840 Speaker 1: how far I'm canting the bow. And right now, you 944 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,680 Speaker 1: can practice those wind shots even without wind because you 945 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:17,600 Speaker 1: can pick a spot on the target. You can can't 946 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,680 Speaker 1: the bow go full extreme where the bubble and your 947 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,319 Speaker 1: levels like all the way off on one side, and 948 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,359 Speaker 1: then like balance it out to where it's kind of 949 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 1: incentered with the line and measure that distance of how 950 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:31,760 Speaker 1: far your point of impact is from your first shot 951 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,400 Speaker 1: to now how far right did it go? When you 952 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,279 Speaker 1: can't did your bow and then you can hold that 953 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,359 Speaker 1: same point of impact, but your arrow is gonna fly 954 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,879 Speaker 1: either further right or further left, and the wind's gonna 955 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,399 Speaker 1: push it back to your point of impact. So that 956 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:50,760 Speaker 1: is like really important to understand that. Now the last 957 00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,319 Speaker 1: one that I'm gonna say, and this is very very 958 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,359 Speaker 1: important I understand during the summer, you know, you're going 959 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,600 Speaker 1: between three d s and all this other stuff, and 960 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,239 Speaker 1: it's great to shoot. And as a guide, I've had 961 00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:05,319 Speaker 1: people show up and they're like, which broadhead should I use? 962 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:06,799 Speaker 1: And I'm looking at them, going like the ones that 963 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:08,560 Speaker 1: you shot with your bowl all summer and they're like, no, 964 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:10,000 Speaker 1: I haven't shot in your broadheads yet. I've just been 965 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:13,839 Speaker 1: shooting field tips. Start now, get a target. You can 966 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:18,359 Speaker 1: shoot broadheads at the Rheinhardt makes like this ball thing 967 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,880 Speaker 1: that I have and I've shot thousands of eras into 968 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,680 Speaker 1: with the thing. The block targets you can shoot broadheads into. 969 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,520 Speaker 1: Get some target you can shoot your broadheads into You 970 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,960 Speaker 1: need to shoot your broadheads. You want to be practicing 971 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 1: all suwhere with your broadheads. If your broadheads and your 972 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,719 Speaker 1: field tips, your bow is not perfectly tuned up, but 973 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,239 Speaker 1: your broadheads fly good in your field tips are a 974 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:41,799 Speaker 1: little bit off. Sacrifice that little bit off during you 975 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,120 Speaker 1: know the times that you go shoot the three D whatever, 976 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,320 Speaker 1: But have your bow dialed and know where your bows 977 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,640 Speaker 1: at with those broadheads. That's what you're gonna be hunting with. 978 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:52,879 Speaker 1: It all comes down to the setup that you're gonna 979 00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:54,440 Speaker 1: be using when you're hunting, and you want to make 980 00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,880 Speaker 1: sure that you know where those broadheads fly it all 981 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,319 Speaker 1: the ranges. Your bow should be sighted in for what 982 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:02,640 Speaker 1: you're hunting with, not necessarily what you're just gonna be 983 00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:04,520 Speaker 1: messing around with in the backyard. You don't have to 984 00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,560 Speaker 1: shoot him every day, but make sure that your bow 985 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:10,000 Speaker 1: and you have shot your broad heads throughout the summer. 986 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 1: And if you do all those many things I don't 987 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:16,279 Speaker 1: even remember how many of our long list, you're gonna 988 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,200 Speaker 1: be a lot better when it comes time to draw 989 00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,799 Speaker 1: back on an animal and make a perfect shot. Like 990 00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:22,640 Speaker 1: I said, you could go out in the backyard and 991 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,239 Speaker 1: flat ground and just shoot at the dots on your 992 00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:29,000 Speaker 1: block target all summer long, and when that elk steps out, 993 00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,680 Speaker 1: be completely unprepared. You could shoot a thousand arrows and 994 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,040 Speaker 1: be completely unprepared. And a guy that shot way less 995 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,399 Speaker 1: than you but did these things. When that animal steps out, 996 00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,759 Speaker 1: when things are not really right, when everything is not 997 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:45,880 Speaker 1: lining up, but he's presented that split second shot that 998 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,040 Speaker 1: has some of these factors in there, that person is 999 00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:50,920 Speaker 1: going to make a better shot. And that's what it 1000 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,279 Speaker 1: comes down to, is practicing the way that you're going 1001 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:59,200 Speaker 1: to hunt. I really like to actually keep these podcasts 1002 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,040 Speaker 1: a little bit shorter because I think that it's easier 1003 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,439 Speaker 1: to just listen to and quick listen. This one went 1004 00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,560 Speaker 1: longer than I normally want, but I got the freedom 1005 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:09,920 Speaker 1: to do it, and I probably should have broken this 1006 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,160 Speaker 1: down into two podcasts, but I don't know. That's fine. 1007 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:15,799 Speaker 1: I think people will enjoy it. I believe that there's 1008 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:17,080 Speaker 1: a lot of tips, and there's a lot of other 1009 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:19,879 Speaker 1: things I could have talked about. But I will start 1010 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,520 Speaker 1: putting some of this throughout the summer, like more visual 1011 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,959 Speaker 1: aid on my Instagram at Ramy Warren. You can find 1012 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,600 Speaker 1: me there, and I say that to you because next 1013 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,399 Speaker 1: week I want to do a Q and A, so 1014 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna record that Q and A tomorrow. Um, 1015 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,160 Speaker 1: So if you hear this today, I've got a lot 1016 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,879 Speaker 1: of questions in the last couple weeks anyways. But if 1017 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:42,960 Speaker 1: you think about it and you've got some questions, some 1018 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,920 Speaker 1: burning questions, especially after hearing this one, any of the 1019 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,360 Speaker 1: summer prep stuff, any stuff coming up for hunting, I 1020 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,880 Speaker 1: want to answer those questions. I've said it a million times, 1021 00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,840 Speaker 1: not a million, but a lot that I try to 1022 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,680 Speaker 1: tailor it to those, like the feedback that I get 1023 00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,800 Speaker 1: from you guys. So shoot a question. Um, I'll probably 1024 00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,200 Speaker 1: pull from my Instagram just because I'm gonna be doing it. 1025 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:06,080 Speaker 1: I've got some stuff going on this weekend and won't 1026 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:10,399 Speaker 1: record next week, So do it today if you got 1027 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:14,360 Speaker 1: it while you're there. Yesterday I posted a video like 1028 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,840 Speaker 1: how to turkey Hunting. This is kind of along the 1029 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:20,560 Speaker 1: lines of this. It's tailored really toward people just getting 1030 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,680 Speaker 1: into hunting. I know you're like, really, doesn't turkey hunt 1031 00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:25,480 Speaker 1: that much? But I think it's it's fun. It was 1032 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,719 Speaker 1: like COVID and some other stuff, and I got to 1033 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,960 Speaker 1: get out and go turkey hunting and create this video. 1034 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,719 Speaker 1: I think you'll enjoy it, so give that a watch. 1035 00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,080 Speaker 1: It'll be on my i G t V or my YouTube. 1036 00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:39,279 Speaker 1: I did that video for this the hunter call the 1037 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,400 Speaker 1: While that's actually a video game, and they act asked 1038 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,000 Speaker 1: me to kind of make how twos for real life 1039 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:48,800 Speaker 1: hunting because they found that a lot of their players 1040 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,040 Speaker 1: are very interested in hunting, but don't hunt. They only 1041 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:52,880 Speaker 1: hunt on the game. So if you're listening to this podcast, 1042 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,880 Speaker 1: you probably hunt or very interested in hunting and or 1043 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,520 Speaker 1: trying to learn and figure it out. So I'm trying 1044 00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 1: to create more how to type videos for that thing. 1045 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,760 Speaker 1: But the other cool thing is I'm actually a character 1046 00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:07,160 Speaker 1: in a video game now. So if you like the 1047 00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,040 Speaker 1: tips that I'm giving on cutting the distance, you want 1048 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:13,160 Speaker 1: more tips, but you want to in an entertaining, like 1049 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:17,080 Speaker 1: interactive way. I'm like a two D character that pops 1050 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,240 Speaker 1: up as a tutorial on the game. If you're interested 1051 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,480 Speaker 1: in that, I've got a link on my bio right 1052 00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:23,920 Speaker 1: now while you're there if you're gonna shoot me a 1053 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,640 Speaker 1: message for the Q and a check that out For 1054 00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:30,160 Speaker 1: people that listen and follow my stuff, it's like less 1055 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,080 Speaker 1: than half price so that was a deal that I 1056 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,840 Speaker 1: worked out with them. Is like, I'd rather extend everything 1057 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,360 Speaker 1: to the people that support me. So if that's something 1058 00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,120 Speaker 1: that you're interested in, please check it out. I'm pretty 1059 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm pretty excited about it. It's just like some cool news, 1060 00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,120 Speaker 1: some good stuff in this time that I think is 1061 00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:49,720 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Like that's something that I never thought would happen. 1062 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:51,839 Speaker 1: Somebody asked me to be a character in a video game, 1063 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,719 Speaker 1: but it has happened, and that's pretty awesome. I'm pretty 1064 00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,080 Speaker 1: stoked on it. So if you want to check that 1065 00:52:57,160 --> 00:53:01,920 Speaker 1: out and until next week, shoot me your questions, shoot 1066 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:06,520 Speaker 1: your targets and aims small miss small, see you guys, 1067 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:10,560 Speaker 1: or just now you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna read. 1068 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:15,040 Speaker 1: Keep that in your mind, but also practice like you hunt. 1069 00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:17,359 Speaker 1: Oh that's good. That's good.