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 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. What's up, everybody, Welcome back 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: to the podcast. I hope you're enjoying this series that 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: we have Becoming a bow Hunter. This is Becoming a 8 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: Bow Hunter one oh two. Last week we talked about 9 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: gear getting set up. This week, we're gonna be kicking 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: it up a notch in the knowledge department and covering 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: all things shooting. So we're gonna be discussing and breaking 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: down the shot process, what it takes to be accurate 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: and precise, how to obtain repeatable consistency. I'm also going 14 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: to cover my theory on practice and what it means 15 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: to have a bow in tune. We also have our 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: first ever surprise guest lecturer on Cutting the Distance podcast. 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: So grab your release, grab your bow, gather up your 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: arrows because hunting school is now in session now. When 19 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: it comes to shooting, I am of the thought that 20 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: you should shoot all year. I I personally shoot constantly. 21 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: I always have. There's quite a few reasons for that. One. 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: I don't think that there's such thing as too much 23 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: practice and too I just love the act of shooting 24 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: my bow. So as I got more and more into archery, 25 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: I would shoot more and more. You know. Growing up, 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: it was pretty much my entire summer was spent shooting 27 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: a bow in my parents backyard. I remember my brother 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: or whatever, he would always be at the lakes, water skiing, wakeboarding, whatever, 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: And I've just always been a very singularly focused individual. 30 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: Hunting has always been my thing, and bow hunting especially, 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: so as soon as school ended, it was like in 32 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 1: the backyard shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, And then every 33 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: Tuesday or Thursday I would go do a summer three 34 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 1: D league, shooting three D targets at different ranges, often 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: as I could take my targets out somewhere else, get 36 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: a little bit different angle practice or whatever, but just 37 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: obsessed with shooting as much as I could, as often 38 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: as I could, and because of it, I got really 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: good at shooting. I actually, um, it wasn't something that 40 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: I ever thought I would do tournament type shooting because 41 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: I thought it was ridiculous that archery tournaments went during 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: hunting season. My my sole reason for shooting a bow 43 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: was hunting, but I really enjoyed the aspect of shooting. 44 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: I actually did shoot a couple of tournaments just for 45 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: fun in the winter, uh kind of in the off season. 46 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: I did pretty well when I started. I mean I 47 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: got first or second place in most little local tournaments. 48 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: I never traveled for anything, but just just for fun, 49 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: just to see how I would do, see how I 50 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: would stack up. In many of those tournaments. I shot 51 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: a lot different than most of the people because I 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: was very self taught, but I did pretty well. Now 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: if I was thinking about what was my best shot ever, 54 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, spending all summer practicing, and my friends would 55 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: come out, we would shoot, and I'll never forget this 56 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: one day. My buddy Brett and I would pretty much 57 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: spend most of our summer shooting our bows, and I 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: kind of got him into archery. So we spent a 59 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: lot of time together, not just hunting, but also practicing 60 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: as well in the off season. And we had the 61 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: target set up and I've been just on fire. So 62 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: we kept moving back and moving back, and it was 63 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: about thirty yards and I had I like to place 64 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: a golf tea on my target. Like my thought was 65 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: aimed small, miss small. So I put a golf tea 66 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: out on the target and then try to, you know, 67 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: hit the golf tea. And I could hit it pretty 68 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: much a hundred percent of the time at varying ranges. 69 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: So I was telling him that, you know, I've been 70 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: practicing it further ranges. This was a lot kind of 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: before people really started shooting at further distances. But I 72 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: shot the golf teeth. I think it was fifty yards. 73 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: So I just drew back shot the golf team like 74 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: Center punched this golf team. He's like, oh wow, crap, 75 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: that was a really good shot. I was just feeling cocky. 76 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: I was just feeling good. And so I was like, 77 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: he's like, I bet you can't do that again. And 78 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: I said, I bet I can hit my own arrow. 79 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: He's like, no way, no way. Fifty yards. He's like, 80 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: I put twenty bucks on that. So I drew back 81 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: in a full confidence let the arrow fly, and no joke. 82 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: Robin Hood. Robin Hood had my same arrow. I still 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: have those arrows in my cabin. I've got a deer 84 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: skull and above the bed there, and I still have 85 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: that arrow right above that. I mean, I played it 86 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: off like it was a percent I mean I called 87 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: the shot. I was like, I bet you twenty bucks 88 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: I could do it. Um, probably a one in a 89 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: million shot. You know, I could probably never do it 90 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: again if I tried. That was the last time I 91 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: tried to robin hood and arrow at fifty yards. But 92 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: it gave me a lot of confidence going into the 93 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: hunting season, and we'll forever go down to my memory, 94 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: is the best shot I've ever made. As we jump 95 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: into this one or two portion of becoming a bow hunter, 96 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: really shooting is one of the more important fundamentals that 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: you need to be a successful bow hunter, because the 98 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: art and skill of being able to successfully harvest game 99 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: with a bow and arrow takes a lot of practice. 100 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: It takes knowing your bow very well and being able 101 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: to put that arrow where you want it to go. 102 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: No matter the kind of bow us, whether it's a 103 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: traditional gear or a compound bow, it's practice, practice, practice, 104 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: And for me, I think that's one of the fun 105 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: things about getting into our tree is the fact that 106 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: it becomes a almost a year round endeavor. Where you 107 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: grow your skills by going out to the range, by 108 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: shooting your bow, and you get better and better. Hoh, 109 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: hopefully you get better and better over time. So when 110 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: you go out into the field, when you are presented 111 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,679 Speaker 1: with that maybe one opportunity in a season, that really 112 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: hard earned opportunity, you make that one shot count. Now. 113 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: Growing up I was, I guess aside from hunting, the 114 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: other thing that I was very into was martial arts. 115 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: I obtained my black belt in taekwondo, and I think 116 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: one thing that always stuck with me, aside from a 117 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: lot of the other lessons you learned, was that one 118 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: saying that we would always have perfect Practice makes perfect 119 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: and I kind of carried that same philosophy into archery. 120 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: And it's so true because if you're making bad habits, 121 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: doing bad things, then you're gonna make bad shots. And 122 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: if you keep practicing that every single time you shoot, 123 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: then you're gonna develop bad habits and you aren't gonna 124 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: be as efficient as you can be. So I think 125 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: what I want to talk about today is really the 126 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: shooting basics and what it means to be a good shot. 127 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: I think when it comes for any kind of bow shooting. 128 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: What you're striving for, or what I like to think of, 129 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: is I'm striving for repeat a consistency, because with that 130 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: repeatable consistency, I'm gonna be both accurate and precise. And 131 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: we'll get into the details of that a little bit later. 132 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: What I want to start with is really just starting 133 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: through the basics and explaining a shot process. Let's say 134 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: you've never shot a bow, or you've shot a bow 135 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: your whole life, it doesn't really matter. I'm gonna break 136 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: down the practice of shooting a bow into this process, 137 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: and I guess it's really uh for me. I I 138 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: see it as a five step process. Maybe people have 139 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: other processes, but it goes like this, draw, anchor, aim, release, 140 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: and then the final one would be again. I like 141 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: to think of it like the Karate Kid, you know, 142 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: Mr Miyagi going again, again again, dene. You know, just 143 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: like repeating the motions to build that muscle memory to 144 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: allow yourself to be able to shoot no matter the situation, 145 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: no matter the pressure, no matter what's in front of you. 146 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: Build think that same shot going through the draw, anchor, 147 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: aim release in a correct way that then you can 148 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: repeat it again and again and again. And you build 149 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: that muscle memory, you build that comfortability with it through practice. 150 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: So just like last week, we went through and talked 151 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: about the gear you need. I mean, some of the 152 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: things you need to be an archer would be a 153 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: range somewhere. A lot of people set up ranges in 154 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: their backyard. And I'm not even saying just starting out, 155 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: you don't need to be shooting sixty seventy yards. You 156 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: could be shooting five ft as long as it's a 157 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: safe direction. You aren't going to shoot through a wall 158 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: or something like that. You've got a target that can 159 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: stop an arrow. You just need to be able to 160 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: go through this process of shooting the boat. So we're 161 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: kind of taking it from the basics and then building 162 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: that out. So it's tips that pretty much anybody can use, 163 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: but especially those starting out. So let's go through the 164 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: first step, the draw. So the draw is the point 165 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: where you've got your arrow knocked on the string and 166 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: you're pulling the bow back back. Why does the draw 167 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: come into this process is because when you think of 168 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: it like hunting, there's a proper way to draw your bow, 169 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: and there's an improper way to draw your boat. And 170 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: if you draw your boat improperly over and over and over. 171 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: Your muscle memory is going to draw your bow improperly 172 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: over and over. When I think about hunting, the little 173 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: things are what leads to success. So if you have 174 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: to hold your bow up high, what I call sky drawing, 175 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: where you're your bows in there and you struggle to 176 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: pull it back and then you ar get down. Is 177 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: this big motion and then you're at full draw. There's 178 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: a lot of things wrong with that. The first is 179 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: in a hunting situation, it can cause attention to the shooter, 180 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: which can cause the animal to jump, which can spook 181 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: the animal, which could lose your opportunity at success by 182 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: the way that you draw. What I like to do 183 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 1: is draw in a fashion where I could hold the 184 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: boat out where it's gonna be for my shot and 185 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: draw straight back. It also, and I believe does other 186 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: things because it helps you with your anchor. So that 187 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: whole process of developing muscle. Where your bow is already 188 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 1: almost on target and you draw straight back to your 189 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: anchor point, then you have less movement. You're more likely 190 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: to settle that pin where you need it in a 191 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: quicker amount of time. You're less likely to be moving 192 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: a lot and get a lot of motion in your bow. 193 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: You're already in position to make a good shot. So 194 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: I think that the draw is the first portion of 195 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: this entire process that needs to be done right. So 196 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,719 Speaker 1: I like to practice in a way where I can 197 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: draw straight back in a smooth, fluid motion and get 198 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: to full draw. So that's when the bows drawn fully back. Now, 199 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: the second point is going to be your anchor. So 200 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: the anchor is where you're gonna build consistency. Um. I 201 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: think that, like we said, we want to build repeatable consistency. 202 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: So that repeatable consistency means doing the same thing over 203 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: and over. If you think about a rifle or a 204 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: bow or any anything you shoot shotgun doesn't really matter. 205 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: You need to have everything in line correctly. Now, when 206 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: you're looking through a rifle scope, the stocks up, your 207 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: hands on the stock, you know, your finger would be 208 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: on the trigger when you're ready to shoot, your cheeks 209 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: on the stock, you're looking down the rifle scope, and 210 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 1: it's got a cross hair that you can put on 211 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: the animal. I think of a bow more like open sites, 212 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: where you say, a traditional open site where you've got 213 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: to beat at the front, maybe a little v notch 214 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: in the back and you have to line those two 215 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: things up. But it's a lot easier in a rifle 216 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: because you have the stock and something as a point 217 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: of reference that touches your face, touches your body, touches 218 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: your shoulders stationary. If you think about the sight of 219 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: a bow, you've got it way out on your front arm, 220 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: and you have to make sure that you're looking through 221 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: it at the same exact place because a single point 222 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: you can put your finger up with an eye closed, 223 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: and you could move your head and all over the place, 224 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: and that single point might not line up with where 225 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: that arrow is going to go. So your anchor is 226 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: probably the most important thing when it comes to building consistency. Now, 227 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: if you're shooting compound bow, you're gonna have a peep 228 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: site which allows you to kind of peep through the string, 229 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: and when you anchor, you're gonna want your hand, your string, 230 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: your eye, everything in the same place every time. So 231 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: in order to do that, you need to find something 232 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: that's comfortable where you can remember where you can lock in. 233 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: And it's the same for me. I actually use multiple 234 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: different anchor points, so I use on my hand where 235 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: my releases I locked my thumb into a certain place 236 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: below my ear. I've got the string touching my nose 237 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: in a certain place. I used to always anchor with 238 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: the arrow fletching in the corner of my mouth. I 239 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: think I just developed a habit of that when I 240 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: was shooting traditional and then just continued it with compound bows. 241 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: But now I've adjusted that so I get a little 242 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: bit more site traveled out of my boat. But you're 243 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: gonna want something where it's it's in the same place 244 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: every time, and then you're gonna be looking through your 245 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: peep at the same time. And then I center through 246 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: can centric circles my site housing. I like around site 247 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: housing personally. You know obviously all the peeps around, so 248 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: I can line up those concentric circles so I know 249 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: everything is exactly the same every time. My hands in 250 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: the same place, my eyes in the same place, the 251 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: peep is in the same place. I'm looking through that 252 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: site in the same place, the string is in the 253 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: same place. Now I'm ready to go. I'm gonna build consistency. 254 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: One thing. If you're getting started, when you try to 255 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: find that anchor point, you know you can mess around 256 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: a little bit with what feels comfortable. I like it 257 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: where my head can be in a natural position, and 258 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: then I'm also looking for that arrow to be and 259 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: what I consider the cradle of my face where there's 260 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: not a lot of pressure on the string hard against 261 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: your face. So that's something that I think some people 262 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: do because they've got like this great anchor point way 263 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: back here in the bow might not fit them right 264 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: in the string cutting through their cheek real hard. Well, 265 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: that puts pressure on the string and you can never 266 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: consistently put that pressure the same So you don't want 267 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: that pressure on your string, So you're gonna try to 268 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: find a place where the arrow does not touch any 269 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: part of your face, like it's in that cradle between 270 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: your nose and your chin. Maybe. And everybody's face is 271 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: a little bit different. Longer faces, maybe they're anchored a 272 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: little bit lower, shorter faces a little bit higher. But 273 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: what feels good to you when you'ren't putting a lot 274 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: of string pressure, and then you can make it repeatable 275 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: and that repetition and consistency is going to make your 276 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: shots a lot more consistent. So now the third stage 277 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: of the shot is going to be aiming. I didn't 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: cover some of this last week because I thought I'd 279 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: talked about it this week. But when you're if you're 280 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: new to archery, I really believe that you're gonna be 281 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: best shooting with both eyes open. And there's a reason 282 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: for that because you can you can simultaneously see the 283 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: target and focus on your pin and it's going to 284 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: make you more accurate in the long run. It also 285 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: I feel like relaxes you. Um, when you're squinting and looking, 286 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: you're you're really trying to hone in on something. But 287 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: it kind of tess for me at least, especially when 288 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: I'm rifle shooting or whatever. I notice if I shoot 289 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: with both eyes open, I'm more relaxed, I'm a better shot, 290 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm more aware, and I just am able to focus 291 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: on the target and my sight at the same time. 292 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: So in order to do that, you need to actually 293 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: choose a bow for your dominant eye as opposed to 294 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: your dominant hand. This is especially if you're getting started 295 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: for the first time. So how do you do that? 296 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: What you're gonna do if you put your hands in 297 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: like a together out in front of you, stretch both 298 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: arms out, make a hole in your hands where you 299 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: could see through it and then focus on an object 300 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: in the distance. Close one eye, so like say, close 301 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: your left eye, and if the object stays there, then 302 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: the eye that's with the eye that's open, then that's 303 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: your dominant eye. So right now I'm right eye dominant. 304 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: I know that, but I've got my arms stretched out. 305 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm looking through the little hole in my hands between 306 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: my so I got like my index finger and thumbs 307 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: kind of together making a hole in my hands. I 308 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: close my left eye. The object that I'm looking at there, 309 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: I close my right eye. The object moves, so my 310 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: right eye is my dominant eye. If your left eye dominant, 311 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: then when you close your right eye, when you're looking 312 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: through your left eye, the object will stay there. And 313 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: when you close your you close the other idle move. 314 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: So you want to make sure that you're in order 315 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: to shoot with both eyes open, you're going to be 316 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: having to shoot a bow that's designed for that dominant eye. 317 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: So a little side note, and I will get back 318 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: to aiming. So when I'm aiming, aiming is a very 319 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: very important process. What it is is that's putting the 320 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: pin where you want the arrow to go, but it's 321 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: also figuring out a couple other things. So am I 322 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: in my consistent spot? Is my peep centered with my 323 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: sight housing? Is my bubble level? And then is the 324 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: pin on the spot I want to shoot. Once all 325 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: those things check out, then we're ready to shoot. So 326 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: I'll kind of break down the things that I think 327 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: of when I draw back. So I'm in my backyard, 328 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm practicing, or I'm shooting at a deer or an 329 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: elk or whatever. I put my bow out to where 330 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna draw back. I draw back in a smooth, 331 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: fluid fashion. I find my anchor point I anchor, and 332 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: then I what I call settle in. I look through 333 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 1: the site. Everything's lined up. I level my bow, make 334 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: sure that So almost every site has a level in there. 335 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: And the reason for that is as you go out 336 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: to distance, if your bows canted in one way or another, 337 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: that moves those pins in in a different direction and 338 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: it will change the point of impact, making it left 339 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: or right. You would think, oh, I can tell if 340 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: my bows level, But when you're on un leveled terrain 341 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: like a hillside slope other things, or shooting downhill or 342 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: shooting up hill, it's very hard to decipher whether that 343 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: bow's level because what feels level may not actually be level. 344 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: So it's very important to have that bow level, especially 345 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: as you move back. Maybe if you're shooting real close, 346 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: it might not make as big of a difference or 347 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: not as drastic movements, but it does make a difference. 348 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: So I draw back, I anchor, I level, and then 349 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: I focus in. And the way that I focus in 350 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: is I pick a spot on the target. I focus 351 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: on that spot, and I kind of let my brain 352 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: do the rest. That's the part where the actual aiming portion, 353 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: instead of focusing so much on the pin and where 354 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: it's at, I just look at the spot that I 355 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: want to shoot. I let that pin hover in that spot, 356 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: and then I hope that the bow goes off while 357 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: it's in that spot. And that's the release portion. So 358 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: when a release a perfect archery shot, the bow goes 359 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: off as you aim in almost a subconscious release. So 360 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: you might hear people talking about a surprise release. That's 361 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: the best if you drew back and you're just focusing 362 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: on the point and then the bow goes off when 363 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: it's there. Oh it's surprised you. That's great. So I 364 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: kind of pulled through my shot, so I'm I'm focused 365 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: in I'm aiming, and as I'm aiming, things are happening 366 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: in the background where that release then goes off while 367 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: that pin is on the point that I wanted to 368 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: go off, and it just somehow happens by itself. I 369 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: know that sounds really strange, and like, well, how do 370 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: I practice that? You know, you you'll, you'll as you 371 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: start to figure that out, you'll start to practice. I 372 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: think one thing that's really important whether it no matter 373 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: what kind of release you have. So there's a lot 374 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: of as we talked about before, back tension style releases. 375 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: I use a trigger release, but I shoot it in 376 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: a back tension way. So what back tension is. As 377 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm pulling through my shot, I'm allowing that boat to 378 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: go off and I'm just trying to hold the pin 379 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: where I know it needs to be. So I like 380 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: to center whatever it is. I think sometimes we get 381 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: two wrapped up on putting our pin on the target. 382 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: I just kind of whatever I'm shooting at, and this 383 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: is one of the reasons I use a single pin, 384 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: but I like to center whatever I'm shooting at in 385 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 1: the center of the sight housing so I can just 386 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: make like many many concentric circles. It doesn't matter if 387 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: it's a deer or whatever. Deer is not a circle. 388 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: But I've got my peep, then I've got my sight, 389 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: and then I just put whatever i'm shooting at straight 390 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: in the middle or where I want to hit straight 391 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: in the middle, because that's going to center my pin 392 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: where I wanted to hit, and it's all good things 393 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: from there. I don't have to try to push up 394 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: and pick a different pin or whatever. It's just a 395 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: little bit easier, a little bit smoother. If you're just 396 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: a beginner, that's not going to really make any sense. 397 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: But if you shoot a lot, that should make a 398 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: little bit more sense to you. Now. The release portion 399 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: is something that I think you can definitely practice without 400 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: even using your bow. What I do sometimes is if 401 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: I get a new release or I'm gonna maybe I'm 402 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: like shooting really bad one day and it's okay, it's 403 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: because I'm punching my trigger. I'm I'm getting too excited. 404 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: I'm instead of subconsciously letting that bow go off as 405 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: I pulled through the shot, I'm just, uh, I'm letting 406 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: that bow. I'm just telling that bow win to go. 407 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: And when I do that, I'm not as accurate. So 408 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: what I'll do is I grab some parachord, like a 409 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: length of parachord, I tie a loop like so it's 410 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: a loop of parachord enough to where it would be 411 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: like full draw position, and I just loop it in 412 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: my thumb and I go where it's tight, and then 413 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: I got my release on, and I just find my 414 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: anchor point and I just keep pulling. So I just 415 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: essentially stretch my shoulder blades together. It's kind of the 416 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: way I have learned to do it. Um keep pulling 417 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: straight back, straight back, focusing on whatever is ahead, and 418 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: that release will go off, and then reset the parachord. 419 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: Keep doing the same thing, practicing that release. So each 420 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: one of these, I would say stages of shooting has 421 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: its own little nuances and things you need to learn 422 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: to make that perfect shot when you're just getting started 423 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: bow hunting, or it doesn't matter guys that are really 424 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: good bow hunters, really good archers. I think what you're 425 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: looking for is both high accuracy and high precision, and 426 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: I think it's important to kind of talk about the 427 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: accuracy verse precisions. So accuracy is the measurement of closeness 428 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: of a specific value. So it's like accuracy would be 429 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: hitting the bulls eye, and then precision would be the 430 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: closeness of measurements to each other. So a good group, 431 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: so you could be very precise. So like low accuracy 432 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: and high precision would be let's say, let's just picture 433 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: a standard circular target. You got the bull's eye in 434 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: the center, and then you've got another ring outside and 435 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: another ring outside. So low accuracy high precision would be 436 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: like a really tight group, say top left corner. That 437 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 1: means it's not in the bull's eye, but all your 438 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: shots are together. Now, low accuracy and low precision would 439 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,719 Speaker 1: be you're looking at the bull's eye and there's just 440 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 1: it's spray and pray. There's one in the bulls eye, 441 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: there's one up high, there's one right, there's one low, 442 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: there's one left. There's just all over the place. Then 443 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: you could have maybe something like high accuracy low precision 444 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: where that's all the shots are kind of around the 445 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: bull's eye, but it's a it's a spread out group. 446 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: It's some guys. This is one thing that I've seen 447 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: over the years is oh, I can hit a pipe 448 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: plate at thirty yards. That's the the pipe plate mentality 449 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: like I'm just trying to hit the pipe plate, you know, 450 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: I put them all within the pipe plate at whatever range, 451 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: and that's good enough. Yeah, I mean maybe, but I 452 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: kind of like the idea of not necessarily hitting that 453 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: pipe light, but saying, okay, I'm at that the certain yardage. 454 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: I want high accuracy, high precisions. So that's all my 455 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: shots in a tight group in the bull's eye. And 456 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: by being able to do that, you're going to be 457 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: a lot more successful in the field or even just 458 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: on the range. So I think that the goal is 459 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: to become both accurate and precise. But if you're just 460 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: starting out a new bow hunter, you're you're you're the 461 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: first time you're starting to shoot. I think that we 462 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: start with precision first, and I might seem strange, like, oh, 463 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: I'm not hitting the bulls eye, but that's not necessarily 464 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: the point. We want to first build out precision, and 465 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: I think that that is you know, getting those tight groups, 466 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: because you're getting the tight group by doing the same 467 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: thing over and over, and it comes down to I'll 468 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: just say the same thing three times, form, form and form. 469 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: It also comes down to a bow that she straight, 470 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: but precision comes from making something repeatable. So you first 471 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: want before you do anything else, you want to work 472 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: on your form. And form is everything. It is your grip, 473 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: your stance, your anchor point, your draw cycle, and the 474 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: way that you release. If you can do everything the 475 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: same every time, you're gonna have more precision. And those 476 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 1: are the things that you want to work on starting out. 477 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: And those are the things that I work on as 478 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: a lifelong bow hunter pretty much every day. If I'm 479 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 1: not in the field, I'm shooting, and I've actually noticed 480 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: the more that I shoot, sometimes you think the better 481 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: you get, but sometimes you start to develop bad habits 482 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: and other things. So then you've got to go back 483 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: and say, what my form is? The is the weak link? 484 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: What am I missing? What am I not doing the same? 485 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 1: Where am I maybe pulling the shot? Where am I 486 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: maybe hitting the trigger too soon? Where am I maybe 487 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: thinking too much and not aiming and following through with 488 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: my shot? Where is the part of my form that's 489 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: causing my precision to a grade? And working on your 490 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: precision doesn't have to happen at any certain yardage because 491 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: we're just working on building out that form, building out 492 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: the same thing over and over So we're gonna set 493 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: our stant just this is backyard practice, but it does 494 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: translate into hunting in many ways. So we're setting our stance. 495 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: We've got our grip. You want to make sure your 496 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: grip is the same every time, so um, some people 497 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: grab that. You don't want to grab the bow tight. 498 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 1: You want a loose grip. I like to let it 499 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: cradle between my thumb and index finger and then I 500 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 1: kind of put the tips of all my fingers on 501 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: the riser of the bow. I feel like that's a 502 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: shot that I can reproduce with heavy gloves, because, like 503 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: I said, everything I do is built for hunting. So 504 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: I try to find a grip that even with gloves, 505 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: I can try to make it consistent. I would say 506 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: probably in the long run. The grip is the thing 507 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: that adjusts, like messes up your shot more than anything. 508 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: The grip and then the release, um, not the physical release, 509 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: but the way you release. Then you know, make sure 510 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: I've got a good anchor, I've got the stance, I've 511 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: got my draw cycle down, I've got my shot process, 512 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: and then I release and building that that could happen 513 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: at four ft, that could happen at whatever. Just getting 514 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,479 Speaker 1: that form down and shooting the same every time. So 515 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: that's our precision. Now we're gonna work on our accuracy. 516 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: And the reason I say accuracy second is because accuracy 517 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: could come in as Okay, maybe my bow is not 518 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: shooting um, like, my site isn't right. So now we're 519 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: gonna sight in our bow. We're gonna we're gonna move 520 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: our bow. If you're new to bow hunting, you kind 521 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: of you follow your arrow. So if I'm aiming at 522 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 1: the target, I've got a pin out there, I shoot 523 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 1: and my arrow hits low and right. Originally, when I 524 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: had nobody to tell me how to do this, I 525 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: did not understand this concept. But you follow your arrow. 526 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna now move my sight housing down and 527 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: to the right, because what I'm doing is I'm trying 528 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: to match my pin to where my arrow actually is 529 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: because I'm not going to be moving the rest to 530 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: match my arrow to where my sight is. I hope 531 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: that makes sense. So once we've got that, then we 532 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: can start to build our accurate. See. Now, the other 533 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: thing that might affect accuracy would be the way that 534 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: you're looking at the target, maybe not holding in the 535 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: right spot. So once you've got your both sighted in. 536 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: Everything is hitting where it's supposed to. We walk out 537 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: our different ranges. Everything's right now. It's one other thing 538 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: that it affects accuracy, and that is holding steady, holding 539 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: on target and then releasing and not I mean, I've 540 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: been guilty of this many times in the past, where 541 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: they call it target panic. You almost your your body 542 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: almost instinctively jerks in one direction or another before releasing 543 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: the air, trying to will it into the spot. And 544 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: you might you might find this where you draw back 545 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: and it's like your pin is just nestling low on 546 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 1: the target and it's no matter what you do, you 547 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: cannot will that pin high enough into the spot. So 548 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: right before you shoot, you just slap the trigger and 549 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: move your hand up and get it in there. That's 550 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: a bad way to shoot. And that's actually how I 551 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: started shooting. Um I was very very efficient with it though, 552 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: and I know and then somebody pointed out that I 553 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 1: was shooting bad that way, and then I developed a 554 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: bad habit trying to fix my bad habits. Now I 555 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: don't shoot like that, but um, I would say, getting started, 556 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: it's it's a really bad way to learn to shoot. 557 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: So what you want to do is you want to 558 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: be settled in. Now, if you have some kind of 559 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: problem where you're you aren't able to settle that pin, 560 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: don't even focus on the pin, but focus on the 561 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: spot of the target and let your pin naturally be 562 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: in there. You don't have to get so precise with it. 563 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: That's why if you actually move your site housing closer 564 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: to your bow, it's if you move it out, it's 565 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: a little more precise because you can see exactly where 566 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: the pin is. But I think most people shoot better, 567 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: especially beginners, when that site is close to the riser 568 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: of the bow, because it's more blurred, it's in your 569 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: peripheral vision and you're just getting the color of that 570 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: pin on where you're looking on the target, and when 571 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: that bow goes off, that arrow magically goes there. That's, 572 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: in my opinions, what you want, especially for hunting. Now 573 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: we talked a little bit about accuracy, we talked a 574 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: little bit about precision. I think one thing that really 575 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: lends itself into having a precise bow, especially when it 576 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: comes to hunting, is is the bow itself and whether 577 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: that bow is in tune. Now, that's some terminology that 578 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: you'll definitely hear. If you're a new bow hunter, you 579 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: might not understand, well, what's what's in tune and what 580 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: that means is that's the straightness of which your arrow 581 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: flies through the air. So as we go from our 582 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: shooting set up our practice, we're probably using field tips, 583 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: which is just essentially a tip that is the diameter 584 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: of the arrow. It's pointed, and your arrow flies very 585 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: true like that. Now, to go from a practice set 586 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: up to a hunting setup, we're gonna have to put 587 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: on a broadhead. A broadhead could be a fixed blade. 588 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: It could be a mechanical blade. It could be a 589 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: two blade fixed blade, a three blade blade fixed blade, 590 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: a four blade fixed blade, a replaceable blade fixed blade, 591 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: a expandable blade with three blades, two blades, whatever it's, 592 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Is it going to change the aerodynamics 593 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,479 Speaker 1: of that arrow, So your arrow might fly different than 594 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: your field tip. What really affects how that arrow flies 595 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: different than your few tip is gonna be the straightness 596 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: at which that arrow is leaving your bow. And the 597 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: straightness of which that arrow is leaving your bow has 598 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: a lot to do with a lot of factors. The cams, 599 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: the timing of your cams, the way your your rest 600 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: is set up on your bow, the way that the 601 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: string is touching any points in your draw cycle, and 602 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: also the way that you're holding or gripping the bow. 603 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: So what we're gonna want to do is we want 604 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: that arrow to be flying out of the bow straight, 605 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: and in order to do that, there's ways to check 606 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: the tune of the bow. And so if the bows 607 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: in tune, many times your broadheads like might fly the 608 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: same as your field tips, or in in very well 609 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 1: tuned bow, that is often the case. I have bows 610 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: that I can shoot any tip and they pretty much 611 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: fly the same place, aside from minor changes in drag 612 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: curve you know, like might be a little bit slower 613 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: or whatever, but for the most part they're flying in 614 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: the same place for all intents and purposes, or at 615 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: least for my ability to tell based on my skill level. 616 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: And there's a lot that goes into tuning a bow. 617 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: So I figured this week I might as well bring 618 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: in a guest lecture a really good friend of mine, 619 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: Tim Burnett. He's he's done Solo Hunters with He's the 620 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: other guy on Solo Hunters, but He also owns an 621 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: online bow shop. He tunes a lot. I don't think 622 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: I know anyone that's tuned more of the same bow 623 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: that I shoot than Tim. So he's got a lot 624 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: of experience tuning, and I thought it would be cool 625 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: to bring someone else in here here a little bit 626 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: of different voice on my podcast and talk about different 627 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: kinds of tuning and how to know if your bows 628 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: in tune when you when you first get your bow, 629 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: despite no matter how it came from the shop, the 630 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: tech at the shop is going to shoot the bow 631 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: one way, but ultimately the bow has to perform the 632 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: best in your hands. So when you get a bow home, 633 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: you really should shoot it through paper. You should set 634 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: up paper at five yards, shoot a fletched arrow through it, 635 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: and see how that arrow reacts as it's going through 636 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: the paper. You'll be able to know from the direction 637 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: of where the fletchings versus where the tip of the 638 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: arrow hits. So, for example, if you shoot the arrow 639 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: through the paper and you can see the impact of 640 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: the field tip on the left and the fletchings are 641 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: on the right, then you've got to adjust your rest accordingly, 642 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,719 Speaker 1: and the same thing would go as if you're fletching 643 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: was high, you have to adjust your rest accordingly. The 644 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: next step I like to do is I like to 645 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: bear shaft tune that. And in order to do that, 646 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: to make sure that your arrow is gonna fly like 647 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,719 Speaker 1: your fletched arrow is is I act I put wraps 648 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: on the back of the arrow so that the arrow 649 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: is waited exactly the same. A fletched arrow is going 650 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: to weigh the exact same as a bear shaft arrow. Uh. 651 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: Then you shoot and get a good bowl with the 652 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: bear shaft. Again by the same manipulations, you can tell 653 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: through the paper if the butt end of the arrow, 654 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: the knock of the arrow is hitting to the right 655 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: or to the left, And you make those adjustments accordingly 656 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: until you get a perfect arrow flight. Then when you 657 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: go out into the field, you want to have. A 658 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: fletched arrow with a field tip is not going to 659 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: fly the same as a fletched arrow with a broadhead. 660 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: So end goal is to get your broad heads to 661 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: fly perfectly out of your bow and to hit exactly 662 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: where you're aiming. Right. So, technically, in theory, if you 663 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: were to paper tune with a broadhead, air on your 664 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: arrow and tune your bow to a broadhead and then 665 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: side it into the broadhead. That's really kind of what 666 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: your end goal is. But by the time you get 667 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: to that point, you've chewed your target to pieces and 668 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: maybe gone through a bunch of different broadheads. So a 669 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: good way to do that is through a series of 670 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: tuning with a bear shaft, flat shaft and manipulation on 671 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: your rest or you're knocking point and getting those to 672 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: fly true. If in theory and all this is in theory, 673 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: because there's still the component of the shooter. Right. If 674 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: you have a bear shaft that can fly through the 675 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: air perfectly and fly through paper perfectly at five yards 676 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: and then hit you know, the target in a straight angle, 677 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: then in theory your bows and tunes so a broadhead 678 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: should fly correctly, but it doesn't. It's not always the case. 679 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: You still have to validate it right. You can't just 680 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: print your dope chart off the internet and then slap 681 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: it to your rifle and go and expect it all 682 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: that works. You have to validate everything. Um. The way 683 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: I do it is I go out once. Once I've 684 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: paper tuned with a bear shaft, I'm out shooting at 685 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 1: twenty yards and I'll shoot a flat drow and then 686 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: I'll shoot a bear shaft arrow, and then I'll and 687 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: I'll shoot them both the same spot, and I'll look 688 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: at those and I want those to be perfectly parallel 689 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: coming out of the target. So if it's not, if 690 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: the bear shaft arrow would say that the knock end 691 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: is kicked to the right, then I know that my 692 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: bow is not perfectly in tune. Even though at five 693 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 1: yards I may shoot bullet holes with both of those arrows. 694 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: At twenty yards, that shaft could be off just a 695 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: little bit. So that's just a micro tune adjustment on 696 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: that rest. Until I can shoot at twenty or thirty 697 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: yards a bear shaft and a fletch shaft and they're 698 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:51,280 Speaker 1: hitting perfectly parallel vertically and perfectly parallel horizontally into that target, 699 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: then I know that my bow is is into Then 700 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 1: more times than not, when I screw a broadhead onto 701 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: that arrow and I shoot a field tip and a 702 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: broad head, they're gonna almost perfectly. Thanks Tim, I think 703 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: that that was something that was needed, especially for people 704 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: understanding and and some of that's even more advanced, So 705 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: I think that's really good that we can take some 706 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: of that tuning stuff that you and I do and 707 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: give it to guys that are just starting out because 708 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: you know, okay, this is how far I can take this, 709 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: and guys that there's a lot of guys that have 710 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: shot their whole life and they go to the bow 711 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: shop and they don't understand that once you get out 712 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: and start shooting further distances yards to get those broadheads 713 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: to fly right, to get that pinpoint accuracy, especially when 714 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: you're talking about practicing day in, day out and you're 715 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 1: in your backyard shooting your field tip. Now it's hunting season. 716 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: I want to be able to screw on what I'm 717 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: gonna hunt with and know that that bow is exactly 718 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: where I've been shooting the entire season. So thanks for that, 719 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: you are you will forever go down in history as 720 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 1: cutting the distance first guest lecturer. And if you guys 721 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: want to find more information about Tim, I mean he's 722 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: got the online bow shop. It's called hunting house dot com. 723 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: He's els older model bows discounted prices, so it's the 724 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: as a new model comes in, he gets the old 725 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 1: models that sells them. So it's a it's a really 726 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: good entry point to get into archery with a high 727 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: performance bow at a lower price. He's got everything he needs. 728 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: And then there's also options where you can have a 729 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: pro tun done on it, where Tim will take the 730 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: bow and actually do what he's just talking about here, 731 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: someone will do that, take that bow and get it 732 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,239 Speaker 1: all tuned up. And then still, you know, like we 733 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,280 Speaker 1: talked about, every bow is custom specific to the individual shooters, 734 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: so you'll still have to take it, but it will 735 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: put it at that point where it's a lot easier 736 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,359 Speaker 1: to understand and get to that point than um if 737 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: you were to just start from scratch. I hope you 738 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: guys really enjoy this series so far. I actually don't 739 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: think there's any way that I can cram more pertinent 740 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: facts into this amount of time. It's like this is 741 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: concentrated orange juice. I'm just like squeezing knowledge into a 742 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: jar and then you're just getting it very concentrated. So 743 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 1: it might be something that if you're new, go back 744 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 1: and listen to a couple of times and get that 745 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: bow out, start to start to get some practice and 746 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,960 Speaker 1: some stuff in the field. I think if you shot 747 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 1: a lot a lot of these things, maybe something Maybe 748 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: you're like me and you didn't have a teacher or 749 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: you didn't have somebody that kind of led you through 750 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,359 Speaker 1: this process. So I think it's good stuff to hear, 751 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: and I also think it's good stuff to kind of 752 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:23,240 Speaker 1: start researching and thinking about as you develop into archery 753 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: and just understanding kind of the process of shooting, what 754 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: it means to practice practice, practice, how to make perfect practice, 755 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: and how to be repeatably consistent. And I think once 756 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: you figured those things out, and once you start doing it, 757 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,839 Speaker 1: these things are gonna start like light bulbs are gonna 758 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: be going off in your head. You're gonna be going like, Okay, 759 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,959 Speaker 1: this is what he means, this is what he means, 760 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,720 Speaker 1: and that really is going to play a huge factor 761 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,919 Speaker 1: and when when we get into the field, So that 762 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,359 Speaker 1: is gonna be episode three of this. This is gonna 763 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: be becoming a successful bow hunter. So we're gonna take 764 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: what we learned at the range. You know, starting out, 765 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,120 Speaker 1: we're even just a new hunter starting out getting ah 766 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 1: getting to the range. Now becoming repeatably consistent, increasing our 767 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: precision and our accuracy, and now we're gonna go into 768 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: read like everybody's graduated, We're going into the two oh 769 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 1: one portion of becoming a successful bow hunter. So next 770 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: week I'm going to jump into the things of what 771 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 1: it takes to actually put an arrow on target and 772 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,760 Speaker 1: get close to an animal. So we're gonna be covering 773 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 1: things like getting close shots on game, picking the right spot, 774 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: drawing unnoticed, all the little nuances to becoming a successful 775 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 1: bow hunter. Because I don't want you to just be 776 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: a good at shooting targets in the backyard. I want 777 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 1: you to take that into the field and find success. 778 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: So until next week, aims small miss, Small guys,