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Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days

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Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard

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Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer

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Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren.

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Speaker 1: This is cutting the Distance. This podcast is presented by

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Speaker 1: Yetti Built for the While. You've hunted hard and waited

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Speaker 1: all season for this one opportunity. Here's your chance. A

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Speaker 1: buck is now walking down a trail towards you. He's

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Speaker 1: within bone range as you come to full draw. Or

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Speaker 1: maybe you're set up across a canyon with your cross

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Speaker 1: hairs on a bowl elk that's starting to walk away

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Speaker 1: and then stops. Everything's right, You just need to release

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Speaker 1: the arrow or pull the trigger. But there's one important thing.

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Speaker 1: Where do you aim? This week on the podcast, I

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Speaker 1: want to cover advanced shot placement. I want to talk

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Speaker 1: about the major mistakes that I see with shot placement

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Speaker 1: and how to pick an aim point for a lethal

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Speaker 1: shot every time. As hunters, making a clean, ethical kill

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Speaker 1: is one of the most important skills to have and

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Speaker 1: to know, so I want to cover the basics of

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Speaker 1: anatomy and animals body position and angle. When you're taking

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Speaker 1: a shot, and then ways to read an animal's body

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Speaker 1: language to make sure that you're taking a shot at

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Speaker 1: the right time. But first, I want to tell you

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Speaker 1: of one of my favorite bow hunts for fallow dear

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Speaker 1: down in New Zealand. There's really just something I love

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Speaker 1: about chasing fallow deer, especially during the rut. New Zealand

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Speaker 1: has some great opportunities for fallo dear, and I'm really

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Speaker 1: fortunate that I have permission to hunt a really good

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Speaker 1: piece of property that reminds me a lot of where

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Speaker 1: I hunt in northern Nevada or central Idaho. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of canyon country, lots of rocks, big open lots of glassing,

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Speaker 1: and it's just an incredible spot for spot and stock

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Speaker 1: fallow deer. On this particular hunt, I was hunting with

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Speaker 1: a good friend of mine, Shane Dorian. Now Shane's pretty

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Speaker 1: much a legend. I think it'd be fair to call

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Speaker 1: him a legend in the big wave surfing world. But

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Speaker 1: what you might not know about Shane is he's also

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Speaker 1: an incredible bow hunter and he loves bow hunting. So

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Speaker 1: it was awesome to get the opportunity to hunt with him,

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Speaker 1: and I just wanted to take him to this place

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Speaker 1: to hunt fallow deer because one, it's just an incredible hunt,

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Speaker 1: and too you get some awesome stocks. It's just a

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Speaker 1: really good time and there's some really great bucks there.

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Speaker 1: So the first day we went out, we were walking

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Speaker 1: in this ridge where i'd actually seen some pretty good

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Speaker 1: the fallow deer rush, fallow deer croak, they make like

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Speaker 1: a I'll do it with my voice. It's more of

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Speaker 1: and then they croak on their pads. So they clear

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Speaker 1: out this area and it's like a rut pad and

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Speaker 1: they stand there and they'll croak in the pads to track.

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Speaker 1: The females assert their dominance, kind of like elk bugling,

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Speaker 1: but they make this croak noise, very vocal animals. So

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Speaker 1: it's just echoing because we're on this point and there's

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Speaker 1: you look for, big palms, good fronts, he was just

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Speaker 1: I was glassing one way Shane was glassing another It's

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Speaker 1: about mid morning. At this point. We've seen a few goats,

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Speaker 1: So I just thought, okay, I'm just gonna sit here,

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Speaker 1: got a good, bigger, bolder kind of covering my outline.

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Speaker 1: be able to see me. So I arranged the deer

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Speaker 1: and think okay. But I'm looking at the deer and

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Speaker 1: I think, man, this deer is really close. So I

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Speaker 1: take my range finder out. I've got plenty of time

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Speaker 1: and I range it. It's like fifty yards, like shoot

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Speaker 1: it's a little It's about as far as I would

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Speaker 1: Release the arrow. The hero sails over his back a

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Speaker 1: So I was like, man, it just looks closer. I

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Speaker 1: maybe something was wrong, Maybe I misranged him. I don't know, Like,

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Speaker 1: how often do you get two shots at the same deer.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this should be a story where I just

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Speaker 1: much further. And I could actually see the deer in

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Speaker 1: the arrow at full draw, so I put my fifty

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Speaker 1: the same level he was. It was right on my

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Speaker 1: first shot was good. So I readjusted shot him for

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Speaker 1: thirty I put it right in the crease what I

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Speaker 1: like to call the perfect triangle, right in the shoulder,

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Speaker 1: but not in the blade of the shoulder. And I'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that later, but I said all the thirty

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Speaker 1: maybe ten twenty yards and just tips over. So what

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Speaker 1: it ended up happening was somehow my range finder was broken.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know what was wrong with it, but

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Speaker 1: I tried ranging other things, and everything I ranged said

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Speaker 1: fifty yards, fifty yards, fifty yards. I should have trusted

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Speaker 1: my instinct on saying, oh, he's actually thirty yards, but

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Speaker 1: he looked close, and I just figured about I had

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Speaker 1: time to range him, might as well range him. Turned

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Speaker 1: out he was only thirty yards. But it was pretty

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Speaker 1: awesome to walk up on that buck and know that

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Speaker 1: I got one a very rare secon and chance, and

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Speaker 1: two was able to adjust and make a perfect shot

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Speaker 1: going on here? I thought I'd missed the buck, Then

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Speaker 1: and it was a pretty awesome, pretty awesome trip, pretty

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Speaker 1: awesome experience. Shane came down, we got some photos, cut

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Speaker 1: him up, pushing him up, and then packed him out.

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Speaker 1: I can't really talk about shot placement without covering the

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Speaker 1: four things that I think are the most important when

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Speaker 1: I do is I find the opposite leg, I follow

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Speaker 1: up the opposite leg, and then where that intersects with

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Speaker 1: the center of the body, that's where I shoot, because

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Speaker 1: that's going to be the point that the straight path

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Speaker 1: travels through. So I'm always aiming for the opposite side

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Speaker 1: of the shoulder. Now, if you're shooting down from say

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Speaker 1: a tree stand, it's a little bit different, but you're

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Speaker 1: also going to think, okay, I'm aiming for the center

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Speaker 1: or slightly lower shooting through. So you always visualize whatever

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Speaker 1: you're shooting to go completely through and you want to

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Speaker 1: know where it's going to go completely through the center

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Speaker 1: of both lungs. So I'm still aiming for that center point,

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Speaker 1: but i'd be aiming higher because I'm shooting down to

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Speaker 1: get through the center point of the opposite side shoulder.

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Speaker 1: Now where it gets a little confusing, is okay, Well,

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Speaker 1: what if it's quartering to A lot of people think, well,

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Speaker 1: the shoulders they're on a quartering two shot, I do

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Speaker 1: the same thing. I'm aiming for the center of the

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Speaker 1: opposite shoulder, so I would track up from the one

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Speaker 1: leg from the opposite leg, depending on how their legs are,

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Speaker 1: I guess, But where is that arrow gonna exit? How

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Speaker 1: is it gonna exit through the other side shoulder? And

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Speaker 1: most of the time on a quartering two shot, I'm

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Speaker 1: shooting inside the shoulder, so I'm shooting on the inside

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Speaker 1: of the shoulder blade, which would be like more towards

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Speaker 1: the neck, so it exits through the other side because

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Speaker 1: I know that there's bone another thing in the way

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Speaker 1: when it's quartering two. But like I said, whatever the

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Speaker 1: shot angle is, I'm aiming for the opposite side of

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Speaker 1: the shoulder. And I can't say that enough. But once

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Speaker 1: you kind of start to think in that realm, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have more effective shots and you're gonna know where

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Speaker 1: to place your cross airs. I always tell people as well,

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Speaker 1: if it's broad side, start by following the leg up

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Speaker 1: and then the center of that. You can go back

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Speaker 1: an inch or two. But if you do that and

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Speaker 1: you realize that looking through the scope now that cross

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Speaker 1: has lined up with further back and not going out

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Speaker 1: through the shoulder, then you're probably gonna have to adjust.

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Speaker 1: So quartering away shots are the best shots. You really

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Speaker 1: can't go wrong with quartering away because you're shooting toward everything.

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Speaker 1: Everything's open up, you don't have the ribs. That's why

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Speaker 1: a slight quartering away shot, in my opinion, is the

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Speaker 1: best shot. Then followed by broadside, especially if the front

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Speaker 1: legs forward really opens up the vitals to you, gives

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Speaker 1: you a good, clean, ethical shot. Now, one thing that

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Speaker 1: you have to consider is the movement of the animal

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Speaker 1: and understanding really just being able to read the animal.

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Speaker 1: So a few things that I always look for, and

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Speaker 1: by looking for these things really calms me down in

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Speaker 1: the moment and lets me pay attention to what's going on.

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Speaker 1: So the first thing about reading an animal is are

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Speaker 1: they alert to your position? Are they alert to you

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Speaker 1: and understanding? What are they doing? So? Is the animal moving?

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Speaker 1: Are they stopped? Are they stopped and alert? Are they feeding?

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Speaker 1: What are they doing? Understand? What's that dear doing and

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Speaker 1: what's he gonna do next? Based on his body language,

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Speaker 1: based on his temperament, based on the scenario that you're in.

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Speaker 1: Because one thing you have to consider, especially with deer

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Speaker 1: that are more used to surviving and living in thicker cover,

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Speaker 1: is they use a lot of reaction based on sound

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Speaker 1: and quick movement and sight at close range, so they're

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Speaker 1: more likely to jump the string. Things like white tails

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Speaker 1: access dear. You know, I actually even find antelope do

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Speaker 1: jump the string quite a bit when hunt, taking it

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Speaker 1: a water hole, but not out in the open. And

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Speaker 1: what's jumping the string or whatever is if your bow

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Speaker 1: hunting right when you release the arrow, does the animal

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Speaker 1: jump and react? Now, if it's aware of your presence

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Speaker 1: and knows you're there, it's probably more likely to react.

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Speaker 1: That might include ducking or or moving down. So if

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Speaker 1: you aim at the right spot that animal moves, well,

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Speaker 1: now you had it at the center and you hit

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Speaker 1: high in an area that's not vital, not lethal, or

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Speaker 1: it jumps forward and you end up not hitting it

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Speaker 1: where you want. That's why understanding or reading the most

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Speaker 1: so important because it lets you anticipate where you may

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Speaker 1: have to aim based on certain species and other things.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about walking first. Generally, I would say

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Speaker 1: you should only shoot at animals that are stopped, and

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of ways to stop an animal. I

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Speaker 1: mostly use a grunt or whistle, depending on what type

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Speaker 1: of species it is, and the reason you do that

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Speaker 1: is because it's better to have a stop shot now

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Speaker 1: a lot of time, when you make a grunt or whistle,

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Speaker 1: that immediately lets the animal know that there's something there.

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Speaker 1: They might look over at you. Hopefully you're already on

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Speaker 1: them when you stop them, and you can take a

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Speaker 1: shot before they really realize what's going on. So I

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Speaker 1: grunt and shoot almost simultaneously. A second it stops. Shoot. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to time that to where it's gonna hear

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Speaker 1: the sound as it's foots back and moving forward, so

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Speaker 1: it stops with its leg and looks over if I can.

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Speaker 1: It's especially important with rifle shots too, because an animal

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Speaker 1: might be moving across the hillside if you can stop it,

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have a better shot. Now, there are times

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Speaker 1: on a walking animal where I will take a shot,

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Speaker 1: but I have practiced those moving shots, and I know

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Speaker 1: the right amount of lead for that, and in those instances,

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Speaker 1: I'm generally aiming further forward in that triangle so that

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Speaker 1: if they do continue to move, that arrow will still

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Speaker 1: hit the vital area. One thing that I see a lot,

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Speaker 1: and probably another reason that I a lot of people

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Speaker 1: when they do make a bad shot, happens to be back,

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00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: is because they'll be shooting at a stopped animal. But

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Speaker 1: as they shoot, whether it's a boat or a rifle,

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00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: that animal will then begin to walk. So as they're shooting,

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Speaker 1: their brain doesn't really register that the animals about to move.

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Speaker 1: As they squeeze off they were a at one point,

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Speaker 1: and that animals already in the process of moving or

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Speaker 1: going to move, in which case, as they move forward,

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Speaker 1: that might make the shooters point of impact, depending on

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Speaker 1: how far it is an inch to four inches further back.

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Speaker 1: One thing that I always consider is if I'm watching

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Speaker 1: for someone else, it's a lot easier if you're the shooter.

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Speaker 1: You're focusing in on the animals, so it's not as

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Speaker 1: easy to watch their body positions and their movements. But

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Speaker 1: some things to look for is a lot of deer,

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Speaker 1: especially white tail meal there you'll see if they aren't

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Speaker 1: moving a lot, they're just kind of grazing, moving around.

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Speaker 1: They flick their tail a few times before they take

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Speaker 1: a step, so it's tail flick step, tail flick step.

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Speaker 1: Other animals their ears twitch or move, they move their

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Speaker 1: head before their body, so you'll notice Just watching for

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Speaker 1: those kind of movements and what the deer or elk

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Speaker 1: or other animals doing might lead you to believe whether

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Speaker 1: they're going to take a step or not. So if

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Speaker 1: I'm spotting for someone that's about to take a shot,

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Speaker 1: say a rifle shot, if I see that tail flick,

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Speaker 1: I say, way, he's going to take a step. Then

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Speaker 1: as soon as he takes a step when he stops,

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Speaker 1: shoot You're better off shooting at the beginning of a stop,

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Speaker 1: then at the end of a stop and waiting for

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Speaker 1: a long time. So if the animal has no clue

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Speaker 1: that you're there, what I'm talking about is say you're

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Speaker 1: set up with a rifle and the deer's stopped. He's

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Speaker 1: not alert to your position. He's not focused on anything.

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00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: He's just kind of browsing, so his head's down, he's feeding.

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Speaker 1: Put the crossers there and wait, he might get a

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Speaker 1: tail flick. Okay, he takes one more step as he

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Speaker 1: steps and stops with that leg forward. Boom. That's when

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Speaker 1: I shoot, and I make it instantaneous on that stop,

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Speaker 1: so I know that I'm not going to catch him

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Speaker 1: in another step. Another thing too, if you're say rifle hunting,

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Speaker 1: having somebody make a noise to stop him, that deers alert.

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00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: But by that point they're stopped. They're looking in your direction,

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Speaker 1: especially if it's to yards out. Maybe they're walking. You've

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Speaker 1: stopped him. Now they're looking towards the shooter, but they're

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Speaker 1: stopped in a position where you can make a shot.

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Speaker 1: One thing you always have to remember is just really

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00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: analyzing the animal's body position. Are they truly broadside or

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Speaker 1: are they slightly quartering too? Are they slightly quartering away?

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00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: And then taking that knowledge of how their body position

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00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: is and focusing in on where you should shoot. Picking

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Speaker 1: the right spot to shoot really does make you more successful,

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Speaker 1: makes a track job easier. Is an ethical, clean keel.

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Speaker 1: That's what we strive for. I know, like with bow shooting.

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Speaker 1: I shoot a lot of three D targets and really

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Speaker 1: don't base where you should aim on a three D target.

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Speaker 1: A lot of the anatomy on those targets is pretty wrong.

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Speaker 1: A lot of the ten rings on three D film

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Speaker 1: targets is quite a bit further back, and maybe that

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Speaker 1: leads to guys shooting a little bit further back on

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Speaker 1: most species as well. You know, just remember, pay attention

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Speaker 1: and do a little bit of research. If you're hunting

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00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: a new species you're you're new to hunting, really study

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Speaker 1: the anatomy of the animals you're going after. Understand where

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Speaker 1: that shoulder blade is and where everything is in relation

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Speaker 1: to each other. Another thing you should think about is

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Speaker 1: after you get an animal down successfully, as you're skinning

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Speaker 1: it out, move the leg forward and back, feel where

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Speaker 1: the bones are and how that relates to the anatomy

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Speaker 1: and where you should be shoot. The more you can

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00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: study that, the better off you're gonna be. I I

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00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: really truly believe that the difference between the most successful hunters,

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Speaker 1: the guys that come back successful all the time, and

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00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: the guys that come back with, oh man, I made

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00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: a bad shot or I missed I didn't. I didn't

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Speaker 1: shoot him in the right place. We had to track

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Speaker 1: for a long time. We ended up getting him the differences,

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Speaker 1: paying attention to how the animals reacting, and really just

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00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: picking the right point, whether it's understanding, if it's quartering

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Speaker 1: to you, quartering away. All that is just key in

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Speaker 1: the follow up. So making a good shot is the

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Speaker 1: most important thing in my opinion, But the next portion

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Speaker 1: to that would be tracking and how you react and

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Speaker 1: what you do after you take a shot, and maybe

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00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: what you do after you make a not so good shot.

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Speaker 1: Things do happen. We try to do everything in our

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Speaker 1: power to make that perfect shot every time, but no

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Speaker 1: matter how good you are, there might be those times

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Speaker 1: where you made a bad shot. Something happened, something unexpected happened,

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Speaker 1: You didn't anticipate the right on a movement, and something

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Speaker 1: went wrong. So next week I want to talk about

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Speaker 1: the next step to this, which would be trailing and

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Speaker 1: reactions after a shot. Last week I did some questions

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Speaker 1: and answers. I really appreciate those coming back in. I've

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Speaker 1: got already quite a few this week, so we'll get

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Speaker 1: back to some of those questions here in a few episodes.

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Speaker 1: But We're gonna talk about this for now and then

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Speaker 1: anything else you guys would like to hear. As always,

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Speaker 1: feel free to shoot me the email Remy at the

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Speaker 1: meat Eater dot com or on social media at Remy

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Speaker 1: Warren mostly on Instagram. Everything else is just populated from Instagram,

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Speaker 1: so that's kind of the only one that I use.

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Speaker 1: This week's homework, everybody needs to go online for shot

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Speaker 1: placement and anatomy of animals. That's really what you want

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00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: to do is just study the anatomy of whatever you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be hunting, and even get a couple of different

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Speaker 1: species side by side and look how those compared to

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Speaker 1: each other. So your homework this week research some anatomy

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Speaker 1: so that way when you're in the field, you can

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Speaker 1: make sure you always make a perfect ethical shot. How

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Speaker 1: would I even end to this one? Shoots straight? I

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Speaker 1: guess alright, yeah, until next week shoots straight. Everyone