1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: This is Cutting the Distance. Welcome back everyone, Cutting the 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Distance podcast. This month, I want to do sort of 7 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: a three part series on summer prep. Now, I know 8 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: it's not summer yet, but I want to lay out 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: some things that we can do during the summer, including 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: things that cover rifle shooting, physical fitness, and bow shooting. 11 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: So a little bit of something for everyone. This week, 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: we're going to tackle precision extended rain shooting. I want 13 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: to include everything you need to know to get set 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: up and ways to practice. I want to cover the 15 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: basics of shooting further and give you practical tips to 16 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: make the perfect shot in hunting situations. But first, I 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: want to share a story of a mountain white tail 18 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: hunt I took last season. The sunt takes place in 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: southwest Montana. Now, it had just been the end of 20 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: the first week of the rifle season and I guided 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: the whole week, actually packed out quite a few elk 22 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: and was fairly tired, but on my days off, I 23 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: do what I like to do, go hunting. So before 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: the next group of hunters came in, my wife and 25 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: I decided to go out and have a look around. 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: I actually had a cow elk tag, so I thought, well, 27 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: maybe you know, we might see a cow. Who knows 28 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: and she had a deer and elk tag and everything, 29 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: so we just just decided let's go out and see 30 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: what we can find. We got out there just right 31 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: before daylight, normal glassing spot I started glassing and Zach 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: really looking for elk, and way off in the distance, 33 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: about a mile and a half away, on the edge 34 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: of this one opening, I saw some deer and I 35 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: could tell that they were white tails. So I got 36 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: my spotting scope out, started looking and there was a 37 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: few dos and two bucks in there. Start kind of 38 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: pushing the doughs around, chasing the dos, and there was 39 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: one what looked like a pretty decent buck. So we 40 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: decided let's go get a closer look. We end up 41 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: moving pretty quick and cutting the distance about halfway, setting 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: up the scope again, and I see that there's a 43 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: pretty good buck in there. For this for the area 44 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: that we hunt, we don't really get a lot of 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: white tails. It's more mule deer country, but you can't 46 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: really hunt mule deer unless you draw special tags. So 47 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: they're like, oh sweet, there's two bucks in there, pretty 48 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: good bucks. And I thought, no, let's try to get 49 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: Danielle a deer while they're over there. Trouble wasn't moving 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: around a lot, and the hill that they were on 51 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: was really steep and pretty high up there, so I 52 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: didn't want to go on the hill that they wrapped. 53 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: Plus the way the wind was going just wouldn't allow 54 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: that approach. So we're gonna come in. They were kind 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: of onto this now our face, and we were going 56 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: to come in on the snowy south face where we 57 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: could see the whole hill and hopefully get a good 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: steady shot across the canyon. It's the best way because 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: you get I've I've actually stocked animals on this particular 60 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: hill before, and it's so steep that you can't really 61 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 1: see them where they're at below you. So if they've 62 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: moved and you don't have a good reference there aren't 63 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: there quick enough, then they're just gonna be gone. You'll 64 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: never know where they went. But if you across the canyon. 65 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: You've just got this great view of the whole hillside 66 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: and you can sneak in, slip in, and make a 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: shot across the canyon. So we work our way up. 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: By the time we get over there, it's a little 69 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: bit later. There's quite a bit of deadfall. We're walking 70 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: through on the south side, and just like a lot 71 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: of snow as well. Actually, the week before was super cold, 72 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: like the temperatures dropped, and I actually think it's white 73 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: maybe kicked off the rut a little bit early. Most 74 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: of the time, the white tails don't start chasing like 75 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: that until about a week or two later, but they were. 76 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: They were getting pretty hot and heavy after it. I 77 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: was hoping that those doughes would keep in that area 78 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: and maybe keep them distracted. But four they moved off 79 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: into one of the timbered sides. So we work our 80 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: way up. We're in the snow. We don't see the deer, 81 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: but we get about to where I planned from across 82 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: the way, glassing of where we might be able to 83 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: see him from. We sit down and get set up 84 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: and I see a buck pop out down below us. 85 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: I get my binoculars on it, and it's not the 86 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: bigger buck, but I think, well, there's is a dough 87 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: with him, so maybe that bigger bucks right around here. 88 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: So we sit and wait and watch, and as we're 89 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: watching that, a bigger buck comes out up the hill 90 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: aways chasing some other doughs and then stops and stands there. 91 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: So I look at him and I'm like, Okay, it's 92 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: a little bit further than I was thinking, and I 93 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: definitely wanted to make sure that my wife could get 94 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: a good shot on the deer that we're chasing. So 95 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: I range the deer and I'm thinking, now, okay, he's 96 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: up towards the top of the mountain. And the trouble is, 97 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: by the time we get over to where he's at, 98 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: he's definitely gonna be gone bedded for the day. So 99 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: I tell Daniel, I'm like, okay, that bigger bucks up there. 100 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: We could wait and see what happens, or you know, 101 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: you could take this this other buck. She's like, well, 102 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: we've come all the way, why don't you try to 103 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: get that bigger deer, you know, because it was just 104 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: a little bit out of her range that she felt 105 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: comfortable with. And I was like, oh, you know, I 106 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: like to stalk in and get closer. She's like, yeah, 107 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: but you've got this gun that you set up for 108 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: shooting far you practice all the time, you could definitely 109 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: shoot that deer. I was like yeah, She's like, well, 110 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: then shoot it. I think she was just excited to 111 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: see see the buck and wanted me to get a 112 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: deer as much as I wanted her to get a deer. 113 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: So I said, okay. I just said, all right, I'll 114 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: shoot the deer. So I got set up with my pack. 115 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: The hill was pretty steep, so I took my trekking 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: poles and crossed the straps of the trek and poles 117 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: to make a good shooting sticks out of him. Then 118 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: I used my pack on my back and then her 119 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: pack under my shooting elbow with my knee up. I mean, 120 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: I was just like locked in steady range the deer, 121 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: and he just was in that position. Dear do this. 122 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes they'll be chasing deer and then they just kind 123 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: of stop and they just stare off into the distance forever. 124 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: And he was just standing on the hillside, perfectly broadside, stoic, 125 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: not moving. I ranged the deer, and then of course, 126 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: as soon as I range and we get set up 127 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: he just starts walking again toward where those does disappeared. 128 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: I know, all right, it's gonna be now or never. 129 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: If he stops again, this is gonna be the time. 130 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: So he walks, walks, and then stops again. I range him, 131 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: confirmed the range check. My actually had my ballistic app 132 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: open and just he hadn't moved much. But I made 133 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: a quick adjustment on the dial of my scope, settled 134 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: in behind his shoulder, slowly squeezed the trigger just like 135 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: the thousands of shots I've taken practicing shooting, pull the trigger, 136 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: and the buck just drops, perfect shot. Well, as that 137 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: happened after the report of the rifle, the other deer 138 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: moved up from a canyon down below us, halfway between 139 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: the deer that I just shot and where we were sitting, 140 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: and that deer just stops on the hill site kind 141 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: of looks around and then goes to feeding. And I'm like, 142 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: look at Daniel, and like, do you want to shoot 143 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: that buck? Just like yeah, So we switched positions on 144 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: the rifle reload. I arranged the deer just the dial 145 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: for this range, and I'm like, all right, the guns set, 146 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: it's exactly where you want to shoot. Just put it 147 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: right behind his shoulder. Pick that spot and just kind 148 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: of talk her through the shot. She looks steady, she's steady, 149 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: She squeezes the trigger, perfect shot, buck drops, rolls down 150 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: the mountain. We just within I don't know, a couple 151 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: of minutes of each other, just shot two bucks across 152 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: the canyon with the same rifle, just adjusting for the 153 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: two different ranges. You know, we're pretty excited. This is 154 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: her second white tail buck, and it just happened to 155 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: be at the top of the mountain where she shot 156 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: her first white tail was at the top of the 157 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: mountain in Elk country, where we don't really see white 158 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: tails that often. I mean, there are plenty of white 159 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 1: tails around, but to get them up in the mountains 160 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: where you're normally chasing elk er mule there is just 161 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: pretty cool, pretty fun for us. So we go down 162 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: and it actually takes us quite a while to get 163 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: down through the there's actually a creak in the bottom. 164 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: It was pretty nasty with all the snow and dead 165 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: fall and everything. Start walking up. We get to her buck, 166 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: nice little white tail buck, and then we keep climbing 167 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: up the mountain to where mine is and we decided 168 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: that we were gonna try to get them both together 169 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: because I figured, well, we could cut mine up here, 170 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: but it's downhill, so we drug my buck down to 171 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: the other deer. That way we could just process them 172 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: at the same time together and get a photo and 173 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: everything and then pack them out. And it's pretty cool 174 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: because my mom and dad actually happened to be up 175 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: at the same time as well. So we called them. 176 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: We're like, hey, we got I think, I don't even 177 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: remember if i'd service and m I send them an 178 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: in reach message bucks down and they ended up working 179 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: their way over to us to give us a hand 180 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: packing them out. They cut up the deer, packed the 181 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: deer out, and it was just a great day getting 182 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: a buck like a double with my wife across canyon 183 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: in the mountains on some white tails. When I introduced 184 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: this week's podcast, I think I call it precision extended 185 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: range shooting, and what I'm really talking about. Other terms 186 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: for it could be long range shooting, could be precision shots, 187 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: further shots, shooting further whatever you want to call it. Now, 188 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: I know that there are a lot of I mean, 189 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: there's there's just so many sides to everything, and you know, 190 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: it's like, you can't talk about anything in hunting sometimes 191 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: without it offending someone or someone else saying that it's 192 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: wrong or this is right or whatever. That's not what 193 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: I want to get into. What I want to get 194 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: into is how to make you a better shot, so 195 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: no matter what the yardage is, you can make a good, clean, 196 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: ethical shot. So before we get into it, I will 197 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about the ethics and kind of 198 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: define some of this stuff. You know, if I think 199 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: about when I started hunting, or probably when maybe most 200 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: people it, or listening to the started hunting growing up 201 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: out west, three yards was kind of like that magical 202 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: mark that that's a far shot, but it's doable shot, 203 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: you know, shot that you can make, and it's kind 204 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: of in some instances was the range that a lot 205 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: of elk or deer might particularly be at now that 206 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: three hundred yard you know, if I remember back, I 207 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: probably would some of my rifles we would sight in 208 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: it like three inches high at a hundred or four 209 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: inches high at a hundred, and then we kind of 210 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: just eyeball or guess the yardage of the animals because 211 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: what we didn't have was laser range finders. They either 212 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: didn't exist, or we didn't have them, or the technology 213 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: wasn't good enough to even really work that well. So 214 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: we would just estimate range and line up our shot 215 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: and shoot and things would look either too far or 216 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: too close, and over the years, or to me or 217 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: even just in general people, there was probably a lot 218 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: of more missed animals or even potentially wounded animals, just 219 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: based on like guessing the range. There's so many times 220 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: where I'll be walking up a canyon, I think how 221 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: far is that? You know that's got to be four 222 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: hundred yards and it's to fifty. Or you look at 223 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: and you know that's gotta be three hundred yards and 224 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: it's seven hundards. In the mountains, man, it can be 225 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 1: very difficult to judge ranges, especially when you're looking across 226 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: the canyon or on the same hillside. You know, on 227 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: the same hillside things always look a lot closer, but 228 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: when you're looking across the canyon, things often look further. So, 229 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: you know, we didn't have this ability for what I 230 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: would consider precision shooting. It was a lot more guesswork 231 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: and a lot less hundred percent knowledge of where your 232 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: bullets going. So when I talk about longer range shooting 233 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: or precision extended range shooting. And I'm not necessarily talking 234 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: about shooting a thousand yards, but I am talking about 235 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: at every yard, and you're shooting knowing exactly where that 236 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: bullets going. So whether you've got a hundred yard shot, 237 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: three hundred yard shot, or a five hundred yard shot, 238 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: you know the drop of your rifle. You know you're 239 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: hold in your point of impact and where that bullet 240 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: is going to end up, and because of that, you 241 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: can take a more precise, more ethical shot. Now, I 242 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: definitely have seen the rise in popularity over the years 243 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: of you know, extreme long range shooting, shooting at eight 244 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: nine yards, and I've also seen the rise of just 245 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: the backlash and the opposite of that as well. You 246 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: know where I personally stand. I mean, when I'm hunting, 247 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: I like to get as close as possible, but when 248 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: I'm shooting or practicing, I love to keep an enjoyment 249 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: of shooting my rifle and shooting it at far ranges 250 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: keeps it interesting, exciting and as fun and makes those 251 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: close shots seem super easy when you're out practicing a 252 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: lot and shooting wafer grid distances. Let's just break down 253 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: some of the yardages and what maybe will kind of 254 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: classify them. So I would say it depends where you're from. 255 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: But three hundred fifty yards we'll call a far shot, 256 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: and then three fifty it maybe we'll call that long range, 257 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: and then you know, five hundred plus we'll just call 258 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: that really long range. So me personally, I think that 259 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: with the modern rifles, with the right rifle for the 260 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: right application, you know, the right caliber and the right 261 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: bullet and everything's right. You know, five hundred yards with 262 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: most rifles is very doable shot these days, with the 263 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: right practice, knowledge and everything. Yes, guns can shoot further, 264 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: yes they that is far, but that's kind of like 265 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: my personal benchmark of what's too far for me personally. 266 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: Can I shoot my rifle a thousand yards? Yes? I can. 267 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 1: Do I shoot animals a thousand yards? Me? Personally, No, 268 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: I don't. Is it possible? Yes, So there's always these 269 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: back and force but I don't want to get too 270 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: deep into that. I just want to acknowledge that and 271 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: then kind of move on because I think that what 272 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: the real value of what I'm talking about here is 273 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: just understand your rifle equipment to make those good shots. 274 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: And that way, if you are out and have a 275 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: hunting situation where a deer or elk or whatever steps 276 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: out at three four you can make a precise, exact shot, 277 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: and because of that, you will be more effective at 278 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: both harvesting and more successful because you know that you're 279 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: going to hit what you're shooting at. We're gonna first 280 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: start with the equipment portion of it. Well, well, let's 281 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: break it down into the categories. I guess first we're 282 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: gonna go You need a rifle obviously, and that rifle 283 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: is going to have ammunition, and then you need a scope. 284 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: On top of that rifle, you also need a range 285 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: finder and something to steady your shot. Let's start with 286 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: the rifle. Most most rifles out there now, they're built 287 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: fairly well, you know I I prefer a more precision 288 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: type rifle. So when I practice and shoot out at 289 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: the range at further yards, I've got a sub all 290 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: my rifles or sub m A. So what an m 291 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: o A is is a minute of angle or essentially, 292 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: in layman's terms, an inch at a hundred yards, So 293 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: it's kind of a standard. It's actually not exactly an inch, 294 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: but we don't need to go into too much detail 295 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: for what we're talking about We're talking about holding an 296 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: inch group in a hundred yards, and then generally that 297 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: kind of factors out as the distance goes. It maintains 298 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: that inch per hundred yards. But I think, you know, 299 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: most production rifles now should shoot at least at that 300 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: If you've got a rifle that shoots one m o A, 301 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: you're probably pretty good at shooting out to five yards 302 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: or even practicing it further ranges. But the better the rifle, 303 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: the better your groups will be at those extended ranges. Now, 304 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: a lot of that is also going to come down 305 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: to matching the right ammunition to your rifle, and what 306 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: that is is you got to think about it like this. 307 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: You know, every gun might shoot a little bit of 308 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: AMMO a little bit different, but you also need to 309 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: find a bullet that not only shoots well out of 310 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: your rifle, but has good performance when hunting. Me personally, 311 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: you know, I have shot pretty much every caliber out there, 312 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: almost every make of rifle, and I've shot a lot 313 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: of different bullets. I've shot everything from match grade precision 314 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: amm O to you know, core lock hunting bullets, and 315 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: I try to find the sweet spot in between for 316 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: the rifle that I shoot. I look for ammunition that 317 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: is both accurate but also has what I would consider 318 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: killing powers. So a lot of the really high BC 319 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: bullets don't really and there's a lot more on the 320 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: market now than you know when I started out. But 321 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: the ballistic coefficient of a lot of bullets that shoot 322 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: really well for further ranges may not necessarily be the 323 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: best for hunting. So I try to find that good 324 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: mix of a bullet that shoots well, has a good 325 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: ballistic coefficiency, but also has great hunting performance. You know. 326 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: I think once you've got your rifle, the thing that 327 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: has advanced the technology of just precision shooting at any distance, 328 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: in my opinion, outside of the rifle, has got to 329 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: be the optics, both on the rifle as well as 330 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: the advancements of range finders. If you know the exact 331 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: distance of your target, and you have a scope that 332 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: you know the holdovers or you know, can adjust for 333 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: that exact range, overall, you're gonna be a lot more accurate. 334 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: So when we're talking about scopes, there's a couple of 335 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: different options out there. I like any scope that has 336 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: I actually use an adjustable turret scope, So I've got 337 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: I shoot a lot of Vortex stuff. One of the 338 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: scopes that I've used for years was the Vortex Viper HSLR, 339 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: which is just kind of a lighter version of five 340 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: to sixteen power magnification adjustable turret and mostly a lock 341 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: t windage cap and exposed elevation turret, so the elevation turret. 342 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: If you're kind of new to this whole thing, I 343 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: mean I start talking about this stuff is stuff that 344 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: I've talked about in every hunting camp ever, so stuff 345 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: that I feel like a lot of people know. But 346 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: also I know a lot of people listening to this 347 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: podcast or kind of like new to some of this stuff, 348 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: and maybe a lot of you maybe have been hunting 349 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: a long time and you know, see people with this 350 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: kind of stuff but don't really know enough to jump 351 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: into it or haven't taken the time to research a 352 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: lot of it. So I'm going to kind of do 353 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: some basics, but also just some info for everyone as well. 354 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: So actually the scope that I just started using now, 355 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,239 Speaker 1: and you know, some of these you can invest as 356 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: much as you want into long range setups. There's guys 357 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: that have twenty dollar long range rifles that are made 358 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: for specific tasks for shooting targets that really far ranges. 359 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 1: But then there's that kind of in between where you're 360 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: a hunter and you're just looking to be as precise 361 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: as possible at ranges that you feel comfortable at, and 362 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: that might not necessarily mean shooting five hundred yards. It 363 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: might mean shooting three hundred yards, but shooting that three 364 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: hundred yards exact every time scope that I've been using, 365 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: you know, recently, I've I've talked about the you know, 366 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: I work with Vortex, the Razor h D l h T, 367 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: which is their light hunter tactical, So it's got features 368 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: of the tactical but also really good for hunting. Lighter weight, locking, 369 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: elevation and windage and all that kind of stuff. A 370 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: lot of the features that you want in long range 371 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: shooting or precision shooting, but in just more of a 372 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: hunter model. So there's those kind of scopes where you 373 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: can adjust the turret and what that is I'm adjusting 374 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: the actual main cross hair for the exact yardage that 375 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: I'm shooting. Now, there's other scopes that are really great 376 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: for hunting that are more of a holdover scope. So 377 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: there's different kind of radicals every rifle scope manufacturer now 378 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: pretty much has one um they've got different names. Some 379 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: of them are like steady alignes in there where they're 380 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: like the BDC or the loopholes is like a Boone 381 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: and Crockett radical or something of that effect. And what 382 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: that is is at a certain magnification, there's your main 383 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: cross air, and then there's other lines or marks on 384 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: below that main cross air that represent different yardages. And 385 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: there's so much technical stuff when it comes to some 386 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: of this. So I'm trying to do a brief rundown 387 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: overview right now, but for most of those it's not 388 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: a first focal plane scope. So what happens is as 389 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: you adjust the zoom, you know, the value that those 390 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: represent changes. So mostly they work when they're on full magnification. 391 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: But that's another great option, especially if you don't want 392 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: to have to get super technical with the moving a 393 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: turret and all that kind of stuff. You can shoot 394 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: your gun at high power magnification. Their lines in your 395 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: scope that will represent varying yardages based on your bullet, 396 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: your rifle caliber and whatever, and those scopes can be 397 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: put on any gun and then through practice and shooting 398 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: you'll know what each one of those lines represents, so 399 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: when you're out in the field, you can use that 400 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: as your hold over, so you'll hold over the back 401 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: of the animal, use a different crossair in the scope 402 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 1: for different yardages. Now, the other thing we're gonna talk 403 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: about laser range finders. I mean, to be able to 404 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: show you precise you need to know the exact distance 405 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: and knowing that exact distance and then knowing what that 406 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: exact distance represents in your rifle. So that's the other 407 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: step of it is either having shot it and knowing 408 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: what those ballistic lines mean, or also using in conjunction 409 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: if you're going to be shooting a lot, either a 410 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 1: ballistics app or what we call a dope chart or 411 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: a drop chart which shows the drops and how to 412 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: compensate for the drop. So that's the equipment and everything 413 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: in a nutshell. Now we're going to get to the 414 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: fun part of the actual going out and shooting your rifle. 415 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: When it comes to taking a shot, therefore, basics that 416 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 1: pretty much doesn't matter. The range whether you're shooting it 417 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: a hundred yards or seven hundred yards are the same, 418 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: So you first have to know the range, then you 419 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: have to know your holdover or your drop compensation. Then 420 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: you have to steady the gun and then you just 421 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: have to shoot the target. Put the crossair where or 422 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: by shoot the target, I mean put the crossair where 423 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: it's supposed to be and squeeze the trigger. If everything 424 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: else is in line and you do that correctly, you 425 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: will make a perfect shot. And it really is as 426 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: simple as that. The real challenge part is understanding or 427 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: making sure everything involved in putting that bullet where it 428 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: needs to go or the rifle is set up in 429 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: a right way. As a guide and outfitter, before we 430 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: would go out and hunt, we would always have people 431 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: shoot their guns at the range before we go out, 432 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: and that's I think obviously you should do that anytime 433 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: you travel or whatever you want to just reverify the zero. 434 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: Not only am I re verifying the zero or having 435 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: people reverify the zero their rifles, but my real intention 436 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: is to watch the way that they shoot and see 437 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: how their gun performs. And many times that's why I've 438 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: shot some any different rifles, and so because I pretty 439 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: much sure always shoot everybody's rifle that comes out anyways, 440 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: but most the hunters that would hunt with us pretty 441 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: much had never shot more than a hundred yards, or 442 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: live in a place where they can't shoot more than 443 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: a hundred yards, but they're coming on an elk hunt 444 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: where you know, the average elk shot might be two 445 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: fifty two three hundred and that would be a long 446 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: shot or or three times as far as they've ever 447 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: shot in their life. Most people, most hunters, have probably 448 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: shot most of their animals or white tail hunts um 449 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: within fifty yards or less. So then to come out 450 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: and you know, be expected to shoot far when you've 451 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: never done it before is a long, long ask. But 452 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: we would always watch and see how everybody would shoot. 453 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean there's so many times where I would see, 454 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: you know, somebody shooting at paper hundred yards and it's 455 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: just kind of the gun being all over the place, 456 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: and really just looking at the way that they shoot, 457 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: and you know, the rifle and they're set up in 458 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: their scope and just seeing like, okay, their equipment is 459 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: not that great and the way that they're studying the 460 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: rifle is not that great. But then what I would 461 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: do is I always have my rifle. They're one of 462 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: my rifles, and I've got a five yard gone at 463 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: our range, so you know, like different yard and gongs 464 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: and say, okay, what we're gonna do. We're gonna shoot 465 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: my gun first day. It's like scott a muzzle break 466 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: as zero kick, Like, honest to god, you will not 467 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: feel this going to go off. If you're going to 468 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: pull the sugar on this rifle, you have to listen 469 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: to the way that I tell you to shoot it. 470 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: Otherwise it's just wasting my ami. And everyone pretty much 471 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: agrees like yeah, I'll shoot that sounds good, And I'm 472 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: like okay, and we're gonna shoot it. That five gone. 473 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: There's no way I can hit that because but they 474 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: don't realize is the center of the target is the 475 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: same size no matter how far or whatever. As long 476 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: as that cross hair is set right, you should hit 477 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: what you're aiming it. And I'll know if you don't 478 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: or if you move, or if you didn't make a 479 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: good shot, because it won't hit where it's supposed to go. 480 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: So I set my rifle and say, okay, here's how 481 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: you steady the rifle. You can shoot it like this. 482 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: You put the sandbag, the stock is rested on something, 483 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: the four ends rested. Okay, one hand on the gun. 484 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: You're gonna slowly squeeze the trigger, I set the scope, 485 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: and every time anybody has done that, they've center punched 486 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: the five hundred yard gone first shot. Every time, everyone goes, wow, 487 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 1: that's incredible. I need one of these. And it's not 488 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: necessarily anything that their rifle can't do, but it's just 489 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: having it set up in a way that I know 490 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: when I adjust the gun, and I know that yardage, 491 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: and I've shot at a hundred times more than that, 492 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: but at that target, you know where that bullet's gonna go, 493 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 1: and that's all that it really amounts to. So having 494 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: the rifle where you can set it up and have 495 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: something where you know the difference between shooting it two 496 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: hundred and three hundred yards is substantial enough that if 497 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: you have a good point of impact reference, whether it's 498 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: either adjusting your main scope or having some kind of 499 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: radical in your scope that shows you your hold, you're 500 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot more precise shooting every yardage, every distance. 501 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: So the key is to get out and start practicing 502 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: some of these things. Practice shooting. When you go out 503 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: to shoot, shoot at some of these further distances, and 504 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: shoot at targets or gongs or whatever at the distance. 505 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: But you're gonna first set up your rifle and understand 506 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: the drop of your rifle and the ballistics of your 507 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: bullet that correlates to your rifle and your point of 508 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: impact for the varying yardages. So that can be done 509 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: either through a ballistics app. There's so many different ballistics 510 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: apps out there. I know, everybody that shoots a lot 511 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: has a ballistics app that they swear as better than 512 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: the last. You know, maybe it just depends on the 513 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: gun and the bullet and there's different formulas and all 514 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 1: this stuff, and many of them you have to adjust 515 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: and build out yourself anyways. Stuff like there's Apple users 516 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: that use like shooter app. I've used for years one 517 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: called street lock because it was free and worked really 518 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: good on my phone with my rifle and had good 519 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: luck with it, and other people have had terrible luck 520 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: with it. So there's so many just different applications and 521 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: other things. But having something like that. Even most rifle 522 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: scope companies have some form of ballistics calculator there where 523 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: you can kind of use your bullet data, use your elevation, 524 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: use all that kind of info the inputs to get 525 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: the right output, and then you're gonna take those outputs 526 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: and practice them in the field and see exactly where 527 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: you're shooting at different yardages. So many hunters are guilty 528 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: of this, and I think it's a time thing. But 529 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: also you know, they go out, they shot the rifle 530 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: last season, they shot it at the range a couple 531 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: of times before they went out hunting. Then they go 532 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: out hunting all season, they put it away, they go 533 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: out and they shoot it the day before they go hunting. Okay, 534 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: at hit paper, We're great, We're good to go. Doing 535 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: that is fine, and some people are successful. But if 536 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: you go out and actually practice at varying yardages, of 537 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: varying distances and varying elements and varying terrain, you are 538 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: going to be so much more successful when that shot 539 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: opportunity happens. You don't want to be the guy that 540 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: tells the story of how the one got away. You 541 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: want to be the guy that tells a story of 542 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 1: how you spotted something you got And you know that 543 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: when you get in within range, when you pull the trigger, 544 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: whatever you're shooting at is going to be hit perfectly 545 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: and dropped. And that right there is what I would 546 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: consider the ethical portion of this. You know, so many 547 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: times people talk about the ethics of long range shooting 548 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: or shooting too far or whatever. But what I'm talking 549 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: about is the ethics of being a hunter that knows 550 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: that when you go out, whatever you're shooting at, if 551 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna pull the trigger, it's going to get shot 552 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: perfectly and be a quick, humane kill. And that comes 553 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: through repetition and practice. And I can't stress that enough 554 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: that yes, you know, for many people, rifle shooting is 555 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: easy and can be boring and expensive if you're just 556 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: shooting at a hundred yards at paper and trying to 557 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: get a group. I personally don't like sighting in rifles 558 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: that much. I don't like shooting in a hundred yards. 559 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: To me, it's like trap shooting. It's like kind of 560 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: you aren't good unless it's exact, and it can be 561 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: tedious and a little bit boring. But what I like 562 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: to do is I like to go into the field 563 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,479 Speaker 1: and take practice. What would be more like sporting plays 564 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: where I actually like to practice in the field varying yardages, 565 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: shooting at different targets, whether it be a gong thing 566 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: that I set up, or even just what I would 567 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: consider like shooting roving where I'm shooting a small rocks 568 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: or various objects in the distance at varying yardages in 569 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: hunting type scenarios or terrain. Now, obviously there's a lot 570 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: of factors that you have to consider for this safety 571 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: being the number one fire danger of being number two, 572 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: and once those things have been considered, you know, having 573 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: a good back stuff and other things, it's perfectly safe. 574 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: I like to get out, and it's a great way 575 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: to make one or two, you know, like even if 576 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: you can only make one trip during the summer, you 577 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: can shoot it a range. You know, practice with your 578 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: rifle as often as possible. But if you can make 579 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: a trip where you can go out and shoot varying 580 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: yardages in the mountains at different types of ranges, you 581 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: are going to be a lot more successful in the 582 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: long run. Now, what happens if you do not have 583 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: a range available to you where you can shoot further distances, 584 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: or you don't have the ability to do those kind 585 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: of roving type shots at varying different targets or whatever. 586 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: You know, I think one thing that can really help 587 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: everyone out, and I've done a podcast on shooting positions 588 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: and steading the rifle. I can't remember what episode is. 589 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: You have to go back and find it. But I 590 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: think that there are things that you can do at 591 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: even fifty or a hundred yards, and some of that 592 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: is going to be one shooting your gun and knowing 593 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: where those different lines or how to adjust your rifle 594 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: and figuring out the ballistics for your gun. You can 595 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: do that, you know, with a chronograph and your bullet 596 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: information and your scope and getting all that dialed in 597 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: with your ballistics type stuff and just knowing the ballistics 598 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: of your rifle. Now, the best way is to actually 599 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,239 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to prove that. And maybe you can 600 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: only reach out to three hundred yards or find the 601 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: longest range you can wherever you're at and check some 602 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: of those ballistics, because they will be off a little bit, 603 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: no matter how good the ballistics calculator is. But for 604 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: the most part, out to five yards, most of them 605 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: are pretty dang close or close enough. For government work, 606 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: maybe you might be talking like a sixteenth of an 607 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: inch off or something. But for practical applications, the real 608 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: thing that you want to practice is the other parts 609 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: of getting the shop. So remember we go back to 610 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: those four things of making any shot, knowing the range, 611 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: knowing the holdover, steadying the gun, and then shooting the target. Well, 612 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: the last two you can practice at any range steadying 613 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: the gun and shooting the target. And that's gonna mean. 614 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: You know, if you're taking a shot that's at a 615 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: further range, the gun has to be more steady than 616 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: at a close range because you have less margin of error. 617 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: So figuring out and practicing steadying that rifle and shooting 618 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: positions at the range, at your range where you aren't 619 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: just shooting from a lead sletter a bench, but you're 620 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: setting up your pack, You're you have maybe something to 621 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: steady the rifle, bipod um, something to steady the butt 622 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: of the rifle, like getting the full guns steady. Where 623 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: when I take a shot, I like the gun to 624 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: be pretty much set up where if I didn't wasn't 625 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: on it or touching it, it can still be pointed 626 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 1: at whatever I'm shooting at. Then I just can slide 627 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: in do the work of pulling the trigger. But everything 628 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: else is set up as far as the drop, the 629 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 1: hold over, the guns steady itself. So practice getting that 630 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: gun steady no matter where you are, and then knowing 631 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: your different drops, and then understanding how your bullet drops, 632 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: and you can even do that if you're shooting at 633 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: a hundred yards, you know, try shooting the different lines 634 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: and seeing where that's grouping and how high it is 635 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: at a hundred and just understanding and getting good visual 636 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: picture of the ballistics of your rifle. And by doing that, 637 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna be more efficient in the field and you're 638 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: gonna be more precise at varying ranges, whether it be 639 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: two yards or five hundred yards. But that's just gonna 640 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: really extend your effect of kill range and make you 641 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: more successful when it comes to the chance of finding something, 642 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: pulling the trigger and making a clean kill. This summer 643 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: is really going to be the time to do the 644 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: things you can to practice to make you more efficient 645 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: in the fall. And that's really what I want to cover. 646 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: So if you're a rifle hunter, you've got a rifle tag, 647 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: take it upon yourself to say, Okay, I'm gonna understand 648 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: my gun better this year. I'm going to practice shooting 649 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: more this year. It's like, even if you shoot great 650 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: groups every time you go out, just go out and 651 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: take some shots. Maybe I know it can be a 652 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: pain in the butt to have to find a range, 653 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: to get there, to get all your stuff whatever. Maybe 654 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: it's just formulating a plan of saying, Okay, I'm gonna 655 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: go out and I'm gonna shoot one round a week 656 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: at the target and make sure that that one shot 657 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: you take is a perfect shot. But having some form 658 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 1: of regular practice throughout the summer and committing to it. 659 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about, was just committing to a 660 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: few small things you can do to make you better 661 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: when the fall season rolls around. Talking about committing to 662 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 1: things to make you better, we're gonna also cover this 663 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: month a few other things that you know, stuff that 664 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: This is all stuff that I do throughout the summer, 665 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: try to find time and make time for it to 666 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: be better when hunting season rolls around. So next week 667 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about some fitness stuff, some things you 668 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: can do because a lot of the hunt comes down 669 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: to your physical preparation. Whether you're in shape or out 670 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: of shape, it doesn't matter. This is for everyone, and 671 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: it's things that you can do to make you better 672 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: when the season comes around, so you can just get 673 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: over that next ridge or be better than you are 674 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: right now. And then after that will cover some things 675 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: you can do for shooting your bow in more inclement 676 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 1: weather or more like situational archery shots. I also really 677 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: appreciate all that. You know. We did the Q and 678 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: A last week, and I've got a ton of more 679 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: questions this week just from stuff that people have sent in, 680 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,880 Speaker 1: So keep those coming because we will jump on another 681 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 1: Q and A here pretty soon. I'm trying to save 682 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: some of my favorites and and answer those. But uh, yeah, 683 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, it's crazy out there right now. 684 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot of stuff going on, and you know, 685 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: is shaking down to be one of the most interesting 686 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: years as far as just things that are happening outside 687 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: of the norm. But I think there's some great opportunity 688 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: this fall, and I keep looking forward to that, and 689 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: I've been doing a lot of just like being prepared 690 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: for when I get my opportunities this year and the 691 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: things that I can do to stay sharp and stay 692 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: on it. And I keep trying to do those things 693 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 1: and focus on the time that I'll have spent in 694 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: the field ahead. So until next week, shoot straight and 695 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: we will catch you later.