| One of the biggest problems when hunting hogs with | | | | you’ll just be able to tell, to judge your distances |
| a bow is forcing the shot. You don’t shoot an | | | | a lot better when it comes to crunch time and you |
| arrow through brush. It’s not like a big-caliber rifle | | | | finally get that shot. It goes back to the old rule: you |
| where you might be able to sneak it through and hit | | | | always play like you practice. So you need to put on |
| your animal or the target. Forcing the shot is just a | | | | that hunting jacket, squat down, kneel, sit, whatever. |
| huge mistake. | | | | Any kind of situation might present itself, and you |
| Range finders play a huge role. When you practice, | | | | need to be ready for that. |
| my advice would be to know your distances, your | | | | You look at these baseball players a lot of times |
| ranges. Step it off. Don’t go to just 20 and 30 | | | | whenever they’ve gotta a charge a ball. And |
| and 40 yards because those animals and your | | | | you see these shortstops and second basemen, |
| position may not always be 20, 30, or 40 yards. It | | | | even third basemen … any infielder … and |
| might be 23 yards. So you need to know how your | | | | they’re charging the ball and they bare hand the |
| bow shoots at those distances as well. And also | | | | ball. And on a dead run they’ve gotta throw |
| practice without a range finder. | | | | back behind them. How many times they don’t |
| I take knowing my ranges for granted because I | | | | hit their mark because they just don’t practice it |
| play a lot of golf. By playing golf you’re always | | | | that much on what it feels like to get the ball thrown |
| guessing how far you are from the green and from | | | | to first base on a dead run away from the bag. |
| the flag, so that over years and years of playing golf | | | | Same thing with hunting. You’ve got to be able |
| and practicing, it’s helped me look not just at the | | | | to know how your arrow flies, how your bow pulls |
| target, but other landmarks … whether it’s a | | | | back, sitting down, crouched down or even on your |
| hill, a tree or a rock. Whatever you’re looking at | | | | knees. All these different things make you a better |
| that’ll help you put it all in perspective and kinda | | | | hunter. And in the end, if you make a better shot on |
| get an idea of just how far everything’s at. | | | | the animal, you make a more successful hunt, which |
| So just practice, practice, practice in that sense. And | | | | leaves a more positive memory. |