Making The Shot: Split-second decisions, & practice drills for success

Backcountry Hunting Podcast - A podcast by Joseph von Benedikt - Fridays

SHOW NOTES Making The Shot intro: After all your planning, prep, and hard hunting, everything comes down to one moment where you’ve got to succeed or fail in taking your quarry. • Two real-life scenarios with heartbreaking consequences, and how they could have been avoided • Correcting the mistakes before they occur: Pre-hunt shooting prep and in-the-moment decision-making • Pre-hunt shooting prep: 5 practice steps to success • In-the-moment decision-making: This one is harder. You can't practice, you can only conceptualize. Moving animals Shooting in desperation Fleeting opportunities at whopper bucks, bulls & rams BONUS MATERIAL • 6.5 PRC: Is it an elk cartridge? Exit holes, blood trails, the “knock-down power” myth, and slowing big-bodied, tough bulls down.