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The MeatEater Podcast
Rohrbaugh discusses his transition to traditional bowhunting after a deer hunting injury, emphasizing the challenges and rewards of the craft. He details his hunting techniques and philosophies, including gap shooting and the importance of selecting the right spot.
I pulled that thing out and I started reading it. It was like it just lit a fire.
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Rohrbaugh discusses his transition to traditional bowhunting after a deer hunting injury, emphasizing the challenges and rewards of the craft. He details his hunting techniques and philosophies, including gap shooting and the importance of selecting the right spot.
I pulled that thing out and I started reading it. It was like it just lit a fire.
I talk a lot about, you know, performance anxiety or buck fever in this book because I think it it probably is the reason for it.
I've learned that for me about 18 yards is where I want to be you know you start getting above 18 weird stuff can happen but at 18 that's pretty good.
When I see an animal and I decide I'm gonna shoot I have this whole thing I do in my head where you know I pick a spot bow arm my bow arm goes in a certain position then I draw to my first anchor where my my hand comes to rest under my cheekbone and then I reaffirm my spot. I'm like all right I'm on my spot I'm still on my spot and then I just keep pulling until I hit my second anchor and boom the arrows away.
So once I get to that distance then I can hold the arrow right on where I want to hit and if I'm further than that if I'm 35 then I'm holding the tip of the arrow just a couple inches above where I want to be and so on out you know up to 40-50 yards.