About this episode

Dan Pickar and Brian Barney discuss the intricacies of making shots on western game, focusing on mindset and execution.

In this episode Dan Pickar and Brian Barney catch up. They deep dive into making shots on western game. They talk about the focus and mindset needed. They get into calming the heart rate, reading the animal and execution. The devil is in the details and every successful hunt will come down to making a shot. This week's episode of Eastmans Life Of A Bowhunter is extremely important. Eberlestock - https://bit.ly/Eberlestock-Eastmans Matthews - https://bit.ly/MathewsArchery-Eastmans On Glass - https://bit.ly/OnGlassAdapter-Eastmans Stealth Cam - https://bit.ly/StealthCam-Eastmans Yeti - https://bit.ly/YetiCoolers-Eastmans

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Pickar, Brian Barney

Topics covered

• making shots
• western game
• focus
• mindset
• calming heart rate
• reading the animal
• execution

Keywords

• shots
• western game
• hunting
• mindset
• execution
• heart rate
• animal behavior

Sponsors

Eberlestock, Matthews, On Glass, Stealth Cam, Yeti

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