Mastering YOUR Rifle and Archery SHOT PROCESS - Joel Turner

About this episode

Joel Turner discusses the psychological and technical aspects of shooting in hunting, drawing from his extensive experience as a sniper instructor.

Joel Turner spent 11 years as a SWAT sniper instructor before becoming one of the most well known instructors in the hunting world. His take on why hunters miss is unlike anything you've heard — and it applies equally to archery and rifle. We start with how bullets actually kill. From there we get into the pre-ignition flinch... why there's no such thing as a subconscious override of the central nervous system, what open loop vs. closed loop trigger press actually means, and why the fix isn'...

People in this episode

Host: Cliff Gray

Guest: Joel Turner

Topics covered

• rifle shooting
• archery
• hunting techniques
• sniper training
• mental processes in shooting

Keywords

• rifle
• archery
• hunting
• sniper
• shooting process
• pre-ignition flinch
• trigger press

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