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change up you know he was all we're shooting he's like tapping us in the freaking head with an arrow

and like just slowing down concentrating on the things in front of you. And it was kind of crazy, you know, what he had us do with the bow without drawing or anything. He's like, all right, cover up the eyeball of the, we had an elk out there. And, you know, you think, oh, I can't get there, but you naturally just always come back to it,

as long as you pick out, you know, a small spot.

And so it was, it was pretty eye-opening and just really cool.

You know, you almost, that what I kind of took away from it is once you're set up here,

your brain will naturally keep coming back to that center spot, and you've just got to execute.

Out here, the stakes are real.

Effective preparation starts with fitness, but it requires so much more.

This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready when it matters the most.

Join me, Rich Broning, as we apply the decades of wisdom I have gained through training and competition to hunting in the backcountry.

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