As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days in the field. This show is about translating

my hard-won experiences into tips and tactics that will get you closer to your ultimate

goal, success in the field. I'm Remi Warren, this is Cutting the Distance.

Welcome back to the podcast everyone. This week I'm going to be going over what I think

are six pretty fun archery practice games to make you a better hunter. Now with archery

season just around the corner, there's a lot of start dates coming up August, September,

and now's the time to kind of get in the repetitions, break the bow out, and get in some practice.

Because when it comes to bow hunting, you really need to make that one shot count. You think

about it, there's all this energy, difficulty, just to get within bow range, and if you don't

hit what you're aiming at, then it's all for not. In real hunting situations, you can encounter

a ton of different obstacles, pressure, different weather during that shot. So this summer, I'm

going to give you six archery games that are going to kind of cover that gamut of what

you might encounter. So when you draw back on a deer elk, the situation is not going to

be new. While shooting dots and tenorings is fun, if you're doing a league or something

like that, it's really fun to just shoot for scores. But I'm going to mix it up on the

range with some of my favorite archery games. But before we do that, I figured I'd share

the story of a white tail hunt and an awkward shot I really wasn't prepared for.

This hunt takes place in Northern Wyoming. I actually had an archery tag and a friend

who had a ranch kind of down there run some cattle. He's like, yeah, you can come down

and get some stands set up and hunt some white tails. I was like, sweet. I've actually,

this was like the first time I ever hunted out of a tree stand. Well, now I take that

back. I've hunted out of a tree stand before. I'd never shot anything out of a tree stand.

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