NZ Hunter

I WANNA BE THAT GUY

Then someone says “Let’s go for it now.” Well…I wanna be that guy! Or…

You’ve got a good shooting platform right here, the animal is quite a long way out, but it’s calm and you reckon you might just be able to pull off that shot. It’s worth a crack. Then someone says “Let’s get closer.” Well…I wanna be that guy!

There are loads of these kinds of scenarios that play out when you’re on the hill… when someone suggests something a little more edgy, more challenging perhaps, disruptive even.

I’d like to push the ‘rewind’ button to reflect on a typical moment when we’re out hunting, and unpack a few lessons that have helped me to change up how I had been hunting…moments that might instruct the way you approach your hunting as well.

Some of the few things I’ve learned over the years have come by watching others who are successful…or not! Sometimes though, people change things up because they have already suffered enough doing things a certain way. (Others might just want to be a different type

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