If you want to introduce a youngster or friend to deer hunting, take a cue from professional sports.
If your goal is to be the varsity kicker for the football team, you’ll want to get lots of kicking practice ,including realistic field goals
with plenty of interference, even if you have to stack plastic garbage cans to simulate defensive linemen jumping to block the kick.
Similarly, if you’re a new hunter’s coach, you’ll want to make practice sessions as realistic as possible.
Shooting at paper targets is sufficient for the first few sessions, but you’ll quickly move to a 3-D target with an emphasis on shot placement and animal anatomy.
Matt Wettish is the host of Real OutdoorTV and had the chance to introduce Michael Lavalee to bowhunting. After taking the aforementioned steps, Wettish had the lad practice shooting from a bucket to simulate the unsteadiness of a tree stand.
Next, he asked Lavalee to do wind sprints and then shoot from the bucket so that he could experience the sensation of a quickly beating heart and shooting under duress.
As the top image shows, Lavalee had success on his first outing with this mature doe and is now firmly a member of the hunting fraternity.
His coach could not have been more proud.
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