Jordan Jonas: commitment

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…Can you actually speak to the kill shot itself, just for people who don’t hunt? What it takes to stay calm, to not freak out too much, to wait, but not wait too long? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, another thing about hunting is that for every animal, you probably don’t get nine or 10 that just turned the wrong way when you were drawn back or went away behind a tree or you never had a clean shot or whatever it is. And so, every time you can see a moment coming, your heart really starts beating and you have to breathe through it. I can almost feel the nervousness of it. And then, you just try to stay calm. Whatever you do, just try to stay calm, wait for it to come up, draw back. You’ve practiced shooting a lot, so you have kind of a technique. I am going to go back, touch my face, draw my elbow tight, and then the arrow’s going to let loose. So muscle memory, mostly.…

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