Big Thanks Scott!! Finally someone took time to explain. I am a beginner and after learning form, started shooting at 10 yards, and doing good grouping but had to aim in a dirt, I thought that something wrong with me... Now I can work on my gap and knocking point. Scott - you are the best teacher ! Thanks again.
This was one of the best videos I have seen on gap shooting. You explained the theory behind it very clearly, discussed the variances in gap shooting methods, and gave solutions to common problems in a way that even a novice like me could easily understand. Bravo! Keep up the great videos!
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@Major Rhys i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
I'm also a traditional bow shooter, and love the Gap method of shooting, preferably for hunting purposes, and taking a quicker shot, with no thinking involved. I also still use the split finger method to draw using a 3 finger glove. My anchor point is high up towards my eye, I anchor my thumb curved (bent back "(" a little) back into my high cheek bone. This method is very, very natural to for me to hit my same anchor point, consistently at every draw, and brings the tip of my arrow and shaft directly under my eye to use the Gap method of aiming below, or directly at my "target or animal", depending on distance away from me. When I release, I slide my fingers back along my face to my ear, in my shortened version of a dynamic release, not back to my shoulder. Yes the key is consistency, and doing my draw, anchor and release, hits the mark very comfortably for me, this way. Glad you mentioned, "it's all individual to the shooter", because I was getting flack from target field archers, saying I was all wrong, my answer to them is do it your way, this works for me, and _uckem.
Been instinctive for 20 years and my accuracy depended on my day at work. Now I have a reference to help with my accuracy and it's helped a lot. Great video,, Thanks.
You're basically doing what I am learning now. I was trying to learn gap, but I started doing split vision instead. Arrow is fuzzy, target is clear. I think I like split with a really high anchor too. You anchor for about as long as me too when I start relaxing. Measuring gaps like an exact science is difficult, I think I prefer to just kind of notice the arrow. Before it was ignored though. For now my groups are pathetic compared to my pure instinctive shooting with it occasionally all coming together then falling back apart.
Excellent video! I cannot stress enough how wonderfully you walked viewers through what can be some very complicated information. As part of a team of shooting sports instructors, I specialize in shotgunning/wingshooting and teach instinctive style shooting; because of that, I picked up a trad bow when I got into archery. What you mentioned about focusing on either the target or the tip of the arrow when aiming is absolutely vital and something a lot of new and experienced shooters miss: because of the way our eyes work, you can only focus on one thing at a time, so pick on and stick with it. Excellent video; I will definitely be using some of your tips next time I get a chance to pick up my trad bow.
Very nice video and lots of good tips. Keep up the good work. I don't own traditional equipment, but, work at a place that does. This will help me lots. I plan on getting a traditional set up this year, as compound after 20 years is fun, but I need to mix it up a bit!
Great instructional video on Gap Shooting! I like how you explained the mechanics of it. Gonna give your suggestions a try next time I'm at the range.. maybe you can share some tips next time we visit Cos Cob.
Many thanks for a well-explained technique . I'm a total beginner but I think I got the idea, as explained in the end of the video, that even with the "gap shooting" technique, there is still some factor of "feel". Now i wish my backyard had a fence 10 feet high 'cuz the only jungle near me is the urban kind ;)
Would the draw weight influence the gaps and the point on distance? Thanks this helps a lot to understand what I am actually doing when out there practicing. It seems to me, and just starting, that the closer the eye to the arrow, the smaller the gap and the point on distance, is that right?
Thanks for the great video! To clarify the fix crawl concept, was the 3/8" (the reference point you "feel") below the arrow nock arbitrary? Are you always gripping the string at the lower refenced knock..or are you gripping the string on the upper knock (where the arrow is seated) for different ranges?
Appreciate your videos very much Scott. I've watched many videos on gap shooting, but I still don't get it. I've been shooting using a split-vision method since I started trad archery about two years ago with decent success. However, I want to be more consistent. Gap shooting is still a mystery to me. When I focus on the tip of the arrow (not the target) my arrows still hit close to the target from 10 or 15 yards. My arrows go where I aim the arrow tip and don't land high of the mark like I see demonstrated by other archers. If I aim low my arrows go low. I'm sure I'm missing something. Appreciate any help. Thanks much!!
I’ve missed 5 deer in the last week shooting instinctive. I’m looking for a more accurate way to shoot. Would you recommend gap or string walking? All my hunt shots are 15 yards and closer right now.
thanks for the nice video, i am just getting started in traditional archery, switching from my compound bow ;-). how do you see your string? is is splitting your arrow tip or do you look beside it? thanks again for sharing!
Fantastic! This was clearer for me than "The Push". My question though is, if I have different length arrows will this effect gap shooting? I have carbon arrows at 29, and 31inches, but I also have homemade river cane and Birch arrows that are close to 35ish inches. How greatly does the length of an arrow effect gap shooting?
I hunt with longbow instinctive and want to try fixed crawl.Having a hard time aiming.end up hitting target and not being above or below to find my gap.Thanks
i have very simillar problem, i am trying to find out where the string should be when i am at full draw?? in line with the arrow or maybe (i am righ handed) or on the right site of the riser?
I am new and constantly about 2" to the right of the center of the target. Actually better at 24 yards than 12 ....???? Have recurve and i am right handed.... Didn't try any aiming methods yet. Appreciate any advice ....... thanks.
@@ScottEinsmann Before tuning my bow I would like to tune my aiming first....I have no arrows without fletchings yet.....I also want to try stiffer spine....
Tune first, because it effects left and right impact points. Shoot two fletched shafts and two bareshafts. If your bareshafts hit right of your fletched shafts you’re spine is weak. If your bareshafts hit left of your fletched shafts you’re stiff. Start at 10 yards and work your way back.
gap shooting works perfectly fine with a mediterenian grip, 3 fingers under only makes sense when you are string walking , and half closing your left eye for a right hand shooter is not just personal preference, it's a matter of your dominant eye, if you have a left eye dominance you have to do it in my experience otherwise you won't hit shit
Mutsu Kazuma if you are left eye dominant, you should be shooting a left handed bow. By shooting a RH bow (as you are probably right handed), you are reducing your eyesight's effectiveness.
Hi. Nice video. You look like a tall archer. I am 6'3" and looking for a modern traditional hunting recurve bow like the one you use in this clip. Any suggestions?
Just curious The gap method you are demonstrating seems more like a pick a point system where you pick a point, x amount of inches below the target and put the point on it. What if you are shooting at a squirrel or rabbit on the ground? The gap system I was taught uses a gap seen in the riser window in relation to the spot that is being shot at, so no measuring below the spot in inches is necessary. For example, Twenty yards is a 3/4 inch gap in the riser window with the 3/4 inch being the gap between the spot and the arrow as seen in the riser window. So it doesn't matter if you are shooting at a deer or at a rabbit on the ground, the gap is always the same. For me it is much easier to see the little changes in gap in the riser say between 3/4 at 20 and 5/8 at 25 than trying to guess 18 inches at 20 and 14 inches at 25 and so forth. Just something to think about.
I have started shooting a compound instinctive about 2 weeks ago and love it~! Any suggestions? I am hitting fairly well at 10 and 15 yards at 20 I start hitting high???
Eby/Long Outdoors Your arrow trajectory is like a bell curve so your arrows are still climbing to their highest point at 10 and 15 yards that's why you're hitting hight at 20
My only other question is, when I am aiming the arrow tip on the target according to the gap range, I like to keep both eyes open while shooting, but my left and right eye seem to fight over where the arrow tip is actually at. How do I get my eyes to focus on just the arrow tip or the target (when the arrow is out of focus and the spot on the target is clear) without seeing double? I would still like to shoot with both eyes open, because I do instinctive shooting best with both eyes open.
I am a right handed shooter. While trying gap shooting My arrows are shooting left by a few feet at 40 yards. Any suggestion on aiming? While shooting instinctively my left and right is good. Thanks for the video.
zenrcher make sure the arrow is right under your eye. My arrows shoot left also because I have a hard time getting the arrow under my eye. I just aim off.
hey. if anybody can answer that would be great. I made a very good bow out of PVC and have become very accurate. But I pinch the arrow instead of one on top and 2 on bottom Is that ok
Leo G it's fine to do a pinch. The mechanics are the same here and what matters is that you have a consistent draw and clear sight of the tip of your arrow. I would also recommend trying different types of draws, especially thumb draws to find which is your favorite. Again though, as long as you are consistent, this method will prove to be the best.
+Savage_Beast_SP how is putting the tip of your arrow on a target any more fun than a sight pin... I've done both and they are both boring. instinctive is more fun
Jeremy Long. good for you! And i dont use the tip of the arrow i just shoot instinctively. If u prefer sights then good for fucking you. Most people who shoot instinctively enjoy it and if you dont then i couldnt care less its just my perspective on it
Jeremy Long I think the tip of the arrow is more fun than a sight because it is not dependent on mechanical devices other than the bow and arrow itself, therefore you can easily shoot accurately with a very primitively bow.
What should I do with the animals I kill in sport hunting? I mean, the cows that die for me to eat are enough. I feel bad shooting animals just for fun. There are some animals here in Brazil called Cutias and Capivaras, they are like giant and fat brown rabbits, like little fat pigs living in the woods. There are a lot of them, like plagues. I once shot one. When I saw the arrow flying straight at it, I was filled with joy. But a few instants later I noticed the animal was agonizing in pain. Then the joy left my body and gave place to shame and guilt. I ran for it with a knife to end its suffering. But what should I do next? Bury the body? Barbecue it? Cook it? Nobody in my family knows how to cook or barbecue that thing. I left that useless corpse there, rotting and gathering flies. Then I realized I just killed the animal for fun. I felt really bad. How do you deal with that sensation? I killed the animal for my mere entertainment. The entertainment of shooting a living thing. How do you couple with that? Please help me, I like hunting but I feel guilty whenever I succeed.
If you're going to hunt you need to be ready to take responsibility for that life and use the animal to the fullest extent. Harvesting your own meat teaches you to be less wasteful and more respectful. So to answer your question on what to do with animals you kill while hunting, eat them.
Big Thanks Scott!! Finally someone took time to explain. I am a beginner and after learning form, started shooting at 10 yards, and doing good grouping but had to aim in a dirt, I thought that something wrong with me... Now I can work on my gap and knocking point. Scott - you are the best teacher ! Thanks again.
This was one of the best videos I have seen on gap shooting. You explained the theory behind it very clearly, discussed the variances in gap shooting methods, and gave solutions to common problems in a way that even a novice like me could easily understand. Bravo! Keep up the great videos!
Spelios Bacoyanis thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad this video helped you.
Dude, I'm new and u just solved all my problems. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain it. Passing your vid on to my shooting buddies.
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@Major Rhys i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
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Thank you so much you saved my ass !
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This is an excellent video. Haven't shot in a few years and I was able to recall so many important concepts. Thank you!
I'm also a traditional bow shooter, and love the Gap method of shooting, preferably for hunting purposes, and taking a quicker shot, with no thinking involved. I also still use the split finger method to draw using a 3 finger glove. My anchor point is high up towards my eye, I anchor my thumb curved (bent back "(" a little) back into my high cheek bone. This method is very, very natural to for me to hit my same anchor point, consistently at every draw, and brings the tip of my arrow and shaft directly under my eye to use the Gap method of aiming below, or directly at my "target or animal", depending on distance away from me. When I release, I slide my fingers back along my face to my ear, in my shortened version of a dynamic release, not back to my shoulder. Yes the key is consistency, and doing my draw, anchor and release, hits the mark very comfortably for me, this way. Glad you mentioned, "it's all individual to the shooter", because I was getting flack from target field archers, saying I was all wrong, my answer to them is do it your way, this works for me, and _uckem.
Would love to see a video of your method of aiming. I’m going to try this method you’re explaining here.
Been instinctive for 20 years and my accuracy depended on my day at work. Now I have a reference to help with my accuracy and it's helped a lot. Great video,, Thanks.
The most informative archery video I’ve seen 👍
You're basically doing what I am learning now. I was trying to learn gap, but I started doing split vision instead. Arrow is fuzzy, target is clear. I think I like split with a really high anchor too. You anchor for about as long as me too when I start relaxing. Measuring gaps like an exact science is difficult, I think I prefer to just kind of notice the arrow. Before it was ignored though. For now my groups are pathetic compared to my pure instinctive shooting with it occasionally all coming together then falling back apart.
Excellent video! I cannot stress enough how wonderfully you walked viewers through what can be some very complicated information. As part of a team of shooting sports instructors, I specialize in shotgunning/wingshooting and teach instinctive style shooting; because of that, I picked up a trad bow when I got into archery. What you mentioned about focusing on either the target or the tip of the arrow when aiming is absolutely vital and something a lot of new and experienced shooters miss: because of the way our eyes work, you can only focus on one thing at a time, so pick on and stick with it.
Excellent video; I will definitely be using some of your tips next time I get a chance to pick up my trad bow.
Very helpful...70 years old...currently switching from instinctive to gap, fixed crawl or string walking...
Amazing video! Thanks so much!! I seriously can't thank you enough for explaining everything so well and answering all my questions!
im new to this and you gave me great help for my long bow shooting....thanks and God bless you!😎😇❤
MELVIN LEWIS WELLS JR. I’m really glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks Scott...great pointers...great instruction...all the best for you and yours
Very nice video and lots of good tips. Keep up the good work. I don't own traditional equipment, but, work at a place that does. This will help me lots. I plan on getting a traditional set up this year, as compound after 20 years is fun, but I need to mix it up a bit!
Thanks for this resource. Good narration and insight.
great dissertation!
Great video, nice and clear. Checked a few on aiming and this is the best one I saw so far, thx!
ty!
FINALLY, step by step and I actually under standing gap shooting
I can not that you enough ♡♡
Great instructional video on Gap Shooting! I like how you explained the mechanics of it. Gonna give your suggestions a try next time I'm at the range.. maybe you can share some tips next time we visit Cos Cob.
thank you this helped immensely
This was a great video on the Gap method, thank you for posting it.
Thank you! I'll be posting more videos on form and aiming.
Very good explanation! Thank you for sharing.
I shoot my compound with a fixed crawl gap method with a release. Love it
I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much. Im going to get a recurve.
Many thanks for a well-explained technique . I'm a total beginner but I think I got the idea, as explained in the end of the video, that even with the "gap shooting" technique, there is still some factor of "feel".
Now i wish my backyard had a fence 10 feet high 'cuz the only jungle near me is the urban kind ;)
ev3rlastingfaith I'm glad it was helpful!
Awesome video. What
Bow is the camo one? It is nice
Well showed my friend!
Ben Smith thank you!
Would the draw weight influence the gaps and the point on distance? Thanks this helps a lot to understand what I am actually doing when out there practicing. It seems to me, and just starting, that the closer the eye to the arrow, the smaller the gap and the point on distance, is that right?
good video
Scott, I shoot a cross between gap and instinctive and a 31 inch arrow also.
That's my preferred method also.
very very helpful! Thank you!
Great video. Thanks man!
Info did help good job
If anybody's wondering, you use your left index finger as reference if using an asiatic thumb draw. It works flawlessly.
Thanks for the great video! To clarify the fix crawl concept, was the 3/8" (the reference point you "feel") below the arrow nock arbitrary? Are you always gripping the string at the lower refenced knock..or are you gripping the string on the upper knock (where the arrow is seated) for different ranges?
I am currently shooting one on top and two on bottom
Appreciate your videos very much Scott. I've watched many videos on gap shooting, but I still don't get it. I've been shooting using a split-vision method since I started trad archery about two years ago with decent success. However, I want to be more consistent. Gap shooting is still a mystery to me. When I focus on the tip of the arrow (not the target) my arrows still hit close to the target from 10 or 15 yards. My arrows go where I aim the arrow tip and don't land high of the mark like I see demonstrated by other archers. If I aim low my arrows go low. I'm sure I'm missing something. Appreciate any help. Thanks much!!
I'm new also. Well done!
I’ve missed 5 deer in the last week shooting instinctive. I’m looking for a more accurate way to shoot. Would you recommend gap or string walking? All my hunt shots are 15 yards and closer right now.
thanks for the nice video, i am just getting started in traditional archery, switching from my compound bow ;-).
how do you see your string? is is splitting your arrow tip or do you look beside it?
thanks again for sharing!
When you are out hunting, how do you know and measure how many yards you are away from the target? Because you want to know how big your gap is
Have you tried stringer walking
Fantastic! This was clearer for me than "The Push". My question though is, if I have different length arrows will this effect gap shooting? I have carbon arrows at 29, and 31inches, but I also have homemade river cane and Birch arrows that are close to 35ish inches. How greatly does the length of an arrow effect gap shooting?
Arrow length definitely makes a big difference in your gaps. Longer arrows will give you shorter gaps and shorter arrows will give you bigger gaps.
I hunt with longbow instinctive and want to try fixed crawl.Having a hard time aiming.end up hitting target and not being above or below to find my gap.Thanks
When you're shooting using gap and/or fixed crawl are you using a rangefinder or just estimating?
i can not get the arrow in line with my eye no mater what..can you emphasis more about that pls?
i have very simillar problem, i am trying to find out where the string should be when i am at full draw?? in line with the arrow or maybe (i am righ handed) or on the right site of the riser?
Just use the point of the arrow don’t worry about a line
I am new and constantly about 2" to the right of the center of the target. Actually better at 24 yards than 12 ....???? Have recurve and i am right handed.... Didn't try any aiming methods yet.
Appreciate any advice ....... thanks.
istra70 have you bareshaft tuned your bow? What type of bow are you using?
@@ScottEinsmann Before tuning my bow I would like to tune my aiming first....I have no arrows without fletchings yet.....I also want to try stiffer spine....
Black hunter....
Tune first, because it effects left and right impact points. Shoot two fletched shafts and two bareshafts. If your bareshafts hit right of your fletched shafts you’re spine is weak. If your bareshafts hit left of your fletched shafts you’re stiff. Start at 10 yards and work your way back.
@@ScottEinsmann That is then what i need to do. Thank you very , very much .....
gap shooting works perfectly fine with a mediterenian grip, 3 fingers under only makes sense when you are string walking
, and half closing your left eye for a right hand shooter is not just personal preference, it's a matter of your dominant eye, if you have a left eye dominance you have to do it in my experience otherwise you won't hit shit
Mutsu Kazuma if you are left eye dominant, you should be shooting a left handed bow. By shooting a RH bow (as you are probably right handed), you are reducing your eyesight's effectiveness.
Hi. Nice video. You look like a tall archer. I am 6'3" and looking for a modern traditional hunting recurve bow like the one you use in this clip. Any suggestions?
Can you explain how you aim laterally? Do you use the arrow tip and string alignment?
I use the arrow tip most of the time. If I'm shooting my target barebow setup I use string alignment.
Just curious The gap method you are demonstrating seems more like a pick a point system where you pick a point, x amount of inches below the target and put the point on it. What if you are shooting at a squirrel or rabbit on the ground? The gap system I was taught uses a gap seen in the riser window in relation to the spot that is being shot at, so no measuring below the spot in inches is necessary. For example, Twenty yards is a 3/4 inch gap in the riser window with the 3/4 inch being the gap between the spot and the arrow as seen in the riser window. So it doesn't matter if you are shooting at a deer or at a rabbit on the ground, the gap is always the same. For me it is much easier to see the little changes in gap in the riser say between 3/4 at 20 and 5/8 at 25 than trying to guess 18 inches at 20 and 14 inches at 25 and so forth. Just something to think about.
Corene rigby that's called a gap at bow method. I have a hard time with it but it can be a very good method of aiming.
Basically
What if you have a short target like a wild boar?
I have started shooting a compound instinctive about 2 weeks ago and love it~! Any suggestions? I am hitting fairly well at 10 and 15 yards at 20 I start hitting high???
Eby/Long Outdoors Your arrow trajectory is like a bell curve so your arrows are still climbing to their highest point at 10 and 15 yards that's why you're hitting hight at 20
well that makes sense! thanks!
Shoot fingers on a compound with no site!
Hi, I'm new to using a recurve bow and I was wondering if you absolutely need to use an arm gaurd when shooting a recurve bow?
Jake Boyette yes I highly recommend wearing an arm guard especially if you are new.
Thank you so much for your recommendation
Jake Boyette Outdoors not if you have proper form and shot cycle , if your string is slapping your arm than you are probably doing something wrong
My only other question is, when I am aiming the arrow tip on the target according to the gap range, I like to keep both eyes open while shooting, but my left and right eye seem to fight over where the arrow tip is actually at. How do I get my eyes to focus on just the arrow tip or the target (when the arrow is out of focus and the spot on the target is clear) without seeing double? I would still like to shoot with both eyes open, because I do instinctive shooting best with both eyes open.
Some people find it helpful to half close one eye. This will blur the vision in your non-dominant eye and produce a better sight picture.
Focus on the target not the tip
What is the name and brand of the camouflaged bow that you are using?
Ryan DesJarlais it's SKY Archery
I am a right handed shooter. While trying gap shooting My arrows are shooting left by a few feet at 40 yards. Any suggestion on aiming? While shooting instinctively my left and right is good. Thanks for the video.
zenrcher make sure the arrow is right under your eye. My arrows shoot left also because I have a hard time getting the arrow under my eye. I just aim off.
Under spinned
where did you put your thumb when anchoring with middle finger touch the corner of your mouth?
Behind my jaw
thumbs up
does gap shooting only work with low poundage bows because i shoot a 50 lb recurve
I gap shoot a 50lb recurve
Why 3 fingers below the knock for gap shooting ...I just started ...thanks
What A Wyzard's Life said is spot on.
Gets ur eye closer to the arrow instead of way above it
What kind of tab do you recommend for shooting 3 fingers under ?
I shoot a Bateman tab but I also like the Yost Pro Tabs.
A glove
I've heard canting arcs your arrows flight, is this true?
Can’t arcs the flight to mAtch the cant
hi: I like low grips. The high grip hurts my thumb joint and injures me.
hey. if anybody can answer that would be great. I made a very good bow out of PVC and have become very accurate. But I pinch the arrow instead of one on top and 2 on bottom Is that ok
Leo G it's fine to do a pinch. The mechanics are the same here and what matters is that you have a consistent draw and clear sight of the tip of your arrow. I would also recommend trying different types of draws, especially thumb draws to find which is your favorite. Again though, as long as you are consistent, this method will prove to be the best.
what is 20 30 35 yd with out range finder?
Here's an article on judging distance. Hope it helps www.archery360.com/2017/06/14/get-outside-3-d-archery-makes-hiking-even-better/
Great video their's a book u might want to read on gap it's called become the arrow by byron Ferguson great read u may find it helpful check it out.
This video is for my wife
If you want to aim put a sight on your bow..
Jeremy Long boring
+Savage_Beast_SP how is putting the tip of your arrow on a target any more fun than a sight pin... I've done both and they are both boring. instinctive is more fun
Jeremy Long. good for you! And i dont use the tip of the arrow i just shoot instinctively. If u prefer sights then good for fucking you. Most people who shoot instinctively enjoy it and if you dont then i couldnt care less its just my perspective on it
Jeremy Long I think the tip of the arrow is more fun than a sight because it is not dependent on mechanical devices other than the bow and arrow itself, therefore you can easily shoot accurately with a very primitively bow.
Agreed
What should I do with the animals I kill in sport hunting? I mean, the cows that die for me to eat are enough. I feel bad shooting animals just for fun. There are some animals here in Brazil called Cutias and Capivaras, they are like giant and fat brown rabbits, like little fat pigs living in the woods. There are a lot of them, like plagues.
I once shot one. When I saw the arrow flying straight at it, I was filled with joy. But a few instants later I noticed the animal was agonizing in pain. Then the joy left my body and gave place to shame and guilt.
I ran for it with a knife to end its suffering. But what should I do next? Bury the body? Barbecue it? Cook it? Nobody in my family knows how to cook or barbecue that thing. I left that useless corpse there, rotting and gathering flies.
Then I realized I just killed the animal for fun. I felt really bad. How do you deal with that sensation? I killed the animal for my mere entertainment. The entertainment of shooting a living thing.
How do you couple with that? Please help me, I like hunting but I feel guilty whenever I succeed.
If you're going to hunt you need to be ready to take responsibility for that life and use the animal to the fullest extent. Harvesting your own meat teaches you to be less wasteful and more respectful. So to answer your question on what to do with animals you kill while hunting, eat them.