Good luck with the feet; itās no jokes especially as you get older.
Even little corns/plantars can really impact especially if your footwear is too tight or not broken in.
Iāve found my magic shoes that work with my feet issues and just wish they made them in a gtx style hiking boot. Once I find what works with shoes I stick to them.
As far as fat guy who shoots good vs mtn ninja.
1. Most of the older hunters I know who have large trophy rooms and lots of full freezers shoot heavier calibers 7mag, 300 win mag. How much do they practice with expensive rounds at longer range ? Iām sure they burn a few boxes sighting in, but I donāt think they are shooting 500 or more rounds a year out of their hunting rifle.
2. All of them that still hunt are in real good shape, these guys are mid 60s to mid 70s most hunt on horseback at elevation and have hunted the same area for 30-50 years. They all love to BS about hunting and the biggest thing ALL of them have told me is they know the area and the animals really well. They go in every year and bring back what their tags allow. They know where they are. They are hunting the same lineage/
Bloodline. They have made kills at the exact same spot decades apart in time.
I think this is the biggest X factor, call it experience, but itās a lot more than that one word.
These guys have spent a lot of time and lifeās resources pursuing these animals, and the descendants of these animals.
I donāt have that yet,
Any thing that helps me succeed is a tool to use, fitness is an easy one.
Look at nature, who survives
Also finding hunting grounds that you like to hunt and are well managed. I need to work on this, but Its a lifelong goal.
But yeah also shooting a lot can help, a 223 trainer has been invaluable for me.
if I can shoot at least 2k rounds of .223 a year Thatās a big boost in accuracy/precision
this turned into a novel,