Jack Ryan
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Don't hunt 'em like they are Walmart paper and don't miss. It's hunting a life trophy animal, not a Youtube challenge.So, what's your practice regime for where and how you hunt?
Don't hunt 'em like they are Walmart paper and don't miss. It's hunting a life trophy animal, not a Youtube challenge.So, what's your practice regime for where and how you hunt?
You're not one of those guys that shows up at the range a few days before the opener with a partial box of shells, puts 3 shots in a group the size of a pie plate at 100yds off a bench, and calls it good are you?Don't hunt 'em like they are Walmart paper and don't miss. It's hunting a life trophy animal, not a Youtube challenge.
Wont do NRL22 or shoot funky positions because of arthritis.
Aint gonna suffer for the sake of practice.
That's a pretty dodgy answer.Don't hunt 'em like they are Walmart paper and don't miss. It's hunting a life trophy animal, not a Youtube challenge.
I hadn’t thought of it but I have to agree. The best whitetail I have ever laid down is the ONLY hunting shot i have ever taken prone. The buck was occupied with a doe that was standing for him so I had a little time. I was also cresting a rise trying to gain ground out of sight and taking advantage of a little wind and road noise as cover. Laying in the right-hand track of a double-track ATV trail I could barely see over the waist-high grass. I haven’t tried prone since because it just doesn’t work when the hunter is in anything but low grass or leaves. If your in an open field chances are it ain’t gonna happen. Hope for a fence post, make the hard shot, or pass the shot. If in the woods just find a tree to use. Prone seems to be primarily a target position. Sitting is pretty realistic, standing is the real deal.He's got 5 or 6 of these videos out now and his son is in #3 or4. The only thing I don't agree with is how he shoots prone in every video so far. We don't always have that option so I'd like to see him shoot from a tree stand or using a stump or fence post for a rest. Those are real life shots I've had to make frequently at 300 to 400yds.
Tweaked mine at work last night. Left early snd crashed on couch. Just woke up snd seem better....Funny you mention that..
We were practicing NRL22 on SAT out to 200yds; prone, off a tank trap and a folding chair (prone under, off the seat and off the top) and my buddy royally screwed up his back scrunching up to shoot between the seat and the back.
Now he can't shoot skeet/trap tomorrow, so yea we're rethinking the age VS capabilities thing.
Actually a couple of my blinds/stands are pretty much a bench type shooting position.My normal practice is standing shots on a 6" gong at 50 yards either with my ruger .223 bolt gun or my .22lr CZ. I will then move to 100 yards to a 12" steel plate both of these are offhand I also have a plate at 250 yards that I drop into a kneeling position for. If it gets longer than that I need sticks or go prone. Whatever you do once your rifle is sighted in and load developed stay away from the bench I haven't seen those in the field.
Maybe if you are wide open country however, that goes out the window when hunting in heavily wooded areas.I don't agree. My offhand limit on a whitetail is about 200yds. Yeah on good days I could do better but not consistently. Around here at least, at 300yds or more there's really no reason to shoot unsupported. You should be able to shoot prone, sitting, or find some kind of rest to shoot from at that distance.
Just the opposite. If I'm in woods I'm not likely to get a shot more than 100yds anyway and have done that offhand a lot, but I have also used the side of a tree as a rest many times.Maybe if you are wide open country however, that goes out the window when hunting in heavily wooded areas.
Either he read this thread or we were a bit prophetic. He seems to have humbled himself a bit in this one:
One shot challenge #7 ( I didn't want to upload this )
The one shot challenge continues with the mule deer from a different position. #7youtu.be
Agreed. I was wondering about his tripod set up when I watched this. My tripod set up rests further back on the forearm so the rifle is more balanced. I may have to compare his to mine and see which actually works better for me.Like I said, the tripod has a learning curve.. and that was 405yds and it looks like very good conditions wind wise.
I do like his videos though, he's realistic. Fully agree with what he's talking about at the 9:00 minute mark to the end, where he compares his prone supported to his kneeling off the tripod. He said he'd feel comfortable with a 800 yard prone shot on an elk, vs maybe a 400 yds shot kneeling with the tripod.
That's probably the biggest benefit to this type of practice, learning capabilities based on conditions and your support.
Agreed. I was wondering about his tripod set up when I watched this. My tripod set up rests further back on the forearm so the rifle is more balanced. I may have to compare his to mine and see which actually works better for me.