Lets see, you are a road hunter that shoots from the truck and leaves busted beer bottles all over the place. Wow, great image. I'm sure PETA can use you for a poster child.
Posts: 2037 | Location: frametown west virginia usa | Registered: 14 October 2001
I'm about 50-60% at beer bottles at 100yds usings a stony point walking stick. Which makes me probably close enough to kill a deer, but it is humbling! capt david
Posts: 655 | Location: South Texas | Registered: 11 January 2004
Quote: Lets see, you are a road hunter that shoots from the truck and leaves busted beer bottles all over the place. Wow, great image. I'm sure PETA can use you for a poster child.
Hey, you forgot the milk jugs
Posts: 626 | Location: The soggy side of Washington State | Registered: 13 July 2003
at least he's out there practicing- the more often he gets out there the better you get. David- I like your style. When we were kids we could go through a carton of 22LR(500) in a weekend in the 400acres behind my grandparents house. We hunted and shot at everything as long as it wasn't Mr.Grants cows
I shot competitive archery for nearly 30 years. Every evening I shot 100 practice arrows from 26yds. If you want to be competitive you have to pay your dues!!!
I would have to do a fair amount of dry fire practice to avoid shooting holes into my hood...
There's a degree of difficulty associated with the height of the hood...
Okay, I'll stop.
That sounds like some pretty good shooting to me given that it's a decent rest, but far from perfect.
I've never really gone the "long range hunting" route but I assume if I did I would have some sort of arrangement to allow for a good rest. With a good rest those are not necessarily difficult shots. My long range shots during regular hunting ALWAYS saw me finding a good rest most notably a round hay bale where I was able to comfortably stand straight up and take my time before a 440 yard shot.
Unless you're exceptionally talented, imo, it's all about the quality of the rest.
Reed
Posts: 649 | Location: Iowa | Registered: 29 August 2001
Get off the truck & sandbag & see how far you can hit (kneeling, prone w/ or w/o sling, prone o/ a backpack, etc). Unless you are 90-95%, you need more practice or closer targets.
Posts: 7752 | Location: kalif.,usa | Registered: 08 March 2001
I used to think I was a 400-450 yd man, then I starting practicing a lot; learning wind, slope, trajectory, and heart rate (I jog to my targets and back). And with 1.5-5x and 2-7x hunting scopes (which I prefer because most game I have shot has been within 100 yds, sometimes much closer), and I found that 300 yds is all I'm willing to take.
B, ignorance is bliss so I guess your happy! We shoot, from the truck, in an old abandoned sand pit that is too boggy to work anymore. The bottles return to sand and we pick up the jugs. We practice, not hunt. This was suppose to be a thread about your shooting/hunting practices. capt david
Posts: 655 | Location: South Texas | Registered: 11 January 2004
