marksman wrote:Stix wrote:The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich...
(im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months
).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
your dead right stix practice is the key to shooting more precisely at longer distance and getting confidence to be able to take the shot
I haven't for a while but do put golf balls out at 200-300 to practice, of late I shoot rabbits in the head at distance for really good practice
my children are taught by doing the same practice as me, starting off with swinging targets at 50 with a rimfire then 100 minimum with a centrefire
it can be like a obsessive disease shooting at distance, once you start hitting you want more and cant get enough
how I used to practice for off the shoulder for shorter shots was to do drill dot targets at 50 and clays with a shotgun,
drill dots are excellent because you are not trying to get a tiny group you are trying to hit the target once quickly off the shoulder, 22 is cheap
some are not into it and that's fine, we all hunt our way and if everyone else is happy so am I
but bang flop is the desired effect
Wow...even your kids on swinging targets eh...with Dad AND his daughter shooting like that, the future son-in-law better watch himself then...!!!
When i was a kid we (ol'man & i) would sometimes call into the rural rubbish tips near properties we were hunting (back in the day when no one went there & you could go in them & let off some of Bretts barrels & no one would give a hoot), and the ol'man would set up 7-9 bottles &/or cans & tell me to shoot them as quick as i can-sometimes from rest & sometimes off the shoulder.
I grew up having to head shoot bunnies for food, & thats stuck with me throughout life (well until my recent fox fur fetish).
I dont really get to practice much at all these days, but last time up the farm i put some water filled cans out at 50, 100 & 200 & let the farmer have a crack with the 204 & 22-250...we had a blast--he got right into it and loved seeing that water filled can explode at 200 with a 4' jump in the air with the 22-250.
Sometimes to have a break when target shooting up the farm, i throw the flip target out at 50 & have a rapid fire 10 shot crack at it as fast as possible with the 22 off the shoulder--my last trip out i did just that & didn't know the farmer was walking up to me from behind--thankfully i flipped that little orange sucker all 10 times...
(i rekon atleast one of the hits was the stem though...hehe...ill call that one a neck shot if it were a bunny)
I like to put myself under pressure when practicing sometimes (when i have the time)...set up target(s) say 100, 150 & 200 but have the rifle & heavy bag on the back seat & me in the drivers seat...try psych myself that its an actual fox & set a time limit of say 25-30 seconds to get the bag & rifle out over the bonnet & get 3 shots off as quick as possible & hit all three concentrating on technique & the recoil through the scope..i usually try & get one dry fire in there at the beginning too...i like to think its good practice for the sudden pressure shot, but still i cant help but thinking of the fox i missed at under 20 yds this time last year
I like the idea of golf balls, but (i think) my rifles are'nt that accurate to be hitting them at or beyond 300...i just cant seem to get any of them shooting as accurate as i want.
But, it looks like im off to the reject shop for a box of golf balls...!
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