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<blockquote data-quote="Sealesniper" data-source="post: 3101347" data-attributes="member: 20769"><p>A thing I have had to work on and re-work on is control. Controlling my gun, my breathing, my nerves and trigger finger. Shooting at a rock or paper is no big deal. I am cool as a cucumber. Shooting at paper off a bench with the proper front and rear rest is almost boring. 500-1200 yards, read the wind, check your dope and bang.</p><p></p><p>Now, take the same wind, the same yardage, and replace the paper with a 180" white tail, that you have hunted all season, it is almost dark, he is chasing does around, you have 15 seconds at best, no good rests around, and have been hunting hard for 3 straight days...heart is pumping, you are excited, now can you make that shot. How to practice this? Only way I have gotten close to putting this into a more real scenario is when I practice I normally setup to shoot 250-400 yards. I then do a cold bore off the bench, with rests to ensure my cold bore zero is correct, then I jog down to the target, mark my hit and then jog back. Heart is pumping, I am breathing hard. I take the gun off the bench and use sticks or tripod, take a knee or sit, start my timer for 20 seconds, and try to calm my breathing and heart enough to get the reticle to stay on target and make the shot, then repeat procedure. I practice on the farm so I can go to the target after each shot. If on a range, you will need to jog in place or do other cardio to get the blood pumping. After many decades of hunting, I still get ramped up when I am about to shoot. This has been the only way for me to try to practice "real world" moment of the shoot techniques. Before I started this, I missed a couple of nice animals, but would rather miss than maim. Good luck, and if you are one of those guys that can stay calm under the pressure of the shot, my hat is off to you. But I am glad I am not, as if I ever lost the excitement, I think I would give it all up. I get jazzed up with the sight of ducks turning to the decoys, a dove coming my way, or even the sight of a fish rising to my fly. Put the king of the forest out in front of me after 5 days of driving and hunting and I am going to get ramped up. Great feeling.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. You will get lots of good ideas from this forum. try them and use what works for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sealesniper, post: 3101347, member: 20769"] A thing I have had to work on and re-work on is control. Controlling my gun, my breathing, my nerves and trigger finger. Shooting at a rock or paper is no big deal. I am cool as a cucumber. Shooting at paper off a bench with the proper front and rear rest is almost boring. 500-1200 yards, read the wind, check your dope and bang. Now, take the same wind, the same yardage, and replace the paper with a 180" white tail, that you have hunted all season, it is almost dark, he is chasing does around, you have 15 seconds at best, no good rests around, and have been hunting hard for 3 straight days...heart is pumping, you are excited, now can you make that shot. How to practice this? Only way I have gotten close to putting this into a more real scenario is when I practice I normally setup to shoot 250-400 yards. I then do a cold bore off the bench, with rests to ensure my cold bore zero is correct, then I jog down to the target, mark my hit and then jog back. Heart is pumping, I am breathing hard. I take the gun off the bench and use sticks or tripod, take a knee or sit, start my timer for 20 seconds, and try to calm my breathing and heart enough to get the reticle to stay on target and make the shot, then repeat procedure. I practice on the farm so I can go to the target after each shot. If on a range, you will need to jog in place or do other cardio to get the blood pumping. After many decades of hunting, I still get ramped up when I am about to shoot. This has been the only way for me to try to practice "real world" moment of the shoot techniques. Before I started this, I missed a couple of nice animals, but would rather miss than maim. Good luck, and if you are one of those guys that can stay calm under the pressure of the shot, my hat is off to you. But I am glad I am not, as if I ever lost the excitement, I think I would give it all up. I get jazzed up with the sight of ducks turning to the decoys, a dove coming my way, or even the sight of a fish rising to my fly. Put the king of the forest out in front of me after 5 days of driving and hunting and I am going to get ramped up. Great feeling. Good luck. You will get lots of good ideas from this forum. try them and use what works for you. [/QUOTE]
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