After getting a load worked up and sighted in, I can't stop shooting. I can make holes in paper and measure groups, or hit a prairie dog and watch him fly three or five feet up and twenty feet backwards.
That is great practice. People laugh at me or think my cheese slid off of my cracker when I use a .300 Win Mag or .338 Win Mag on prairie dogs. But it is great real live practice and more fun than you can imagine.
Trigger time, trigger time, trigger time. I can't add much to what @Sealesniper or @Lee7588 posted. Shoot as much as possible. Shooting from the bench builds confidence in your ability with your rifle. Then get away from the bench and shoot targets at different ranges and sizes. I have access to...
I have killed several porcupine with a shovel or a club. But with a gun it would be a black pine squirrel at about 3 feet with a .41 magnum. I had no choice, he looked like he was about to charge.
I have a drill doctor that I have used a few times. It works pretty well. I also have had some guys that work for me can ruin a high-speed bit on a wood 2X4. So I purchased some lifetime warranty bits. Pretty soon, they will quit answering the phone when I call.
Before I knew what a rangefinder was, I shot a caribou that we paced off at about 800 yards. First shot hit right behind the front feet. The second shot hit right the front feet. My hunting partner and I realized that we were way off on our distance judgement. Adjusted holdover and hit it in...