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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2882625" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I must admit that when I do any field shooting, I try to make it sort of like a bench setting. If it is light enough to lug around it goes. Tripods are the usual aid. Lacking that, any available support is used, like hay bales. The sitting position with a sling will work is nothing else is available - high enough to get above grass & weeds. I am real old & have no plans to scale 30 or more-degree slopes in thin air.</p><p></p><p>Clays make good targets but, on the condition, they must be bio-degradable & no beasts like cows are in the area that would eat the fragments and get sick. Busting up a bunch of midi size clays at varying ranges is good practice. Drop clays at various spots then determine distance with range finder on reflective target, license plate or bigger, back at shooting site(s). No bullet hole groups to measure with clays.</p><p></p><p>Save the box that has "Bio-Degradable" printed on it should any environmentally active individual(s) decide to be involved in your pleasant and harmless activity - smile & be nice. They might think the clays are made of black glass or plastic. Should bio-degradable targets be unacceptable leave nothing except your tracks and a few damp spots. </p><p></p><p>A used golf cart from a thrift store might be considered to transport a load of gear should motor vehicles be banned from the area. If any legal to shoot rodents are present, shoot the rodents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2882625, member: 115658"] I must admit that when I do any field shooting, I try to make it sort of like a bench setting. If it is light enough to lug around it goes. Tripods are the usual aid. Lacking that, any available support is used, like hay bales. The sitting position with a sling will work is nothing else is available - high enough to get above grass & weeds. I am real old & have no plans to scale 30 or more-degree slopes in thin air. Clays make good targets but, on the condition, they must be bio-degradable & no beasts like cows are in the area that would eat the fragments and get sick. Busting up a bunch of midi size clays at varying ranges is good practice. Drop clays at various spots then determine distance with range finder on reflective target, license plate or bigger, back at shooting site(s). No bullet hole groups to measure with clays. Save the box that has "Bio-Degradable" printed on it should any environmentally active individual(s) decide to be involved in your pleasant and harmless activity - smile & be nice. They might think the clays are made of black glass or plastic. Should bio-degradable targets be unacceptable leave nothing except your tracks and a few damp spots. A used golf cart from a thrift store might be considered to transport a load of gear should motor vehicles be banned from the area. If any legal to shoot rodents are present, shoot the rodents. [/QUOTE]
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