Hunters who do not practice their marksmanship

[spooksar]

I go out to my quarter section and practice all positions, you don’t need to do it all with your hunting rifle, use a 22 for most of it and before hunting season start using you hunting rifle. You will still maintain your basic skills but won’t beat up your pocket book.

 

[Dogleg]

I don't think it's a matter of practicing marksmanship, most hunters were never any good in the first place. A retired pool shark can dust off his cue, play a couple fun games and still take your money. A 1000 yard shooter who just got bored with it and quit could wake up, and show you that shooting backwards off his shoulder using a mirror and bouncing off a frying pan at 300 yards like Jed Klampet isn't that hard.

Shooting at point blank range (anything that doesn't require windage and elevation corrections) isn't that hard, just a matter of pulling the trigger at the right time. If you want to try something hard, learn how to play a piano. Somehow despite having 88 triggers on those stupid things kids learn how to play them. It just takes a level of training and an amount of parental pressure that would get a hockey dad thrown out of the rink at his own kid's game.

 

[arcticcathonda]

You need to get a new sig line. It's totally at odds with your statement.

Perhaps. But to doglegs point above, that was from a lifetime ago during my long range competition days. It's still true today if I was competing for the precision that discipline requires. My hunting shots today, well in 10 years I've never shot a deer over 60 yards. 1/2moa guns or better aren't needed for what I do now, and I certainly don't need to verify they stay at 1/2 moa. Simply a matter of volume. So to the point in your signature line, I'm either lucky or I magically seem to put my "skill" to fur every fall.

 

[valczer]

That's pretty cool. I like seeing recovered bullets. The only one I've found was in my mouth eating pepperoni. It was a deer that was shot with a bow.. gonna assume it wasn't the same meat that was brought in.

Haha and that is why I field dress, butcher and process the meat from A to Z myself. I like surprises just not in my food

 

[stubblejumper]

Perhaps. But to doglegs point above, that was from a lifetime ago during my long range competition days. It's still true today if I was competing for the precision that discipline requires. My hunting shots today, well in 10 years I've never shot a deer over 60 yards. 1/2moa guns or better aren't needed for what I do now, and I certainly don't need to verify they stay at 1/2 moa. Simply a matter of volume. So to the point in your signature line, I'm either lucky or I magically seem to put my "skill" to fur every fall.

Over 50 years of hunting, my average shot on game animals is likely in the 150-200 yard range, so while I don't need 1/2moa for most shots, it's nice to have , for those shots that are 400+ yards. As for shooting before the season, verifying that the zero is still the same is more important than verifying that the rifle is still 1/2moa.