Suggestions for shooting practice , for hunting?

[Dogleg]

https://maritime.org/doc/firecontrol/partd.htm

 

[Brian46]

For me it starts with personal fitness, if you can run 5k no problem chances are you'll be able to sprint 100yds and have little effect on your ability to steady your rifle and make a clean shot.

I usually chose to negate the running by shooting the animal on sight rather than trying to run after it for a while first before deciding I can't catch up and shooting it anyways

 

[bearkilr]

My pre-practicing is playing on my personal range, shooting from
Various positions, with a lot of off-hand at the 220 yard gong. Position and bipod shooting out to 800 yards, mostly at steel targets. The division between playing, working on loads and equipment and practicing is sort of blurry.

The real "practice" is searching out areas of the world with serious big game and feral population problems
and insert myself into the situation. The lines between culling, management , practice , bullet testing, and hunting get a little blurry. I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.



After that, most hunting shots are sort of routine.

Oh man, you've gone metric.

 

[kodiakjack]

I usually chose to negate the running by shooting the animal on sight rather than trying to run after it for a while first before deciding I can't catch up and shooting it anyways

Well I laughed.

 

[Dogleg]

Oh man, you've gone metric.

Mostly by accident. My range utilizes natural backstops, and some
of the targets are at distances that work out closer to even numbers in the metric system.

 

[cdn1canhunt]

It takes a 3500fps bullet 0.093 seconds to reach 100 yards (300ft)

A coyote can run 40mph (59fps)

In 0.093 seconds the coyote will travel 5.456 feet.

Unfortunately, a 22-250 can't shoot faster than math.

If you consider a coyote to be appx 3ft long nose to tail? Then a coyote moving at 40 mph @100yrds should require 1 1/2 body lengths of lead , if your rifle is shooting at appx 3500fps correct? Now the next question how the hell do I figure out how fast the bugger is running ???? LOL

 

[cdn1canhunt]

Besides agreeing with the many excellent suggestions for practise shooting stationary targets that were posted previously, I believe the ability to hit moving game with a rifle is very important skill for a fully competent hunter.

I grew up shooting running varmints and rabbits and coyotes with various rifles. That opportunity doesn't exist for most urban people.

The best practise I have had in a simulation was a shooting cinema in Germany. They projected a video image of the critter of your choice, you shot at the screen with your regular hunting rifle and ammo. With your buddies watching. And a judge keeping score. The score was to qualify you for being invited on a driven game hunt in a city forest. We had to hit a minimum of 5/8 vital hits on running boars to qualify.
Excellent practise, very realistic, lots of friendly pressure, and loads of fun. Wish we had something similar here.

Sounds like that would be awesome fun and great practice!!!!

 

[kodiakjack]

If you consider a coyote to be appx 3ft long nose to tail? Then a coyote moving at 40 mph @100yrds should require 1 1/2 body lengths of lead , if your rifle is shooting at appx 3500fps correct? Now the next question how the hell do I figure out how fast the bugger is running ???? LOL

I wonder if a police radar gun would pick up a furry mammal 100 yards away...

You're gonna need more rails on your gun.

 

[RiMP9]

Just shoot crows there's tens of thousands of them in Kent County! Friend of mine said I could shoot them and yots on his farm anytime I want to practice. Just have tell him first so he can tie his dogs up.