Most common range and shooting positions for blacktail

[Taudisio]

I can only think of one coastal blacktail that I’ve killed over 100 yards. The only one past 100 was the only one in a clear cut.

 

[Steve300xcw]

. Do any of you know of any local shooting courses you’d recommend?

Just go shoot....Offhand. Rockpit...chase every shotgun shell, clay chips etc you see outta sight with a 22.

Slipping around old clearcuts/rimrock killing squirrels and rocks with your hunting guns isnt a bad way to get freshened up either.

Also getting a gun up, on target, and a round off in a timely matter is just as important to practice IMO

 

[Steve300xcw]

This seems to be the typical type of shot for me..

 

[Blacktail_]

I’m a big clearcut guy, most of my shots are 150-250, pretty much always prone it out

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I've never shot one past 300yds.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

Practice shooting quick off hand shots and also some long range shots. Since you are mostly confined to the logging roads I feel you either get really close quick shots or really long shots canyon to canyon.

 

[Steve300xcw]

why are you confined to the logging roads?

 

[limpet]

Not Washington but Northern California. I hunt on timber land that I work on and high country wilderness. My timberland bucks have been 30-150 offhand or a hasty natural rest (tree, rock etc) and our wilderness bucks have been 250-400 but it’s possible to get closer. Growing up shooting ground squirrels with a 22 was probably my biggest skill builder for being able to get quick offhand shots off and quickly getting into stable positions for longer shots.

 

[Steve300xcw]

shooting ground squirrels with a 22 was probably my biggest skill builder for being able to get quick offhand shots off and quickly getting into stable positions for longer shots.

Thats still damn good practice. And a good time!

 

[limpet]

Thats still damn good practice. And a good time!

It’s amazing how much faster my friends and I are at getting ready compared to people who didn’t grow up burning bricks of 22. It’s still my favorite spring activity. Turkeys or trout in the morning and ground squirrels after lunch.

 

[Steve300xcw]

It’s amazing how much faster my friends and I are at getting ready compared to people who didn’t grow up burning bricks of 22. It’s still my favorite spring activity. Turkeys or trout in the morning and ground squirrels after lunch.

Ive a few old clear cuts with old log decks and some rimrock that I harass the squirrels in. Its not the action you get in an alfalfa field but I have a ball. Damn good practice, both for rifle and pistol.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

It’s amazing how much faster my friends and I are at getting ready compared to people who didn’t grow up burning bricks of 22. It’s still my favorite spring activity. Turkeys or trout in the morning and ground squirrels after lunch.

Seriously my GF and I have gone through 1000rds of .22 one morning on an alfalfa field. Nothing has helped my shooting more.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

why are you confined to the logging roads?

I like walking closed logging roads and skid roads. I can go bushwack through the timber but sometimes it's just so thick, nasty, and loud.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

yes, finding them is the key. Stay focused, they have a way of showing up right when you space out.

I swear right when you loose focus is when you hook the biggest fish or see that big buck.

This fall I ran right into a bear when I wasn't paying attention. The thing was no more than 10 feet away. We both looked at eachother suprised and the thing took off.