NRL hunter

[JohnJohnson]

I definitely use the same gear on most of my day hunts that I use in NRL Hunter competitions. Obviously, I will use ultralight gear if I'm doing a backpack hunt.

The gear I use makes it easier for me to adapt to whatever challenge I face in the field, wherever I'm hunting.

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My son's buck was shot with a triple-pull front and tripod rear to shoot over sagebrush last year. The only thing on the rifle that was different from how I shot matches was the suppressor. All my other "gamer gear" is used during my hunts as well.

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This year was the same.

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Shot this buck standing with my gamer tripod and gamer rifle.

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That doesn't mean you can't have success with other gear. I just know what I like to use and how much faster it makes me in adapting to challenging shots in the field. Most of the techniques I use now were learned by competing in NRL Hunter.

Just a couple weeks ago I was coues hunting with a 13.5# rifle and a 5# tripod. I shot my coues at 530 yards, unclipped from the tripod, my dad clipped into it, and he shot his 1 minute later at 520 yards. I agree if I was going backpacking I'd have to slim that setup down but for day hunts it's perfectly usable.