Shoot2Hunt University

[benconfused]

I just watched a recent Youtube video of a group that were training at the highly regarded Hat Creek Facility. After a few days shooting with Form at our informal S2H class here in Alaska, it is blatantly apparent how bad most training is. On the Hat Creek video, the Spotter - Shooter communication is horrible. Maybe the instructors know better, but what good is training if you are not going to do it in a way that makes you more efficient and effective in the field?

Also, the habits and shot process that the students were allowed to follow were horrible as well. No racking of the bolt as soon as possible, ignoring the turret and safety, coming out of the gun and looking back without even ejecting the case. It's like watching amateur hour, once you have gone through even one S2H class.

Can you share the link for this video? (Or send to me in DM if you don't want to publicize it)

 

[Q_Sertorius]

The “not chambering a follow-up shot” is one of the more obvious signs that someone has not been practicing for hunting situations. It’s muscle memory that is built, or not built, in dry fire and range sessions.

I remember seeing it in one of Backfire’s videos of his kid shooting some African critter and being a bit less than impressed with him as a Dad for failing to teach it.

I used to use a lovely little Martini action .22 for all my rimfire practice. It seemed like a great way to methodically practice well-aimed single shots. And it was... But then I realized that I was treating my bolt action rifle the same as my Martini: taking it down from my shoulder and watching the spent shell eject and chambering another one. So, I got a CZ 457 so I could practice muscle memory of cycling the bolt for the immediate follow-up shot.

I also got a pair of snap caps for each rifle so I could practice the shot and follow-up in my dry fire sessions.

 

[mtnbound]

These bad habits should not be surprising when it’s still the more supported belief that one has to use large caliber heavy recoiling rifles that cause the loss of follow through, the loss of positioning, and the loss of target visibility so the the habit of head up, target evaluation and then reengagement becomes a habit that is never addressed.

The thing that I find interesting is when guys teach their wife, girlfriend or kids to shoot it’s with lighter recoiling rifles and they often shoot better than them but they still can’t see the benefits for themselves I call that MPS (Male Pride Syndrome).

 

[Deadspace]

The thing that I find interesting is when guys teach their wife, girlfriend or kids to shoot it’s with lighter recoiling rifles and they often shoot better than them but they still can’t see the benefits for themselves I call that MPS (Male Pride Syndrome).

Right? That and how a small cartridge is good enough for elk when a kid or woman shoots it but isn’t good enough for a man. I’ve now killed elk and moose with my 6 creed and I’m not underguned at all.