Shot setup practice during hunt

[mad_angler]

Does anyone practice rifle setups?

Let's say you about done glassing for the morning. Before you leave, you pick a tree about 400 yards away and get you rifle all set (front rest. Back rest, etc). Then, maybe you pick a tree way higher than you and go through the same exercise.

It seems like that would be very helpful for us folks from the Midwest..

 

[roosiebull]

Does anyone practice rifle setups?

Let's say you about done glassing for the morning. Before you leave, you pick a tree about 400 yards away and get you rifle all set (front rest. Back rest, etc). Then, maybe you pick a tree way higher than you and go through the same exercise.

It seems like that would be very helpful for us folks from the Midwest..

It certainly wouldn’t hurt, anything you can do to visualize what a scenario might look like is good practice, and maybe see where your weaknesses are, because anything under stress and on the clock is going to be more of a cluster if it’s a foreign situation

 

[mtnbound]

Does anyone practice rifle setups?

Let's say you about done glassing for the morning. Before you leave, you pick a tree about 400 yards away and get you rifle all set (front rest. Back rest, etc). Then, maybe you pick a tree way higher than you and go through the same exercise.

It seems like that would be very helpful for us folks from the Midwest..

Dry fire practice is always valuable. Go through the entire process, but pick a spot on a tree or a section of dirt, rock, etc.. that is the same size as your target's vitals.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Does anyone practice rifle setups?

Let's say you about done glassing for the morning. Before you leave, you pick a tree about 400 yards away and get you rifle all set (front rest. Back rest, etc). Then, maybe you pick a tree way higher than you and go through the same exercise.

It seems like that would be very helpful for us folks from the Midwest..

All the time. I do some dry firing (with snap caps) every day.

 

[MacGyver]

When I came to Alaska, I was station at a remote site. For practice shooting I had 6-dummy 30-06 round made, (using a dead primer and sand to add weight so they were the same weight as a live round). I practice fast loading and firing with the scope on 8x all winter. That simmer I went to a gravel pit, leaving the cover on the scope and having my back to the wall, I’ve would turn around see a 1 or 2 inch rock on the wall 100 yard away and hit it, every time.

At the rifle range, I would add a live round into the mix. Keeping my eyes close, I would load the rifle, not knowing which round was live, it kept me from flinching.