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Obviously more practice does one better. Training the eyes and quickly getting into positions to get an accurate shot off are two important elements. The most important factor to me, is having confidence in my gun. Years ago, we'd have someone drive down a mtn road a couple miles and put out 5-6 balloons out 30 to 100 yds off the road at various spots of their choice. Then he'd come back and grab the other guy who had no clue as to where the balloons were. We used a 17hmr with a clip. As soon as the shooter spotted a balloon, the driver would stop and shut off the rig. The shooter would have to bail out as fast as he could, insert the clip, and get into position to pop the balloon. This really improved the speed and ability of the shooter to get into a solid shooting position quickly. This was fun to do in the summer, when there wasn't really a lot else hunting wise to do.
:)anybody can shoot out of the truck if it is stopped and they are not drunk, try it drunk and at 25mph on a rough road!
Quote from: Bofire on December 09, 2010, 01:56:49 PM :)anybody can shoot out of the truck if it is stopped and they are not drunk, try it drunk and at 25mph on a rough road! Hell, when I was your age, it was HUNTING. We'd drink and play cards all night, puke before we left camp, drive around drinking coffee all morning to wake up and switch to beer in the afternoon. I could still hang a rifle out the window and whack a coyote at 200 yards - even after a half case of beer. You just try to do that you coddled little SOB.
Quote from: halflife65 on December 09, 2010, 02:31:52 PMQuote from: Bofire on December 09, 2010, 01:56:49 PM :)anybody can shoot out of the truck if it is stopped and they are not drunk, try it drunk and at 25mph on a rough road! Hell, when I was your age, it was HUNTING. We'd drink and play cards all night, puke before we left camp, drive around drinking coffee all morning to wake up and switch to beer in the afternoon. I could still hang a rifle out the window and whack a coyote at 200 yards - even after a half case of beer. You just try to do that you coddled little SOB.The sad thing is that when I talk to the old people around Forks that hunted back in the 70's and 80's.....this is pretty much how they described elk hunting way back then.
Quote from: JimmyHoffa on December 09, 2010, 04:14:07 PMQuote from: halflife65 on December 09, 2010, 02:31:52 PMQuote from: Bofire on December 09, 2010, 01:56:49 PM :)anybody can shoot out of the truck if it is stopped and they are not drunk, try it drunk and at 25mph on a rough road! Hell, when I was your age, it was HUNTING. We'd drink and play cards all night, puke before we left camp, drive around drinking coffee all morning to wake up and switch to beer in the afternoon. I could still hang a rifle out the window and whack a coyote at 200 yards - even after a half case of beer. You just try to do that you coddled little SOB.The sad thing is that when I talk to the old people around Forks that hunted back in the 70's and 80's.....this is pretty much how they described elk hunting way back then.Ah, I was conceived in Forks when my dad was logging out there. My mom said screw this, and we pulled up stakes and headed out of there before I was born, though. It's probably where that thought above came from, though. No offense to all you Twilight f#(@ers.