Post by: Jerry malbeck on December 08, 2010, 09:47:21 PM
Post by: 400out on December 08, 2010, 09:53:08 PM
no seriously I practice by putting the sneak on the neighbors cats, maybe set up a stand and blow the wounded rabbit call :chuckle:
Post by: wsucowboy on December 08, 2010, 10:04:23 PM
Post by: ML_Hunter on December 08, 2010, 10:07:26 PM
My dog actually will come and check out what i'm doing when I pratice my calls. And I've noticed that the better I sound, the faster and more aggressive he'll become (aggressive as in him coming over and start licking me). I will also record my calling and play them back to myself. I spend a lot of time out photographing so I use that to pratice how I set up my stands for coyotes, and big game hunting.
As for shooting...which is what this tread is about, I pratice shooting all year round, with targets at differnt angles, differnt ranges, from the bench and from my bi-pod, and I pratice up to 75 yards standing.
Champion Shooting supplies makes targets with life size and scaled down sized targets that I will often shoot at, and them golfer targets are fun to shoot at as well. I also enjoy shooting clays then he peices of clays. Really, for all the shooting I do, I should buy stock in brass, primers, and powder! :chuckle:
Post by: Big10gauge on December 09, 2010, 06:40:53 AM
Actually for me is staying in shape to hike all day whether on bare ground or in snow.
Lots of practice shooting the distances that I expect to be hitting coyotes at with the exact same gear I use when hunting them.
Spend some time blowing my calls except I have to do that out of the house.
Post by: Jack Diamond on December 09, 2010, 06:42:51 AM
tough to find someone to drive pickup. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: rasbo on December 09, 2010, 06:54:08 AM
Fill a coffee can with concrete, let it dry tie it to 60 feet of rope, and have someone drag it with a pickup at 35mph, 150 yards from you, when you can hit the can every shot, you are qualified to shoot at running coyotes.shoot the truck and slow the thing down :chuckle:
tough to find someone to drive pickup. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: bearhunter99 on December 09, 2010, 07:16:26 AM
Fill a coffee can with concrete, let it dry tie it to 60 feet of rope, and have someone drag it with a pickup at 35mph, 150 yards from you, when you can hit the can every shot, you are qualified to shoot at running coyotes.
tough to find someone to drive pickup. :chuckle: :chuckle:
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. Also has quite a bit of truth to it as well!
Post by: demontang on December 09, 2010, 07:25:09 AM
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on December 09, 2010, 08:24:10 AM
Post by: grundy53 on December 09, 2010, 08:26:25 AM
Post by: VarmintVentilator on December 09, 2010, 08:37:44 AM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on December 09, 2010, 09:31:08 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on December 09, 2010, 09:45:25 AM
Post by: BIGINNER on December 09, 2010, 09:53:08 AM
Post by: Big10gauge on December 09, 2010, 09:55:15 AM
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.
That's the first time I ever heard of somebody practicing road hunting. I would imagine you would need to practice putting your coffee in a cup holder and the donuts back in the box too? :chuckle:
Hey all in good fun.
Post by: VarmintVentilator on December 09, 2010, 10:12:47 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on December 09, 2010, 10:17:21 AM
Totally kidding for all serious folk. :)
Post by: Bofire on December 09, 2010, 01:56:49 PM
I do not practice.
Carl
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 09, 2010, 02:21:58 PM
Post by: halflife65 on December 09, 2010, 02:31:52 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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
Post by: Rudy on December 09, 2010, 02:33:36 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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
Thats MAN *censored* right there boys! :chuckle:
Post by: wsucowboy on December 09, 2010, 03:27:27 PM
Post by: tlbradford on December 09, 2010, 04:04:05 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 09, 2010, 04:14:07 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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
Post by: halflife65 on December 09, 2010, 04:17:42 PM
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.:)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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
No offense to all you Twilight f#(@ers.
Post by: rasbo on December 09, 2010, 04:20:01 PM
OYEAH!!!! well one time at band camp :chuckle::)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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 09, 2010, 04:37:30 PM
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.:)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! :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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.
No offense to all you Twilight f#(@ers.
Haha....Forks is defintely a different place. Nearly everytime I drive through now I see 'vampires' walking around in their capes. But at least when I stop in at places I get to use my limited Spanish because nearly everyone I seem to run into out there doesn't speak English.
Post by: AWS on December 09, 2010, 07:00:23 PM
AWS
Post by: norsepeak on December 09, 2010, 07:19:45 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 09, 2010, 07:28:30 PM
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Post by: rasbo on December 09, 2010, 07:32:19 PM
Post by: littletoes on December 11, 2010, 10:35:03 AM
400 yards is best with the .223, 6 inch steel target. Shooting stix is more practical, prone is dead-on. I even go to 500 and 600 yards prone. If you can consecutively hit at those ranges, closer stuff is cake. I've infected some friends too.
Practice helps, I hit my deer this year, in the neck, as it was looking back at me at 526 yards, as I was kneeling. I loaded one round in the chamber for that shot.
Post by: littletoes on December 11, 2010, 10:37:40 AM
I never could really tell them apart. :chuckle:
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THIS TARGET NEEDS A COLLAR!!! :tung:
Post by: Mustang50 on December 12, 2010, 06:28:06 PM
Post by: rock on December 13, 2010, 04:21:52 PM
Post by: Bofire on December 13, 2010, 04:26:57 PM
go hunting far away, tell the Ole Lady yer coming home Friday, come home Wednesday, sneak up close and call home, Tell her yer "on the way, be home in 15 minutes"
See if you can blow the mirrors off his truck 'fore he gets outa range.
Carl