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Fun and Easy Way to Test Your Long Range Shooting! by Marty Prokop
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You have been diligent in practicing your long range shooting skills at the rifle range. You are able to consistently shoot a 3-inch group at 250 yards. This is great shooting and is an important step towards deer hunting accuracy, but this shooting is under a semi-controlled environment.
Think of this.
How many times have you had that big buck in front of you while your deer hunting rifle was in a gun vise or propped up on shooting bags on a shooting bench? Never happens.
Here is a fun and easy way to test your long range shooting skills out in the field.
Your targets will be one-gallon plastic milk jugs filled with water. Add food coloring to the water so you can see a difference in color from the water to the background.
One gallon plastic milk jugs are the perfect target at long ranges as they will be comparable in size to the vital heart/lung area of a deer. So save milk jugs.
Next, find a safe field or area to set up your targets. Make sure there are no buildings, people or animals in your line of fire or beyond the milk jugs.
If you hunt from a tree stand, and you are able to, you could even set up your tree stand to simulate actual shooting from that angle.
If you shoot from a ground deer blind, consider setting up your deer blind to shoot from it.
The goal is to create the closest conditions to your actual deer hunting situation.
Pace off 200 to 300 yards from your shooting location or whatever distance you feel confident shooting.
After placing your milk jug targets, walk back to your shooting area. Take aim and see how well you shoot.
A direct hit will have the milk jugs exploding. An off center hit will still have the jugs emptying on the ground. You can actually see the liquid leaving the container.
If you find your original distance of 200 to 300 yards has you missing the target or hitting off center, move closer in 20 yard increments until you can hit center consistently.
Once you find you are hitting center consistently, you have found your true long range shooting ability under quasi hunting conditions.
This may be a bit humbling at first, but it is far better to know exactly what your long range shooting abilities are before you head out deer hunting. This knowledge will help ensure you don’t wound an animal.
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Good Luck and Great Hunting!
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