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Old 11-15-2010 | 03:00 AM
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Screwbolts
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For my hunting guns, I believe in minute of deer is good enough. I have a 200 yard range in my back yard, 2 benches and 3 backstops.

I initially sight in on my 27 yard front yard range then go to 100 yards and verify with rest from bench. I may fine tune the sights at the bench but then I stop shooting from the benches. When hunting we don't have a bench in our stands. I start shooting from a seated position, and standing leaning using tree just like I would do in the field hunting. How many of you also shoot/practice from your week side, I am right handed but also can shoot very well from the other side because of practice. I just walk up to one of the trees in the yard and shoot from it, some times at targets but most of the time at steel plates/gongs at assorted distances from all trees. Might be a card board box with a dot on it. This type of shooting / practice I feel is far better than just burning powder at the bench. I have total faith in all loads I might have in the bore of my guns because of frequent shooting at variouse distances from differen positions.

I also do woods walks and shoot at dead stumps, limbs on the ground, any target at unknown ranges.

Shoot safe and shoot often!
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