There are two types of country i can hunt. The Great Plains, and the Mountains.

The vast majority of the shots i have taken on the plains were from prone. Utilizing the terrain, i have been able to sneak closer, and get good prone shots. Sometimes spooked Mule Deer will run off until they feel safe, and stop. Getting ready, allows one to make a good prone shot. A couple of times i made kills when both the deer, and myself were surprised. These two kills were made off hand, and weren't far. One other kill was made standing using sticks.

In the mountains i always try to make shots bracing on trees, but about half the time this isn't possible, and i have always successfully taken off hand shots. These days i am kinda more shaky. This year i took two shots off hand, because i couldn't get to a tree without spooking the deer. The first shot i missed clean. The second shot was a gut shot. Luckily the 300g XTP hurt the deer enough, it ran a very short distance, and lay down. Me walking up on it spooked it into running further, but it hurt enough it lay down again, and i killed it.

These two misses this year is what led me to start practicing my off hand shooting.












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