There has been a lot of talk about how people practice.
First off IMHO there is not any wrong way as long as your practice is taking your shooting to where you want it to be.
I am a bow hunter so my practice is geared toward my goals
I do a lot of whitetail deer hunting in Pa. I hunt from stands and we push deer. My shots on my last few bucks have been in the 6 to 8 yd range and from the ground
For stand practice I shoot off of an elevated deck. I place different targets at different distances and since the grade of the land drops away, different elevations. I have trees around the deck that I shoot thru etc. I will shoot multiple arrows from the deck but I move to different places on the deck which is around 130 ft long . I try and never shoot from the same spot when I am not tuning or just screwing around.
For on the ground practice I use one arrow and shoot retrieve , move to different angle,distance etc.
The shots usually average from 10 yds to 30 yds.
The Rhinehart 18 & 1 is hanging so it spins and moves. The trick is to pick a dot and hit the dot no matter what angle the cube is at. So you get a spinning shot like on a walking deer. I don't grunt to shoot a walking deer I just shoot them. I don't like to tell a deer I'm there especially at 8 yds on the ground
For this video the shots are from about 10 yds out to 25. I wanted to stay on camera so I kept my area fairly tight for the video. I like to get hard angles and I shoot for actual vitals not rings. So I try and bisect my target.
I am far from a great shot but just wanted to show one way I practice. Of these 11 shots everyone was a kill shot with only One a bit far back but it would have done the job
If you have an area that you can shoot like this I feel it is an excellent way to practice
Btw I don't shoot deer off the feeder in my Yard that's for Squirrels
Thx for looking
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa302/jparanee/6c560e65.mp4
Topic: A little fun hunting practice (Read 313 times)
