You just gotta love some of these threads. I stalk pigs at night with a millennial shooter who quite honestly shoots about as good as anyone I know. And I know lots of good shooters. Most of the nighttime/millennial pig stalkers and coyote killers I know could probably hand quite a few of the old farts on here their azz when it comes to dynamic shooting under pressure. We shoot off tripods with thermals, standing, after having stalked 200-600 yards in the dark. Pigs and coyotes, sitting still or running flat out, ranges anywhere from 30 to 300+ yards, all standing off a tripod.
Tripods, sticks, and bipods are tools for certain jobs. They don't just increase accuracy. When set up and used correctly they can very much increase speed on moving targets because you can pan so sooth and effectively. They lower muscle fatigue while waiting for a shot. Not everyone hunts where there is a tree or rock to rest on every 30 feet. Shooting prone or even sitting really isn't an option for the population control type shooting we do. Too many people get tied up in their own egos and aren't willing to admit that anyone, especially someone younger than them, might actually have a good idea and know what they are talking about. That guy at the range zeroing or practicing off a tripod? You don't know how or even if he hunts. His shooting game might be something totally outside your limited realm of experience. Open your mind and maybe both of you could learn something from the other.
Here is a little example of dynamic shooting off a tripod the way we do it.
Really though, no one is more grateful to hear that a few from your generation escaped pussification. Carry on.
My generation? That is funny. I'm 53. Thanks for assuming though. I hunt with people that age anywhere from 71 to 26. I don't judge based on age just on whether they can shoot straight, be safe, and get the job done. And I see a lot of young men out here in this part of the world getting it done just as good as their parents and grandparents did. Of course depending on where you live, that may not be the case. But that was true 30 years ago too.
70 down to 11 here.
The ones that shoot a fair amount draw blood and are deadly.
My pards youngest just graduated HS. Little dick is a hell of a rifle shot to about a 1/4 which is far around here. Not as good of a wing shot.
His older brother is no slouch as far as a rifle shooter but a hell of a wing shot.
Neither use a bipod or other mechanical device for shooting across a big field they hunt. They use their knees, a hay bale or prone.
Their dad on the other hand, my pard, is as good of a rifle shot on moving game and hell on flying game with a scatter gun.
Growing up my pards dad, uncles, my uncle and others had running hounds for running coyotes. Get a lot of trigger time in shooting running coyotes and they weren't always up under a guys feet either.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
