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Pretty solid rear bag, eh?

Do think as my vision and body have aged ive narrowed my shot selection.
Aint as good as I used to be and know it.

Agree 100%. My favorite hunting rig is my Kimber Montana 338F with 4x Leupold. That brings up another interesting point. All of my longer kills have been with 4x scopes and either a 223 or the 338F, of all cartridges. The 223 is a Montana too!

I did just luck upon a NIB 84L Montana in 280AI. Put a Leupold 3.5-10 on it, and I am really enjoying that rig. Still doesn’t carry like the 338F though, but better than most any other rifle out there! I’m a bit of a Montana fan…

Ive been looking at some tripods.
My youngest has a tremor and would need one.
LGS sells the Bog Pog stuff.

Coyote hunter w $$$ thermal runs some very expensive gear, dunno what brand of tripod he uses. He shoots everything off it. Only hunt coyotes.

I thought I was stupid, and lazy when I was a kid. But, some of the things young people are doing now, blows my freaking mind.

Ever see the MTV show " Scarred " ?

Made me squirm and I crashed and burned too many times doing way lesser.

Those kids are gonna be totally jacked when they hit 40

Pretty common with the guys killing hogs at night as well.

Why would someone want to get as stable as possible to make a good shot? Stand on your two legs and throw some lead in the air and hope and pray!

The more they kill the better 😎

Do you use a rifle scope and binoculars?

Yup















among other stuff.

In my case I mostly "shoot" out of a ground blind or stand, and these days its mostly at night. I may sit for 4 to 5 hours over a water source or bait, sometimes a decoy. Using a tripod, I can have the weapon supported and ready if a critter comes in.

here is an example of a coon @ +/- 120 yds.





IIRC this vid was taken about 9:30 PM and I had been there since 7:30. I'd taken a hoglet earlier and was waiting to see if something else would come in.

In my old age I'm not good enough to get the rifle up, aim and make that shot. I find that if i'm already set up, i've a much better chance of success using a tripod!

ya!

GWB

Probably been years since many of the old duffers on here always grousing about them damn millennials have shot anything from any position. The only move they have is the angry fist shake while yelling for everyone to get off their lawn.

I’m from the millennial generation and I’ve only killed stuff from prone, kneeling, offhand, and off a rest in the last month.

It’s okay though, the OP killed a deer a decade or so ago so he’s obviously got his thumb on the pulse of the shooting community.

Dang kids.

Punched this one at 375 yards with a .308 and a 155 Scenar.



Some of that Millennial marksmanship.

Put it right where I told her to.

Naaahhh...for krisake

It's perfectly sporting to have a Lyman Alaskan on that '03.

I have always taken advantage of rest when I can, ammo was expensive, Pop and Grand Pop expected critters for empty cases.

Lots of shot gunning as a youngster, rabbit and quail, and when I first started deer hunting it was with a shotgun by law. Walked my first fork horn up and put a slug in the back of his neck on the first jump out of the bed. I was 16, could see really well and was in top shape. Browning A5, skeet barrel.

68 now, eyes are rheumy and I still walk a lot but the physical plant is not what it was. Both my elk were taken sitting with a carried set of sticks I also used to help walk in the hills, across a valley, the cow about level with me, the bull up hill. The cow was walking slow, about to go over a saddle, the bull standing still. Glad I had the sticks pulled into my stance to help steady me. I cheated and ranged them too. I shot every weekend I could all summer before each trip, used the set up I carried at our range, out to 500 yards so I would know how the stuff worked. Not off a bench, on my rear end doing my best to keep the wobble out.

Teaching my grandson to do the same. Our goal is one shot, one kill.

Bad worriedman.

I operate on principles and my teaching reflects same.

When teaching any shooter I try to instill that mobility and stability is a scale that can tip any which way at any time. You cannot gain stability without sacrificing some level of mobility. Conversely, you cannot gain mobility without sacrificing some level of stability.

Shooting is a thinking man's game and it behooves the shooter to have this instilled on day one. Most real world shot placement is going to be unique and require fluidity when the shooter attempts to make the shot. This is applicable in all aspects of shooting. Be it an Active Shooter situation, your first deer, or a USPSA match. The shooter should learn every aspect of the shooting discipline and be prepared to deliver accordingly.

Overall I do agree that the majority of young hunters rely heavily on some form of rest and I believe this is due to decades of "be sure of your shot" type instruction. Fine for beginner level instruction, but please ensure your kid/grandkid/pupil understands that is Tier One level instruction.

If somebody wants to be a well rounded shooter, they should be adept in the offhand.

Well said.

I'm a old duffer, and i have been shooting off hand and bi-pod sticks standing for as long i can remember, when i was young and more limber, i would shoot most long shots from kneeling if i could see well enough, never been a fan of shooting prone while hunting, between the sand burrs, and the weeds, you can't see the end of your barrel prone down here. Rio7

LOL, thats what all the old boys used to say about us whippersnappers with them new fancy scopes.