Improvisation

[ryan]

So how do we make that clean shot out in the woods after all not everyone hunts in tree stands with gun rest and there is no shooting table and sand bags out in the woods what sort of improvisation do we use to make the best possible shot ? bipods tripods shooting stick or the old lean on a tree method

[growalot]

I love the "marine sling"   method...really done right makes you solid...I have dropped to one knee and rested elbow on other knee...I use the knee in stand as well...I love the tree,even while on stand  if It has no rail. I also have the steady ready arm rest and 2 gun rests. That said elbow to knee is used on the fly a lot

Edited October 29, 2015 by growalot

[NFA-ADK]

Practice freehand shooting!  This way if you have a rest it actually feels like cheating!

[grampy]

I will always look for a rest first, shooting rail, tree, limb, elbow to knee. But sometimes you only get a freehand shot. That's why you should practice it until you can hit what you aim at.

[DirtTime]

Still hunting I will either use the knee method, lean against a tree, or free hand. My next tree stand will have a bar so I will use that. Ground hunting depends. I made my blinds so I tried to set a few of the branches I put down to be used as a rest. Store bought blind, if possible elbow on knee or free hand.

Never used sticks, or bi/tri pods.

Not every shot chance will be ideal so you have to be ready, and improvising is the name of the game.

[Two Track]

Geeze, sounds like some of you never small game or bird hunted - just deer hunted.

 

95% of my shots are free handed, standing or taking a knee like you see kids do at football practice.

That how my father, uncles, cousins, and grandfather hunted.

 

Distance shots on groundhogs, well, my grandfather had a couple sands bags for that, but he was about 70 at the time.

 

Didn't anyone go to scout camp and learn how to shoot prone, kneeling, and standing?

 

A tree branch, felled tree, stonewall, fence post, etc can make a good rest as along as it is a comfortable height for the shooter.

[Doc]

This where I always spend opening day of gun season. Gun rests all around!

 

 

After that I always have my Primos bipod slung over my back. I certainly have lost all my steadiness with off-hand shooting. I could practice 24/7 and still never bring myself back to that rock steady ability of my youth. So, I have found work-a-rounds that make it possible to make some rather impressive shots with confidence. You do what you have to do.

[DirtTime]

Geeze, sounds like some of you never small game or bird hunted - just deer hunted.

 

95% of my shots are free handed, standing or taking a knee like you see kids do at football practice.

That how my father, uncles, cousins, and grandfather hunted.

 

Distance shots on groundhogs, well, my grandfather had a couple sands bags for that, but he was about 70 at the time.

 

Didn't anyone go to scout camp and learn how to shoot prone, kneeling, and standing?

 

A tree branch, felled tree, stonewall, fence post, etc can make a good rest as along as it is a comfortable height for the shooter.

I figured he was referring to deer hunting. Small game hunting is almost always free hand as I rarely just go sit for small game. Unless I am using that season to scout deer for SZ. Then I will go in and sit.

[Elmo]

I learn against a tree or I kneel and rest my elbow on my knee.

[Buckmaster7600]

The hasty sling is about all I ever use.