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The Basics, Starting Out
What are your top tips to make me a better hunter?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1202738" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Buy good equipment to start with. Without it frustration is guaranteed.</p><p></p><p>Focus on the fundamentals of good marksmanship, there are many good instructional videos to be found on youtube.</p><p></p><p>Read all you can from good sources on ballistics so you can really understand what happens from the time you touch off the primer until the bullet stops.</p><p></p><p>When you get beyond 300yds, weather and atmospheric conditions start to have a measureable effect. Mastering the Wind is a good book, well worth buying and reading.</p><p></p><p>Now for the hard part. Always set your shots up to where you can see them through, write down the conditions present and the result. Over time this will give you a step by step better understanding of how it all comes together.</p><p></p><p>The biggest thing is lots of practice, but you have to practice doing things right so the value of having someone along who can act as your spotter and critique you on your technique and fundamentals, they are invaluable.</p><p></p><p>When you do have problems post your questions here. This site has more absolutely top notch people with lifetimes of experience who will not hesitate to work with you to figure things out and understand what's going wrong.</p><p></p><p>Oh, shoot in real field conditions similar to how/where you hunt as much as possible.</p><p></p><p>That should help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1202738, member: 30902"] Buy good equipment to start with. Without it frustration is guaranteed. Focus on the fundamentals of good marksmanship, there are many good instructional videos to be found on youtube. Read all you can from good sources on ballistics so you can really understand what happens from the time you touch off the primer until the bullet stops. When you get beyond 300yds, weather and atmospheric conditions start to have a measureable effect. Mastering the Wind is a good book, well worth buying and reading. Now for the hard part. Always set your shots up to where you can see them through, write down the conditions present and the result. Over time this will give you a step by step better understanding of how it all comes together. The biggest thing is lots of practice, but you have to practice doing things right so the value of having someone along who can act as your spotter and critique you on your technique and fundamentals, they are invaluable. When you do have problems post your questions here. This site has more absolutely top notch people with lifetimes of experience who will not hesitate to work with you to figure things out and understand what's going wrong. Oh, shoot in real field conditions similar to how/where you hunt as much as possible. That should help. [/QUOTE]
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