Alot of hunters don’t spend the necessary time practicing with their hunting rifles in the same ways they will use them when they’re hunting. I believe gun magazines and gun writers have sort of corrupted many hunters because too much focus is spent on shooting itty-bitty groups from a bench. This is a great way to test ammunition and almost mandatory for sighting in a rifle, but it does very little to help you enhance your relationship and interaction with the rifle you’ll be hunting with.
Some practical exercises that help you develop field marksmanship and gun handling skills are a better approach to preparation for hunting season.
These three drills can be fired on any 100-yard range; they’re easy to set up and easy to score. Most importantly, they focus—isolate—skills a rifle hunter may very well need to be successful. These drills
