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Originally Posted by JD848
In any level of sports some guys do it much better then others . Some guys practice shooting weekly yet there's another guy who shoot's 90 percent less yet that guy is a better shooter.
Focuses better, higher level of concentration , better eye to hand muscle memory ,bett
er eye sight .When your heart rate barely moves and you don't hear the shot or feel any recoil then your dialed in mentally when shooting at a live target . WHO in hell is
going to teach this in a short 2 week coarse ,no one .
You let the government in on skill levels you can bet a
big portion aren't going hunting.
Bench shooting and field shooting are 2 different deals .
Some guys shoot tiny bug holes and the same guy can't
hit a barn door once the critter is in his sights.
Both take practice and confidence in your rifle ,having
others teach you who are not close to you might make you feel nervous .
Best is to be taken out and mentored by some who is good or very good to build up confidence . Or you can be
taken out by an idiot and if your half smart you ditch the
dummy and restart.
Elk has the right way on taking younger hunters out, test them out and limit there shooting distance . Walking
before you run ,same applies to everything in life .
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Shooting ability is determined mostly by two things, natural ability and practise. A good friend shot 1/2" groups at 100 yards the first day that I took him out, and he shot 20/25, at skeet the first day. He has killed two deer and a moose with me with three shots, shooting from 100-200 yards. A friends son has killed three deer with three shots with me, at 100-200 yards. His father wanted him to try a 400 yard shot at a whitetail, after killing two mule deer that morning, but I convinced them not to shoot, and spoil a perfect morning with a miss, or a wounding shot, because the young man had never shot past 200 yards. Both of those two don't shot a lot, but they have natural ability, and they listen and stay calm.
Other people that I know, shoot far more often, but they don't have as much natural ability, and they don't shoot quite as well. I know some that are terrible with rifle and shotgun, as they have no natural ability, and practise hasn't helped them much at all. If those people had to qualify at shooting to hunt, they wouldn't be
hunting.