"I don't shoot paper"

[David Milisock]

I would venture to guess, at least from working the Hunter Site In at our club, that most or should I say the average hunter does not load their own, but purchases ammo. They get what they get and consistency is not what they get. Sure they will buy ammo that says, "Match" or "Competition" but most likely will shoot not appreciably different in their gun that the low priced ammo on the shelf.
It is sad too, because a hunter needs all the help they can get:

1) they rarely know the exact distance to their target
2) the target is constantly moving
3) they most likely do not have a dope card or had spent the time to site in the scope to the distance they are shooting
4) their ammunition is rarely consistent making the chance of hitting their target even harder
5) don't shoot enough, maybe 20 rounds a year, if that and only a week before hunting season, so have little experience or muscle memory to support consistent shots
6) and last but by no means least, don't have a clue how to use their scope or rifle

The things I've seen at the range just prior to rifle deer season have me off the range as much as possible a few weeks before the season and completely gone on sight in weekend.

 

[David Milisock]

I was at the rifle range one day shooting my Anschutz .222 at 200 yards.
A guy came there and started attaching about 10 blown up balloons to a 4'x8' piece
of plywood with thumbtacks sitting at 50 yards off to the right side of me.
He came over and asked me what I was shooting. I told him to look through
my spotter. I had 2 penny size dots on a postcard at the 200.
He turned and told me he couldn't get "his guys" to hit those balloons at 50 yards.
He was the chief of police for a smaller nearby town.

Unfortunately it's so bad I find it hard not to think that all police shooting are by accident.

 

[rwj]

The things I've seen at the range just prior to rifle deer season have me off the range as much as possible a few weeks before the season and completely gone on sight in weekend.

Yup… and it keeps me out of the woods once the season opens!

 

[DangerRanger]

You can’t over kill them, but you can definitely under kill them.

I hunt whitetail with a 215 hybrid

It has yet to under kill one

 

[Old Navy]

Last fall I was at my club getting a zero on my 6.5x47. Father and Son next to me were getting ready for the season. First hunt for this kid who's dad was having him shoot his 300wm. He couldn't hit the paper plate at 100! He didn't look like he wasn't having any fun. I felt really bad for him..
I asked his dad if he could shoot my 47 a few times. He was smiling after that!!

This is exactly what I try to do. It is rewarding for me to help someone that can't help themselves.

 

[David Milisock]

This is exactly what I try to do. It is rewarding for me to help someone that can't help themselves.

We start the kids with single shot 22's, then repeaters, move up to single shot 223's.

Except for my fried who had never held a gun, her first firing was a 3" Ordinance rifle. The smile stayed on he face the rest of the day.