aiming when hunting

[happyploughman 1]

I have always been a ferreter and used a shotgun for decoying etc. I am new to airgunning. I have the rifle,scope and lamp and hope to go out soon. i have sighted in rifle by sitting and placing elbows on knees to get a steady shot. Was wondering what you all do when you walk down a hedge lamping about taking a stready shot. Do you usually shoot standing up or do you go down on your knees, sit, lie, expect it varies with people just wondered what you all do. When standing seems hard to keep rifle still. Thanks.

[Guest air gunner]

If the situation allows i tend to lie down. practice shooting cans and paper standing up you will soon get steady. the trick is to stand and let the gun take its natural position then adjust your feet to cater for this. but practice makes perfect try taking up your sitting position if you can becasue this sounds like your most steady position.

[lewismac1 1]

Do you usually shoot standing up or do you go down on your knees, sit, lie, expect it varies with people just wondered what you all do.

 

I shoot Standing when lamping

 

If im shooting a warren i shoot off the bipod

[Guest air gunner]

sorry double post. it is much easier to stand when lamping.

Edited April 1, 2009 by air gunner

[happyploughman 1]

Ok thanks to you both. Must practice a bit then standing.

[SEAN3513 7]

best to practice all 3

 

because you never know !!!!!

 

and it will make you a better all round hunter

 

cheers

 

sean

[shaun sale 0]

practice practice practice in all the most common positions you do [bANNED TEXT] shooting .do this few times a week and watch your game bag grow

[camies 1]

I have always been a ferreter and used a shotgun for decoying etc. I am new to airgunning. I have the rifle,scope and lamp and hope to go out soon. i have sighted in rifle by sitting and placing elbows on knees to get a steady shot. Was wondering what you all do when you walk down a hedge lamping about taking a stready shot. Do you usually shoot standing up or do you go down on your knees, sit, lie, expect it varies with people just wondered what you all do. When standing seems hard to keep rifle still. Thanks.

 

Standing is a case of mind fighting muscle! Practice helps but unless you practice loads it don't come easy.

I sit by choice holding the Harrier as in FT. Dead stable and with a camo net over me, I'm above the grass, and hard to spot. If you don't know how to hold an airgun sitting try looking at Utube and search for field target positions.

Only a suggestion but I find it successful and makes it dead easy to zero the rifle.

[andyfr1968 772]

It also depends on what type of gun you're useing. If you've a pre-charge, you can hold the gun pretty much any way and your zero will stay the same.

If you're useing a springer, you need to be more careful as they can be very sensative to the way they're held.

[ghillies 209]

coming from practibility.. always standing, if its a bit far or windy then to a knee, or a sit, laying down at night in the cold and wet? then getting up then laying down....then getting up and then bobbing the lamp up down up down and shake it all around lol.

 

if you zero laying down the scope posision will be in the rong place when standing and sitting...so eather off a bench/chair..hair bail, or on your resting on your knees in a sat posision seems best, lets you set the scope eye relief for 2 out of three shooting posisions.

 

dont forget a springer will bounce if rested on a ghard curface..a saft tri seat or something flixi will help reduce it, but end of the day you need the gun set true, and not set the gun to where you shoot, or when you change to any of the other posisions it'll be out of zero.. so true gun set learn to that.(then what ever posish..including bent forard looking up and under th fence and through the tree's will be on to lolol.. bin there dunnit.

[Grim Reaper 1]

I tend to prefer kneeling shots, as a rule, but am just as good prone from a bi-pod.

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

[hiho 5]

if im lamping its out of a vehicle so im rested but when im walking round a field i shoot standing

[happyploughman 1]

Some sound advice thanks to all of you for that . This is a great help. I had put the word out about needing somewhere to shoot and tonight I someone has given me permission to go lamping so I will be able to put all your good advice into practice.

[Grim Reaper 1]

Some sound advice thanks to all of you for that . This is a great help. I had put the word out about needing somewhere to shoot and tonight I someone has given me permission to go lamping so I will be able to put all your good advice into practice.

 

It's nice to see someone who is not afraid to ask questions, and who is willing to learn from the answers/advice that is given by others - keep it up mate!

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

[andyfr1968 772]

Some sound advice thanks to all of you for that . This is a great help. I had put the word out about needing somewhere to shoot and tonight I someone has given me permission to go lamping so I will be able to put all your good advice into practice.

 

It's nice to see someone who is not afraid to ask questions, and who is willing to learn from the answers/advice that is given by others - keep it up mate!

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.