Train like you hunt

https://oodmag.com/train-like-you-hunt/

To get good at hunting, practice is key. Read tips from authors of the book "On Hunting" for best tips on training.

Very good advice, something I tell the new guys when I take them out target shooting, practice in the same setting you hunt from. Practice from a tree stand in the woods with varying distances.

Pretty sure my range doesn't want me setting up a blind on the firing line.

that couldn't be any better advise. I always practice from the same chair that I use in my ground blind.

My gun routine is far less complicated. Check the scope from the bench at 100 yards, three hits off-hand on the 100 yard gong, three hits from a braced position on the 200 yard gong and I'm done. Same with the slug shotgun but at 50 and 75 yards. For wing shooting, I put away my target guns and shoot my sxs and semi-auto on my weekly sporting clays outing and choose presentations that more closely represent game birds.

What is missing from the article are non-gun suggestions. I regularly practice how to judge distance by checking my estimates with a laser range finder. I also walk my bush lot in the off-season which helps condition me not to be surprised when seeing a deer, how to get closer without them noticing or being startled when a grouse flushes and knowing where to look to make the shot.

also I use my sx3 for turkey and waterfowl. So in the spring i put in turkey choke, fall mod choke. there a big difference where this gun shoots with each choke. Almost 2 feet lower with the mod then the turkey. I have to sight it in each time i change chokes, which I just did. Didn't do this the first time, just put in the mod and went out waterfowl hunting in a field. there were so many ducks and geese flying well with in range and I missed everything, other 2 guys did well. stopped on the way back to house shot at a piece of cardboard, yes 2ft low. Adjusted to hit proper on target, back out next morning and never missed a bird, Morell of story sight in gun if you change ammo or choke tubes. also check scope every year even if nothing changed, if nothing else you get practice shooting the gun

feel like this would be best if you own the property and your blind or stand is there all year round,

i usually bring targets, range finder, chair, and brace bench along with a table. once i sight in from table i switch to no brace then ill also switch to a standing shot as well. not sure where im going this year, need to figure it out soon to determine if im putting my scope back on my remington or just leaving the red dot.

also need to decide if im using my rifled barrel or not. usually if im hunting in the bush ill use smoothbore.

if im hunting field edges the rifled barrel.

if im using rifled barrel need to mount the scope.

smoothbore ill leave the reddot