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• Fisheadgib Posts: 5,797 Senior Member

  December 2018 #2

  Sitting by far. I hunt primarily from climbing stands, ladder stands, and shooting houses, (in that order) but I do carry a lightweight set of shooting sticks that can be used sitting or standing if I come across a shot while on the ground but with the magnatude of our fireant problem around here, I would never consider laying down on the ground to go prone.

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  For my point of view, cpj is a lot like me

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• Linefinder Posts: 7,856 Senior Member

  December 2018 #3

  The one I've used most often, by far, is sitting. The Marine Corps teaches some really good techniques for this position, and I've had good luck with it. I prefer prone with a bipod, (or over a backpack) but terrain, vegetation, and lack of instant mobility for changing conditions often limits its usefulness in the field. Kneeling can be tough to master, although Mosseybucks' quarter mile antelope was killed with a single shot from that position. Amazing shot, that was.
   Standing is a shot I'll do my best not to take, although I've seen you make some damned good shots standing, especially against running game. Any hits I've made standing against moving game involved more luck than skill. I'm just not that good at it.
  
  Mike

  "Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
  N454casull
  

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• Ernie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member

  December 2018 #4

  Prone!

  Prone, if I can make the shot from that position.

  Sitting #2

  Double kneeling #3
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• JerryBobCo Posts: 8,227 Senior Member

  December 2018 #5

  Linefinder said:

  The one I've used most often, by far, is sitting. The Marine Corps teaches some really good techniques for this position, and I've had good luck with it. I prefer prone with a bipod, (or over a backpack) but terrain, vegetation, and lack of instant mobility for changing conditions often limits its usefulness in the field. Kneeling can be tough to master, although Mosseybucks' quarter mile antelope was killed with a single shot from that position. Amazing shot, that was.
   Standing is a shot I'll do my best not to take, although I've seen you make some damned good shots standing, especially against running game. Any hits I've made standing against moving game involved more luck than skill. I'm just not that good at it.
  
  Mike

  
  You surprised me, Mike.  I thought you preferred kneeling.  I saw you make a heck of a shot on a running goat from a kneeling position.  Well, I didn't actually see the shot, but I did see the dead antelope and shot placement.

  Jerry
  
  Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.

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• bisley Posts: 10,815 Senior Member

  December 2018 #6

  Sitting on a stool or chair, with a bipod, or two bipods (front and rear) if I have time. I have made a few good shots from a standing position, when my back was stronger and I was more stable, but now I need support from anywhere I can get it. Prone was never an option for me, because of brush and flat elevation, in the places I hunted.

  
  

  My dad and uncles were very good with a sling, from a sitting position on the ground, in the military manner of their time. I learned it, as a kid, but haven't practiced it in decades. I was never very good at it.
  

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• earlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member

  December 2018 #7

  Well, it sure as heck ain't standing with my pants pulled partially back up after answering natures call. That was how I made my last shot on elk. Wasn't because they snuck up on me either. I failed to see them. Im often a bumbling elmer fudd fool in the woods.
  
  I prefer sitting on the ground with my back against a big pine. Works good for naps or shooting. Provides stability, shade and rain/snow protection.

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• Linefinder Posts: 7,856 Senior Member

  December 2018 #8

  Actually, Jerry, I was sitting. Had I been kneeling that goat would probably still be running his harem.

  "Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
  N454casull
  

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• Linefinder Posts: 7,856 Senior Member

  December 2018 #9

  Bisley brings up a good point. I don't mind offhand if I'm wrapped in a sling.

  "Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
  N454casull
  

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• Jayhawker Posts: 18,363 Senior Member

  December 2018 #10

  Sitting with a rest....Few hunting situations that I have encountered will accommodate prone but if I find myself in the right situation I will certainly go there...

  Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"

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• snake284 Posts: 22,429 Senior Member

  December 2018 #11

  Sitting in my blind with the window ledge as a rest. I tried to make a prone shot two years ago because as I was walking up to my blind there was a big buck down in the gully about 50 yards away. I missed because even though I was steadied on the ground I couldn't see well through the grass and as I was trying to get steady on him and I touched the trigger too hard before I got down on him good. That was the second time I missed a nice buck there. Of course I did kill a couple from there.
  

  Daddy, what's an enabler?
  Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.

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• bullsi1911 Posts: 12,435 Senior Member

  December 2018 #12

  The one I use the most is damn near a bench rest since I hunt from a blind I built.
  
  outside of the blind, probably kneeling since brush and rocks makes prone almost impossible where I hunt

  To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
  -Mikhail Kalashnikov

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• NN Posts: 25,236 Senior Member

  January 2019 #13

  Sitting against a tree
  

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• jaywapti Posts: 5,116 Senior Member

  January 2019 #14

  When hunting out west prone if the vegetation allows it, than sitting,or offhand, with the sling on all shot if possible. When hunting whitetails in the east or mid west I'm usually in a tree stand and shoot sitting or leaning over the rail.
  
  JAY

  THE DEFINITION OF GUN CONTROL IS HITTING THE TARGET WITH YOUR FIRST SHOT

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• Six-Gun Posts: 8,155 Senior Member

  January 2019 #15

  Prone is best, but I seldom find myself in the ideal circumstances to use it.  That said, sitting is the most useful and my most commonly used.  

  Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.

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• Bigslug Posts: 9,875 Senior Member

  January 2019 #16

  You mean there's a world where the deer give you a CHOICE?
  
  BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!
  
  The first one allowed me to kill him from the prone.  The second one allowed me to kill him from the kneeling.  The third one was a complicated mess for which I THINK was braced sitting when the round went downrange. I was standing when I finished him off..
  
  I try to park myself where I can get into a braced sitting with minimal effort, because that's the only thing that's going to allow me to spend 3-4 hours sitting relatively still with moderate discomfort.  If I CAN prone out, I will.

  WWJMBD?
  
  "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #17

  Prone is preferred. 
  
  But, the world ain’t flat and crap tends to oft get in the way. So, sitting supported is probably my most commonly used. Followed by prone. 
  
  A tripod, Spec-Rest, suspension system, or ruck sack is your friend. 
  
  After that, it’s a Modified European Position. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• snake284 Posts: 22,429 Senior Member

  January 2019 #18

  Actually, I have made a couple of kills standing. When I saw a deer I slowly creeped up to a tree and braced the gun against the tree to steady it and shot. All I need is to steady the rifle.
  

  Daddy, what's an enabler?
  Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.

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• orchidman Posts: 8,438 Senior Member

  January 2019 #19

  Most of my deer have been shot stalking in so when I get to a shooting position it is either standing 'offhand' or taking advantage of a tree/anything handy. Second choice is sitting with elbows on my knees if the terrain permits.

  
  

  Whatever the situation however, I always try for the best position available rather than just taking a shot without thinking it through.
  

  Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #20

  orchidman said:

  Whatever the situation however, I always try for the best position available rather than just taking a shot without thinking it through.

  Wise words. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Six-Gun Posts: 8,155 Senior Member

  January 2019 #21

  Zee said:

  orchidman said:

  Whatever the situation however, I always try for the best position available rather than just taking a shot without thinking it through.

  Wise words. 

  Agreed.
  

  Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.

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• Ernie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member

  January 2019 #22

  orchidman said:

  
  

  
  

  Whatever the situation however, I always try for the best position available rather than just taking a shot without thinking it through.
  

  Well said.

  Sometimes I have even backed up (got further away) to get a more stable position.

  "Never be satisfied with a unstable position,"  I believe this is a accurate quote from a friend.
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #23

  😁

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• snake284 Posts: 22,429 Senior Member

  January 2019 #24

  Ernie Bishop said:

  orchidman said:

  
  

  
  

  Whatever the situation however, I always try for the best position available rather than just taking a shot without thinking it through.
  

  Well said.

  Sometimes I have even backed up (got further away) to get a more stable position.

  "Never be satisfied with a unstable position,"  I believe this is a accurate quote from a friend.
  

  Even if it means passing on a shot. I've done it.
  

  Daddy, what's an enabler?
  Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.

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• Ernie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member

  January 2019 #25

  Wambli,
  

  Are you going to start hunting with a handgun?

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• Ernie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member

  January 2019 #26

  Wambli Ska said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli,
  

  Are you going to start hunting with a handgun?

  I think I’d like to.  Planing a short local hunt in February right now.  Might actually just take a .44 mag with me to see how I like it.

  Only way to start handgun hunting, is to not take a rifle-Good luck!
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #27

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli Ska said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli,
  

  Are you going to start hunting with a handgun?

  I think I’d like to.  Planing a short local hunt in February right now.  Might actually just take a .44 mag with me to see how I like it.

  Only way to start handgun hunting, is to not take a rifle-Good luck!
  

  This is not true. 
  

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Ernie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member

  January 2019 #28

  Zee said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli Ska said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli,
  

  Are you going to start hunting with a handgun?

  I think I’d like to.  Planing a short local hunt in February right now.  Might actually just take a .44 mag with me to see how I like it.

  Only way to start handgun hunting, is to not take a rifle-Good luck!
  

  This is not true. 
  

  For some people, it is in their own words, they never would use the handgun , until it was their only option...I knew you were going to respond to this almost verbatim. HA!

  I know a number of people who carry both.  I do the same thing sometime with specialty pistols and revolvers.

  
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #29

  So take both. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 #30

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Zee said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli Ska said:

  Ernie Bishop said:

  Wambli,
  

  Are you going to start hunting with a handgun?

  I think I’d like to.  Planing a short local hunt in February right now.  Might actually just take a .44 mag with me to see how I like it.

  Only way to start handgun hunting, is to not take a rifle-Good luck!
  

  This is not true. 
  

  For some people, it is in their own words, they never would use the handgun , until it was their only option...I knew you were going to respond to this almost verbatim. HA!

  I know a number of people who carry both.  I do the same thing sometime with specialty pistols and revolvers.

  
  

  But it’s still not true. It is NOT the ONLY way to start handgun hunting. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Zee Posts: 28,449 Senior Member

  January 2019 edited January 2019 #31

  Wambli Ska said:

  Zee said:

  So take both. 

  I think that's the smart move.

  Anything within range of the handgun gets the handgun. Outside that, the rifle. 
  
  No opportunity lost. 
  
  Easy peesy. 
  
  Now, if you end up shooting one within handgun range by using the rifle.........well......you suck at resolve. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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