I endured the US Army Sapper Leaders Course some decades ago and that was definitely an accomplishment...lots of physical activity, lots of math, not much food or sleep. But the intensity of the Fort Benning sniper school is on another level. Graduates of that school have mastered the "zen" of marksmanship not to mention camouflage and land navigation. Really nice that Howa saw enough in you and your experience to give you such a cool job. I tip my hat to Matt!
Randy! It was great meeting you in person. You are an absolutely awesome guy. Keep up everything you do! You have inspired so many people. We owe you for everything you do for the hunting community! Thanks for the video
Pretty darn good video Randy. Mark's suggestion is an excellent one pulling your elbow into your side is what we were taught when I was on the rifle team in school. also, if you practice during the summer you'll find a "comfy" spot & you'll really enjoy the fact that you can "snap & shoot" a lil quicker as time goes on. I really enjoy these videos Randy : ) so please keep'em coming !
Randy Great tips and I just built one of these targets with instructions from CABELAS's website. Can't wait to try it before my next hog hunt, I really enjoy this series with Matt. 🎯
Great video. It would be great to see a video like this where you are shooting at extreme angles either up hill or down hill. That is the shot I have found myself in the last few years and have missed more than I have hit.
It looks like Metallic Silhouette shooting - the chicken in HP silhouette is about the size of the gong, and is at 200 meters. Position is with elbow on hip. Being able to hit the chicken after 10 burpees is good shooting.
You say Hunting shots are not from a bench, but two years ago a 2 point ran onto the rifle range in soda springs Idaho during hunting season...and quickly got shot by someone sighting in their rifle. True story.
Hi Tim! this was a standard manfroto 055 series tripod i have used for photography/video/spotting scopes as well as shooting from. a good tripod is worth its weight! thanks, Matt
That pack would offer a lot more support if it had a true metal frame instead of a wimpy "frame sheet". I made a frame for my hunting pack with 1" wide aluminum strips from Lowe's.
What distance do you sight your scope at typically for hunting? In in the field how do compensate for a non-zeroed distance without changing the turrets (i.e. a quick off the cuff shot)?
Pretty good tips these past two videos on trying to replicate real world hunting conditions to get your zero and breathing right. I am sure there is an archery version to this somewhere? :)
Hi Randy: great video. Quick question. What is the tripod mount you guys are using for a rifle rest? I like that flat design you can wrap your hand around the way Matt demonstrated.
look up "arca swiss plates" and I think you'll find what you're looking for. They are fairly standard photography mounts. You can also get a rail that would attach to your sling swivel stud that clamps directly into the arca-swiss adapter. Then no need to hold it down with your hand.
I see that you fire at and kill bulls at several hundred yards of distance, which is very uncommon here where I hunt (the Pinewoods of Sweden, rather flat) we are much more likely to encounter driven (by dogs) game on below 100 yards.. I think the average distance a moose is shot is somewhere in the 40-50's. Anyhow.. when I pull my scope (2,5-10 x 50) up to 10 .. I cannot for the life of me see me fire downrange 400 yards and hit a dime, let alone the heart of an Elk/moose. Even with a rest. Even the slightest of wiggles/breath etc makes the cross-hair jump Is the easy answer: practice, practice and practice? How much magnifying do you guys prefer when firing long range? Thanks for an inspiring show! Br Kris
For that distance, I am usually at 15X. And yes, I practice a lot. Ammunition is free for me, so there is no excuse for me not to be proficient out to 400 yards. I prefer to shoot at game at distances closer than 400 yards and very, very seldom shoot beyond that, and if beyond that, only a short distance beyond that.
Probably tens of thousands of moose have been taken here in Canada with a 30-06 so you would be well armed. I have even shot a couple with the '06 myself..............
Randy’s a regular dude that’s why I like him , a lot of arrogant pricks on tv and you tube , that’s the reason I can’t stand watching most of those tv shows and ytube channels
These skills centered videos are the best in the offseason, keep them coming.
Good to know you like them.
Matt's an impressive marksman!
And 200 yards off hand is tough.
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That he is.
I endured the US Army Sapper Leaders Course some decades ago and that was definitely an accomplishment...lots of physical activity, lots of math, not much food or sleep. But the intensity of the Fort Benning sniper school is on another level. Graduates of that school have mastered the "zen" of marksmanship not to mention camouflage and land navigation. Really nice that Howa saw enough in you and your experience to give you such a cool job. I tip my hat to Matt!
Randy! It was great meeting you in person. You are an absolutely awesome guy. Keep up everything you do! You have inspired so many people. We owe you for everything you do for the hunting community! Thanks for the video
That was my pleasure. Thanks for following along and supporting our platforms.
thanks Randy and Matt a lot of fun and lots to learn thank you!
I loved it when he said I am just hearing excuses. lol
You nailed it Randy. Practice with the gear you hunt with or as we said when I was in, "train how you fight".
Pretty darn good video Randy. Mark's suggestion is an excellent one pulling your elbow into your side is what we were taught when I was on the rifle team in school. also, if you practice during the summer you'll find a "comfy" spot & you'll really enjoy the fact that you can "snap & shoot" a lil quicker as time goes on. I really enjoy these videos Randy : ) so please keep'em coming !
Thanks for watching.
Some good thoughts on shooting in the field here, thanks. I'm going to try getting my heart rate up like you guys did and see how it works.
thanks for video...great presentation by the both of you...you should take him on a hunt!
working on it!
matt
I really really enjoyed this video. Thanks guys
Thanks for watching.
Good shooting there Randy! And your way above average at Talking , telling stories, and presentation.
Randy
Great tips and I just built one of these targets with instructions from CABELAS's website. Can't wait to try it before my next hog hunt, I really enjoy this series with Matt.
🎯
thanks Ron!
Matt
Great video. It would be great to see a video like this where you are shooting at extreme angles either up hill or down hill. That is the shot I have found myself in the last few years and have missed more than I have hit.
It looks like Metallic Silhouette shooting - the chicken in HP silhouette is about the size of the gong, and is at 200 meters. Position is with elbow on hip. Being able to hit the chicken after 10 burpees is good shooting.
You say Hunting shots are not from a bench, but two years ago a 2 point ran onto the rifle range in soda springs Idaho during hunting season...and quickly got shot by someone sighting in their rifle. True story.
Now that's funny.
Not to one up you, but I saw a deer run onto a M240B (machine gun) range once...
You do make some really good and useful videos. Thanks. J.
Great video!! Best of luck with your hunts this autumn!!
Thanks.
Good job! Great video.
Newbergs yoga marksmen clinic! Got a ring to it! LOL!
This is a great video! I with I would have known this before I shot my moose this past fall. I will be using these tips to train for next year!
Thanks for watching.
You're gonna need a Dairy Queen run after those burpees!
Medium vanilla sounds about right.
"We all get lucky." Sometimes!
I knew the Yoga was coming. LOL
Not a burpee but a good heart rate raiser either way. Burpee = chest and legs on the ground, then up and a hop. We call what you did Up Downs
Hey, Enjoyed the video, I wanted to ask is that a tripod specific to shooting or is there an adapter for a rifle rest for a typical tripod?
Hi Tim! this was a standard manfroto 055 series tripod i have used for photography/video/spotting scopes as well as shooting from. a good tripod is worth its weight! thanks, Matt
Awesome thanks Matt
That pack would offer a lot more support if it had a true metal frame instead of a wimpy "frame sheet". I made a frame for my hunting pack with 1" wide aluminum strips from Lowe's.
What distance do you sight your scope at typically for hunting? In in the field how do compensate for a non-zeroed distance without changing the turrets (i.e. a quick off the cuff shot)?
I set my turrets for a 100 yard zero. Leupold's CDS system has the distances etched into the turrets. Easy to use.
Pretty good tips these past two videos on trying to replicate real world hunting conditions to get your zero and breathing right. I am sure there is an archery version to this somewhere? :)
what kind of target are they shooting at?
what stock is on this rifle
What tripod are you guys using in this video? Or which do you or Matt suggest?
The one used was a Manfroto 055pro
Legacy Sports thank you
Was this in 7mm-08?
Yup. Howa Alpine Mountain Rifle with a Leupold VX-6 2-12X42mm shooting Nosler ammo in 140 grain AccuBonds.
Real life scenario for hunting are standing freehand, single set trigger and minimum lock time ;)
Think that's something, what you can do with a 1 1/4 inch GI leather sling will blow your mind all the way out to 1000 yards. Not joking!
i would like to go elk hunting but I'm handy cap
What was the diameter of that steel?
In the Marine Corps we called those Bend and Thrust. LOL
Or a squat thrust. Haha, a burpee???
Hi Randy: great video. Quick question. What is the tripod mount you guys are using for a rifle rest? I like that flat design you can wrap your hand around the way Matt demonstrated.
I'm not sure who made it. It was Matt's and he is lethal when using it. Sorry I don't have more info. Thanks for watching.
look up "arca swiss plates" and I think you'll find what you're looking for. They are fairly standard photography mounts. You can also get a rail that would attach to your sling swivel stud that clamps directly into the arca-swiss adapter. Then no need to hold it down with your hand.
Matt's good people.
For sure.
Yoga awsome great job
I see that you fire at and kill bulls at several hundred yards of distance, which is very uncommon here where I hunt (the Pinewoods of Sweden, rather flat) we are much more likely to encounter driven (by dogs) game on below 100 yards.. I think the average distance a moose is shot is somewhere in the 40-50's.
Anyhow.. when I pull my scope (2,5-10 x 50) up to 10 .. I cannot for the life of me see me fire downrange 400 yards and hit a dime, let alone the heart of an Elk/moose. Even with a rest. Even the slightest of wiggles/breath etc makes the cross-hair jump
Is the easy answer: practice, practice and practice? How much magnifying do you guys prefer when firing long range?
Thanks for an inspiring show!
Br
Kris
For that distance, I am usually at 15X. And yes, I practice a lot. Ammunition is free for me, so there is no excuse for me not to be proficient out to 400 yards. I prefer to shoot at game at distances closer than 400 yards and very, very seldom shoot beyond that, and if beyond that, only a short distance beyond that.
Way to knock out those burpies and then nail the target. That's a lot harder than you made it look
I practice it with other exercises, but this was the first time I did in in 2017, having sat behind my desk for most of tax season.
is a Howa 30-06 good for moose
I say yes in one side out the other.
reece donovan thanks
Probably tens of thousands of moose have been taken here in Canada with a 30-06 so you would be well armed. I have even shot a couple with the '06 myself..............
I agree with the other comments. It is a great round. Good luck.
standing is the money. you're better at everything if you do 30 standing shots 3 times a week.
$90+ a week on ammo, that's $4680 per year.... Wish I had your job....
Bill McCulagh using a 22 bolt with a similar scope and shooting standing at 50yrds is an excellent way to improve all around
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Randy’s a regular dude that’s why I like him , a lot of arrogant pricks on tv and you tube , that’s the reason I can’t stand watching most of those tv shows and ytube channels
What Model Howa is that.?
Alpine Mountain Rifle in 7mm-.08.
Burpees my ass. That would be more like pukey