Define yourself as a shooter...

[Grunt64]

I consider myself a proficient marksman, having been trained with PB's, and I believe the basics are similar to shooting a big bore PCP. A few weeks back, I attempted to hit a 10-inch gong at 500 yards with a PCP, but I only reached 400 yards and was hitting just the outer edges of a sight-in paper target. During that season, the open field is quite windy, but I plan to try again this summer when the air is less dense and free of gusty winds.

 

[SILENT SQUIRREL]

I am a skilled impulse shooter
If I see movement, I grab the 177 and fire a few.
If the movement continues, I get a 22 and shoot an entire mag.
Continued rustling and I reach for 25 and then the BOSS 30.
Can anyone recommend a good semi-automatic big bore?

 

[Dadwag]

Kind of an addicted shooter..Started as a kid at amusement parks with those target guns in the arcades hitting the enclosed targets. Went the usual route of BB guns,archery, and small bore. Loved range in the service M1 to M16 and 45’s. Now I don’t hunt but am addicted to Plinking and personal besting myself at targets. For me break barrels are the best. Air guning is an awesome pastime/hobby

 

[Chief55]

I have always been a hunter since about ten years old but if I am being honest, I have kind of lost interest in it. I really just don't like to go anywhere anymore. I was getting ready to go yesterday, I had everything out and ready, even had put some things in the truck and I just didn't go. Later I started to question why I didn't go and my wife said at your age maybe it seems more like work and less like fun and I had to say yes, I guess so. She has never had any interest in eating the fish or game I got so there isn't much motivation to do it. I think I would rather just do some casual shooting in the backyard now days. Apparently, I am changing into the stranger I see in the mirror. I think about my grandfather, He always hunted, then one year he just stopped. I never asked him why.

 

[JimT66]

I have always been a hunter since about ten years old but if I am being honest, I have kind of lost interest in it. I really just don't like to go anywhere anymore. I was getting ready to go yesterday, I had everything out and ready, even had put some things in the truck and I just didn't go. Later I started to question why I didn't go and my wife said at your age maybe it seems more like work and less like fun and I had to say yes, I guess so. She has never had any interest in eating the fish or game I got so there isn't much motivation to do it. I think I would rather just do some casual shooting in the backyard now days. Apparently, I am changing into the stranger I see in the mirror. I think about my grandfather, He always hunted, then one year he just stopped. I never asked him why.

Completely understand ya Chief. Racks full of Rods/reels, pb hunters..pb for near everything. Now I just rather plink and pest in my own backyard. Everything else does kinda seem like work. I think maybe I had to many hobbies in my life, and as I aged and phys.problems progressed, they have became work to even do.

 

[Dadwag]

I have always been a hunter since about ten years old but if I am being honest, I have kind of lost interest in it. I really just don't like to go anywhere anymore. I was getting ready to go yesterday, I had everything out and ready, even had put some things in the truck and I just didn't go. Later I started to question why I didn't go and my wife said at your age maybe it seems more like work and less like fun and I had to say yes, I guess so. She has never had any interest in eating the fish or game I got so there isn't much motivation to do it. I think I would rather just do some casual shooting in the backyard now days. Apparently, I am changing into the stranger I see in the mirror. I think about my grandfather, He always hunted, then one year he just stopped. I never asked him why.

I share your feelings brother. Things just aren't the same in so many ways.Im just so grateful we can do what we do. Stay well

 

[Grunt64]

I have always been a hunter since about ten years old but if I am being honest, I have kind of lost interest in it. I really just don't like to go anywhere anymore. I was getting ready to go yesterday, I had everything out and ready, even had put some things in the truck and I just didn't go. Later I started to question why I didn't go and my wife said at your age maybe it seems more like work and less like fun and I had to say yes, I guess so. She has never had any interest in eating the fish or game I got so there isn't much motivation to do it. I think I would rather just do some casual shooting in the backyard now days. Apparently, I am changing into the stranger I see in the mirror. I think about my grandfather, He always hunted, then one year he just stopped. I never asked him why.

Simplifying your outing can be quite efficient. Just inflate your gear, grab some ammunition, and you're ready to go. I'm adopting a similar approach. Since I'm far from civilization when I'm out, I make sure to bring everything. Forgetting something like slugs or a magazine would mean a wasted trip., but I'm stubborn as hell too. lol

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Define myself as a shooter ..hmmm.. let's see now ..

 

[Farmplinker2]

Plinker/pester, going to try and get some hunting in.

 

[Scottie]

Been hunting and plinking all my life first a DaisyBB gun, then .22 at age 12, powder burners by the 100's over the years and now onward to PCP. I now am also interested in the proverbial single hole.
Shooting the Challenger pro with 38.6 graine slugs at 100 yards, haven't found the single hole yet but the fun is the search.