Hunting Rifle Shoot
First Saturday of most every month in 2010
next shoot: 31-july!
31-Jul sat, sept shoot TBA , 2-Oct sat
8AM (7am in summer)
Phoenix Rod & Gun Club
The Charging Bear is ready!
it stands about 5'6" vitals are heart/spine/brain
it will take 3 participants to operate, one to pull the rope,
one to observe the shooter and put his foot out to stop the cart, and the shooter
we'll try it on 31-Jul.
| OK, so here's the BEAR scenario: You're coming back from a long day hunting or fishing. You're either carrying a rifle, empty chamber, slung over the shoulder, or a fishing pole, loaded bear revolver holstered. you've got your non-hunting companion with you and a highly skilled guide, attuned to all the sounds and noises of the woods, excellent eyesight and ability to spot and identify game of all species. as you walk along, the highly skilled guide hear's a noise behind you on the trail (this is actually triggered by feeling the rope he's holding go taught) he turns and sees what made the noise and shouts BEAR!!!!!! Being a highly skilled guide, he knows he can't outrun a bear, but he also knows he only needs to outrun either you or your non-hunting companion! He takes off running! (all the while pulling the rope, pulling the bear buggy charging to eat you great bear hunter!) While your non-hunting companion is paralized with fear, you must unshoulder your rifle, chamber a round and shoot the bear in the vitals with enough lead to top a real bear. Or, with your fishing pole in your hand or dropped to the ground (its a $3000 Orvis split bamboo with a Pate reel) draw your revolver (at this point, non-hunting companion is really your RO observing that you don't point the revolver or rifle in an unsafe direction, like at him). and shoot the bear in the vitals with enough lead to stop a real bear. Non hunting companion, aka RO, must put his foot out and stop the bear buggy before it crashes into the guy with the loaded gun! We'll do this on high power in front of the 100 yd impact or maybe in a practical bay. how much lead does it take to stop a paper bear? 200 grains of supersonic rifle 400 grains of supersonic pistol 600 grains of subsonic pistol we'll figure out a scoring system. Maybe +20 points for killing the bear, -100 points if you get eaten. |
June Shoot
5 stages:
all in the shade
Antelope at 300, including trophy identification
Elevated heart rate (run to the building and back, then shoot!)
random Deer & Bear at 200
Prairie Dogs at 100 yds
Snap Shooting Elk at 100 yds
5 shooters
| Shooter |
Caliber |
Score |
| Norm L |
.270 |
345 |
| Brian B |
.243 |
330 |
| Sean M |
.270 WSM |
290 |
| Bill P |
.270/.223/.30-06 |
240 |
| Roger R |
.270 |
190 |
May Shoot
4 stages:
200-300-400+ antelope hunt
Buck & Bear run - against the clock
randomly appearing animals at 200 yds
coyote walk
9 shooters
| Bill P |
+297 |
| Norm L |
+205 |
| Roger R |
+177 |
| Loren W |
+173 |
| Vince M |
+153 |
| Mark P |
+149 |
| Jeff R |
+139 |
| Ehsan L |
+36 |
| Joel W |
-3 |
but I did change around the scoring technique so the numbers come out more positive.
the coyote blind
and, the coyote
Shoot the bear, fast
Stalking Antelopes at 400+ yds
April Shoot
we ran 5 stages:
the usual 300-400+yd antelope hunt
a bear run, shoot the bear against the clock
a coupla stages that involved multiple shooters at different animals
and ever favorite coyote walk, with a Javelina thrown in for good measure.
8 shooters!
| Bill M |
+13 |
| Roger R |
+10 |
| Bill P |
-24 |
| Chris Q |
-35 |
| Mark P |
-40 |
| Bob M |
-51 |
| Sirious N |
-74 |
| Norm L |
-150 |
Walking the Coyote at the PRGC match
| Roger R | -40 |
| Bill P | -90 |
| Rob O | -170 |
| Bill M | -174 |
| Bob D | -187 |
5 stages,:
- 10 shots at antelope 200 & 300 yds
- random animals come and go, shoot the mule deer
- bear run 3 shots timed (too short a par time is what made all
those scores above negative)
- walking deer at 195 and 110 yds
- walking coyotes at 95 yds
2-Jan 2010
Well, that was fun, but a long day. Last time (oct-09) it seemed like four 5-shot stages was too little, so I increased the round count, I also imposed tighter time limits, but the day still took longer than last time.
We had 6 shooters, including 2 visiting relatives, experienced hunters from Colorado.
First stage, 3 shots each at 414, ~350 and 300 yds, slow fire any position at antelopes. The ~350 yd stage had a barricade emulating high grass so prone could not be used.
Second stage was various distances between 280 and 210 yards. Some were 2 shots in 30 seconds some 1 shot in 20 seconds, where the shooter had to move into position, set up and fire in the time limit. Targets were deer, antelope and bear.
Third stage was Coyotes. 10 shots at 100 yds, coyote’s “walking”, while sitting in a ground blind with the caller howling.
Fourth stage was a Know your Limits, up to 5 shots at 100 yds any position, at progressively smaller but higher scoring targets with all points lost if you fire a miss.
Fifth stage was a sudden elimination offhand shoot at 200 yd gong with progressively higher score per hit and elimination at the first miss. One shooter fired 5 shots, missing only the last.
The animal targets used a hit/miss/wound/decline scoring formula that heavily penalizes a wound. With miss or wound carrying negative points, NO SHOOTER HAD A POSITIVE SCORE!
Rifles ranged from .22-250, .270, 300 WM, .30-06 and one shooter used a .375 H&H for some stages and .17 HMR for others.
I’ll get the pics up in a bit.
Poole
- Bill 0
- Rob -95
- Gary -125
- Dave -145
- Ann -165
- Roger -170
10-October-09! First "Hunting Rifle Shoot" at PRGC
- Mark P, .223 - +120
- Bill P, .270 - +95
- Roger R. .270 - +95
- Bill M. .30-06 - +35
- Tom P. .308 - -10
Note all targets were game animals (bear, mule
& white
tail deer & doe, pronghorn antelope, coyote & javelina).
The kill zone was out lined in the target but wasn't visible to the
shooter
from distance.
There were 4 stages.
Stage 1 had you fire 3 shots from the 300 and 2 shots frm 414 yds on a
life
size antelope target.
All shots were from prone position with artificial support - if you
brought it.
Shot count : 5 rds.
Stage 2 was 1 shot each from 5 positions between 200-300 yds on a
specific
target.
These stations required a field expedient position and the use of
shooting aids
if you had them.
Shot count: 5 rds.
Stage 3 was a favorite for the fun factor:
A blind was set up with an electronic call . Five coyote targets were
placed on
the frames,along with the other species.(bear, antelope, deer).
Once the call commenced , the targets were raised and lowered at random
until
each Coyote was shot.
Shot count: 5 rds.
Stage 4.
Javelina targets were placed on the 100 yd berm.
we started at the 100 yd line and shot 1 rd (standing to kneeling or
sitting).
We then moved as a group to the 75 and shot 1 rd kneeling.
Up to the 50 for 1 rd standing and finally to the 25 for a double tap.
Shot count: 5 rds.
Total : 20 rds.
In the course of a morning the participant practiced possible field
positions
from 25 to 400+ yds on realistic targets and distances.
The match fee was reasonable, especially when you consider the cost
&
number of the life size targets.
Only needed to run 1 box of ammo and some guys ran reloads.
This was the first time for my 223 bolt gun past 200 yds and using a
dope sheet
calculated online, I was satisfied with the results.
Lessons learned:
Shooting sticks & tripods are not gay and should be carried &
used in
the field, along with bipods,packs,etc.
I used my pack for the 300+ shots but didn't have sticks or 'pod for
Stage 2.
If you think your brl might not clear the dirt when shooting prone on a
slanted
position, it probably won't.
A 1moa rifle is perfectly fine for hunting, especially shooting
Minute-of-Bear
vital zone.
The coyote call is the most annoying sound ever, more so than a
misplaced Bostonian
in the land-of-the-free.
Rushing a shot could result in a miss here but a wounded animal in the
field,
take the time you need.
For a first time effort, I think it went well.
Everyone looked like they enjoyed it and learned something about
themselves and
their equipment.
I hope to see more of these type of matches in the future.
until that day
Mark
A
fun morning of
precision shooting with hunting rifles and equipment from field
positions at
animal targets.
- Any
Hunting rifle(s) with hunting style scope – Make sure its zeroed for
your
hunting preference. Different rifles: Deer, elk, varmit, predator etc
for different stages if you like.
- Bring
at least 40 rds of ammo (hunting/plinking bullets)
- Hunting
equipment: bipods, sticks, backpack, binoculars etc (leave the shooting
mats, NRA style coats/gloves and match, service or tactical rifles at
home this trip).
- Dress
as you would for a hunt in this weather. (it will be warm and there is
very little shade).
- Multiple
stages, details announced on shoot-day, mostly various animal targets
may include shoot/don’t shoot scenarios. Reasonable hunting distances,
out to hundreds of yards.
- Hit/Miss/Wound
& shoot/no-shoot scoring, to judge your skills, but this is a fun
shooting not a championships, no awards.
- Carefully
aimed shots only. Participants will alternate shooting, scoring and
marking targets. Bring Ear & Eye protection and WATER! 7AM start,
6:30AM set up.
- Fee
$15, (discount for PRGC members), Limit 20 shooters, email Arizona@rifleshooting.org
to pre-register or for questions.
Now
to be a regular event at PRGC. Come out the first Saturday Jan thru Oct!
PRGC
is a member-run club with 7 ranges from 10 meters to 500 yards.
Take
915
W. Olney, Phoenix, 85041
http://www.phoenixrodandgun.org/
