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Gunplummer · July 17, 2015, 03:00 PM

You can do what you want, but I don't see range time and hunt time being the same. I never put on heavy clothes and a pack to shoot at the range. I do go to the range when there is snow and ice, but am not overly dressed. The range I go to is flat. It is not like I am standing on a side hill with my back, leg, or hip against a tree so I won't fall back when I shoot at that deer that is almost straight up from me. I don't run around the range parking lot for a couple minutes to simulate cresting the top of a side hill and spotting a deer on a flat. When you go to the range, you are shooting on a range. I have to wonder how many guys that sit in tree stands practice at the range with them?

July 17, 2015, 03:00 PM	#18
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	You can do what you want, but I don't see range time and hunt time being the same. I never put on heavy clothes and a pack to shoot at the range. I do go to the range when there is snow and ice, but am not overly dressed. The range I go to is flat. It is not like I am standing on a side hill with my back, leg, or hip against a tree so I won't fall back when I shoot at that deer that is almost straight up from me. I don't run around the range parking lot for a couple minutes to simulate cresting the top of a side hill and spotting a deer on a flat. When you go to the range, you are shooting on a range. I have to wonder how many guys that sit in tree stands practice at the range with them?