Silhouettes
9 out of 10 times when I have spooked out a big mule deer buck, he has stopped to look back, and given me a shot, but I have never seen a whitetail buck do that. Whitetails are famous for following Festus’s advice to Marshall Dillon, and getting the hell out of Dodge! (That’s a Gunsmoke reference in case you didn’t know.) You should never shoot off hand, unless you absolutely have to, but when hunting elusive animals like elk and whitetails, it might be the only shot that you get. (That’s a Jacques Cousteau reference for those of us over 40.) Anybody can shoot off of a bench, but it takes a special skill set to learn how to shoot offhand. The hands down absolutely best way to get wickedly accurate shooting offhand is shooting silhouettes.
Silhouettes are usually shot with 22’s, but they also shot with black powder and high powered rifles as well. Also silhouettes are shot with pistols. The best part shooting 22’s is that the shells don’t cost $30 a box like 300 Win Mag shells do. I am a natural born plinker, there is not a pop can in my county that is not afraid of me. So I automatically took to silhouettes after I first tried it 15 years ago. This year at Montana’s Big Sky State Games I took a gold medal in open sights, and a bronze medal in scoped. I spent $50 on my open sight rifle, and a $1000 on my scoped rifle, go figure?
22 silhouettes have four different targets with various sizes and set at distances. Some ranges are in meters and some in yards. The range I shoot at is measured in yards. Each round consists of 2 sets of five targets for a total of 40 targets. You get one point for each animal silhouette knocked down, or of the rail. Most of the time when a target gets hit it will fall over, but sometimes they spin around, and they only count if they spin off of the rail. You only get one shot per target, so if you miss one target you must move onto the next target. Targets are always shot from left to right, and you have 2 ½ minutes per round. The highest score wins. Matches are handicapped from AAA to C, so if you are new to the sport you will compete with other shooters who have the same skill set. AAA is hitting 28 out of the 40 targets, when I get an AAA it’s like hitting par in golf, and I consider that a really good day.
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The smallest targets are the chickens which are 40 yards away, the pigs are 60 yards, the turkeys at 75 yards and the rams are at 100 yards. The turkey silhouettes are hardest to hit, because of their odd size. The trick is to zero your rifle at 75 yards, and aim dead center. Right now you may be wondering why the targets are farm animals instead of game animals. The reason why that is the sport started in Mexico, and back in the day they used real animals. I think that might be a little worse than shooting some semi tame lion in Africa.
Silhouette shooting will not only help you increase your accuracy shooting offhand, but is a blast as well. There is a great feeling of satisfaction when you see the target fall over. If you want to try it out, all you need is a 22 caliber rifle / pistol, a set of ear plugs and a box of shells. Log onto www.riflesilhouette.com for more information. If you live in the Billings, Montana area shoots are from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, the second Sunday of the month May through September at the Billings Rod & Gun Club.
Good Luck and Good shooting!