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8 Awesomely Bad Shooting Tips

In an effort to rid the firearms world of damaging misconceptions and downright bad advice, we surveyed eight professional shooters and writers to get their best examples of shooting tips gone wrong. Learn them, know them and be sure to scold anyone who has the gall to offer up any of these awesomely bad instructions.

Using the Primos Trigger Stick Monopod

John Vaca of Vista Outdoor offers a few tips on using the Primos Trigger Stick Monopod in your treestand.

‘Straight-Shooting’ Advice

Iowa and other states are opening shotgun-only deer seasons to straight-walled cartridges like the .45-70 Gov’t., .444 Marlin and .450 Bushmaster. Here’s how to wring the most performance from their rainbow-like trajectories.

Top 5 Mistakes Most Riflemen Make

Here are the top five mistakes most riflemen make and how you can prevent them in the future.

5 Pre-Season Bowshooting Tips

As I show in the accompanying video, as the season approaches you need to shoot often to build strength and to make good shooting habits.

10 Bowshooting Tips

Relax, focus on the spot, float your aim—these shooting tips and the others below will put you well on your way to becoming an accurate, successful bow hunter.

What Makes a Good Shot?

What defines a good field shot, and what can we do to make sure our skills are on that level?

Shooting Uphill and Down

Learn how to hold for steep uphill and downhill shots.

Shotgunning 101

A beginner’s guide to successful wingshooting.

7 Keys to Hitting Running Game

Shooting at—and hitting—running game is a lost art in many American hunting circles, but not in Europe, where hunters across the continent swing on feral swine during game drives. Here’s how they do it.

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