Helicopter Hog Hunting Tips

1. Get your ass outside

The interior of a helicopter, particularly the smaller sized ones, is incredibly confined. There's hardly adequate space for you and your weapon, not to mention sufficient area to steer your rifle and leave a great shot. If you wish to have your sights on the target for more than a flash, you're going to have to leave the convenience of your seat and make your method as far out of the helicopter as you're comfy leaning.

When I made my runs in the helicopter in this certain design of Robinson, I discovered that the most comfy position was in fact to have one foot on the skid and less than a complete cheek on the seat. Naturally you'll wish to utilize the safety belt to keep you from toppling to your death. Being mainly outdoors provided me an exceptional view of the ground and gave me to swing the rifle virtually to the point where it was intending directly ahead as we flew.

2. Do not Lead-- Follow

Physics is remarkable, however often the useful application can make your head hurt.

The idea is that it will certainly take a split 2nd for the bullet to reach the target, so you desire to intend in such a method that the target will certainly run into the bullet's course simply as the bullet shows up. It's one of the harder things to discover to do in shooting, however when you have more than one round at your disposal the capability to "bracket" a target (shooting one round behind where you believe the appropriate lead needs to be, one round at the appropriate lead, and one round ahead) nearly ensures a hit.

The problem with flashing of a helicopter is that in many cases you are moving faster than your target, particularly if you're contending a fixed target. Instead of requiring to intend such that your target runs into your bullet, you require to intend such that your bullet runs into your target. Simply puts, you have to go for an area on the near side of your target instead of the far side.

For me, when I was making my work on some fixed steel targets, I discovered that when we were flying delegated ideal throughout the set I had to intend about a foot to the left of the steel plate to strike it. It took some practice to do, however ultimately I was singing steel like a champ.

3. Be Polite: Brass Catchers and Silencers

You do not have to fret too much about where your invested brass is landing or about frustrating the motorist when you're shooting on the ground or from an automobile. When you're thirty feet in the air and speeding along at thirty miles an hour, one roaming piece of brass under the rudder pedals or an unanticipated muzzle blast in the pilot's face can suggest the distinction in between "that was remarkable" and "oh the mankind.".

Brass catchers are easily offered and inexpensive, and will certainly keep your invested brass from discovering their method into the mechanical parts of the complex flying device where you are sitting. According to the individuals at Helicopter Tours of Texas, the very best brass catchers for this function are the kind that install to the flat top rail of an AR-15, such as this one from Brownells.

Silencers not just enable you to interact with the other individuals in the helicopter, however they keep the muzzle and the sound blast from your weapon from irritating the pilot. Flying at treetop level takes some ability and concentration, and a face filled with exhaust gasses from your weapon or perhaps simply the report may be enough to break their concentration and return you to the ground a little faster than expected. Do not take the possibility-- muzzle your muzzle.