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Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Shooting ability is determined mostly by two things, natural ability and practise. A good friend shot 1/2" groups at 100 yards the first day that I took him out, and he shot 20/25, at skeet the first day. He has killed two deer and a moose with me with three shots, shooting from 100-200 yards. A friends son has killed three deer with three shots with me, at 100-200 yards. His father wanted him to try a 400 yard shot at a whitetail, after killing two mule deer that morning, but I convinced them not to shoot, and spoil a perfect morning with a miss, or a wounding shot, because the young man had never shot past 200 yards. Both of those two don't shot a lot, but they have natural ability, and they listen and stay calm.
Other people that I know, shoot far more often, but they don't have as much natural ability, and they don't shoot quite as well. I know some that are terrible with rifle and shotgun, as they have no natural ability, and practise hasn't helped them much at all. If those people had to qualify at shooting to hunt, they wouldn't be
hunting.

This right here .100 percent.