I decided last winter to take this game a little more serious while I was waiting for my arm to heal after elbow surgery. We live in the country, so I abandoned the "square" range and thought I would try and learn something out in the "real" world. Every day that I could, I would drive a 2/3 scale steel IPSC target out into the field near our home and set it up. From our deck, I would range it using the mil-dot reticle in the scope, come up with a firing solution using a mil-dot master, and take a poke at it. I wanted to keep it as real as possible, so the only unrealistic thing was that I could "feel" the wind at the target area while setting up. I tried to go in different directions on different days so I wouldn't get used to shooting from the same position, the wind would always be different, I wouldn't "know" the range to target, etc... I kept detailed notes on weather conditions at the time of the shot, and pulled weather AFTER the shot to see how well I was calling the wind. I had a blast, and there were some "frustrating" days as well (can you say bad wind call). I did this both with my AR in .223 and my bolt .308. Nearly all the shooting was done between 250 and 600 yards. I'm curious to hear your ideas on how I can mix it up with some new stuff this year to keep improving.