Hunting & Fishing Precision Long Range Hunting 1

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Western States Training Institute

Course Announcement
Justin Richins, of R&K Hunting Company has teamed up with Carl Taylor and Brian Cabuag to offer a truly unique experience with the same level of performance you have come to expect from R&K. The wide verity of terrain that is offered at our courses can not be matched at any other shooting facility. We have 1 million acres of terrain spread out over four states, UT, WY, MT and WA. We have all the angles covered! Dessert, high dessert, mountains, cross canyon and all points in between. This course will be the first in a series of long range shooting and other training events to come.

Precision Long Range Hunting 1

Western States Training Institute is proud to offer Precision Long Range Hunting One. This course provides each student the cutting edge skills in the use of scoped rifle weapon systems. In this course students will learn many proven techniques in marksmanship based on over 26 years of US Army Special Forces and USMC Scout Sniper, government contractor, competitive marksmanship and big game hunting experience. This course is challenging and will require attention to details during the training. The duration of this course will be two days The student will gain the knowledge and confidence to be an effective Precision Marksman in the field or in the competitive arena where only hits count.

This course will be held on June 16th - 17th 2012 at the R&K South Fork Lodge located near Coalville, UT approximately 1 hour from the Salt Lake, City airport.

The Course will cover
Observation Techniques - Study of the Data Book - Ballistics Effects of Weather - Reading the Wind - Qualification Courses Gear and Equipment - Field Skills - Known and Unknown Distance Shooting -Mildot, MOA and other Reticle Calibration - Low Light / engagements
Weapons Maintenance - Range Safety - Rifle Building - Range Estimation - Weapons Zeroing - Scope Theory - Marksmanship Shooter Observer Dialog - Alternate Shooting Positions

Gear List
Range Finder - Rifle with telescopic sight (i.e. quick adjustable elevation and windage knobs). Capable of engagements out to 1000 yards - 300 rounds match grade ammo - Three, 3' dowels - 6' length of green para cord (rope) - Gloves - Canteen / Camel back / 4 quart Min - Camera Tripod - Rifle Sling (Leather Match Sling is best) - Binos 7x50 or better - 20x spotting scope - Data book - Pen, pencil and eraser - Note book - A.L.I.C.E. Pack or equivalent equipment - Weapons cleaning equipment to include bore guide and cleaning rod - Lens pen or optical cleaning gear - Calculator

Meet the Instructors
Carl Taylor, has over 26 years as a United States Marine, Marine Scout Sniper, Scout Sniper Team Leader, and government contractor in various theaters of operation around the world. Carl, is still actively involved operationally and instructing Counter Terrorism tactics techniques and procedures for various government organizations. Carl, utilizes his unique background to teach all walks of life how to successfully locate, range and engage targets in any situation. Carl grew up in the outfitting business in the Blue Mountains of WA State and has never lost his luster for hunting big game. Carl also formed and is the founder of the USMC Scout Sniper Association.

Brian Cabuag, is a consummate professional; he has spent over 20 years in the Army Special Forces and 7 years as a contractor for various government agencies as an instructor and operationally. Brian, has spent 6 of his 20 years with Special Forces, on a Counter Terrorist (CT) Sniper Team as a sniper team leader and other numerous positions on the team. During his time on a sniper team, he has trained several foreign and domestic units in the techniques on long range shooting. Brian, has over 10 years as an instructor in the Counter Terrorist arena. Currently he is instructing CT operations in a maritime environment.

Justin Richins of R&K Hunting Company has been a successful professional big game guide and licensed outfitter for many years. He guided his first successful client at the early age of 13 in his home state of Utah. Since that time his passion for big game hunting has grown almost as fast as his love for long range precision shooting. He has many long range harvests under his belt and has successfully coached several clients on one shot kills at extended ranges from 500-1000+ yards. He has become one of the top guides in the outfitting industry for his knowledgeable skill-set in dial-in and setup for long range hunting weapon systems. Justin understands the many different aspects that can affect a bullet's flight path from the ground up. In 2007 he acquired his first machining lathe and built rifles for himself along with a 7 stall 1600 yard shooting range and recently, with the help of a good friend, added a new and improved advanced reloading & balistic collection center. This brings an additional 29 years of shooting and big game hunting experience to the Western States Training Instatute Team.

Brian and Carl of ISG www.intservgrp.com have joined Justin of R&K www.thehuntingcompany.com This unique blend of professional operators and hunting guide backgrounds offer an experience that is not found anywhere else in the tactical or hunting training industry. Truly, a one of a kind opportunity to be trained by those that have many years of successful military / tactical and hunting experience which in turn, translate into a comprehensive one of a kind opportunity to gain knowledge as a hunter, long range hunter, long range shooting competitor or tactical marksman. No matter whether you are a novice or expert shooter.

We Make your Best Better!

Lodging

Your stay with us will be a relaxing experience after a rewarding day of training. You will be able to interact with the instructor staff after the training day is over and learn more about techniques used by professionals, in the employment of long range shooting. The unique five star quality lodge and cabins, provide a unique experience that is not offered at any other training venue outside top level training sites that are visited by US Special Operation Units.

Email for more information [email protected]

 

[Tribe]

Re: Precision Long Range Hunting 1

I would highly recommend checking out anything Carl and his group are putting together....

Here's a write-up I did following a Wind Clinic I had the opportunity to attend in Kettle Falls WA:



COURSE NAME: Reading the Wind Clinic
DATE: June 24th – 26th 2011 0800 – TBD
LOCATION: Kettle Falls, WA
DURATION: 3 days


“BE BOLD.” - Carl Taylor

“The hurrier I go…. The behinder I get.” – Carl’s Mom


Carl Taylor is a former USMC Scout Sniper, and a current instructor of all things bad-ass, for the real-life action figures out there.

Kettle Falls is a beautiful piece of country, with rolling green hills, lakes and rivers. The property itself is a shooters paradise, with all sorts of varied and challenging terrain. A far cry from the typical dust bowls, and gravel pits, that most of us are accustomed to shooting. It’s easy to catch yourself just sitting, lost in the scenery… while you should probably be busy doing something much more productive…

The course….

For me, the fascination-obsession-impulsion-addiction… Whatever you want to call the thing, that lures you deeper into that Rabbit Hole, which we all refer to as, “Long Range Precision Field Shooting” (or some other, equally catchy phrase)… Is the almost mythical, juuuuuuuust beyond your reach, blend of Zen and Science. Voodoo with a protractor… so to speak.

We’ve come to learn the Voodoo. Carl’s the Witch Doctor.

To begin, we have a quick meet & great, and cover some safety rules. We spend some time discussing the use of data books, and suggested methods for recording data. What works, what doesn’t, what’s overkill, and what’s useful, etc… Along the way, Carl is always throwing in some tricks of the trade. Like a technique for milling targets, or other nuggets of wisdom, that only a guy with as much field time as he, is likely to ever pick up. It is clear that Carl has a PASSION for the long gun… his head is deep into that bullet’s flight… if you are “tracking”, you will pick up a ton of insight, any time he dives off into his own rabbit hole… just ask a question to get him going, and hold on for the ride.

Once introductions and a general overview of concepts are covered, we check zeros, and throw some rounds over a chrono, just to make sure everyone is squared away. It’s time to read some wind.

Carl splits the group up into teams of two. From here on out, you and your teammate are working together, in an observer/shooter relationship… each taking turns at both. It quickly becomes apparent, that the observer is going to be wearing the pants in this family, and with the pants, comes the accountability… and of course, as in real life… no small amount of pressure.

The concept is, that the spotter is on the scope, and he is going to make THE CALL. The shooter is going to shoot THAT wind call, regardless of his personal opinion on the matter, and we are all going to watch, and learn, from the results. Let me tell you, it takes wind calls to a whole new level, when someone else is counting on YOURS to be accurate.

That added pressure however, has a very beneficial component… it really enhances your focus, and you work very hard to gain understanding, as giving your partner that perfect call, and hearing that glorious sound of ringing steel, is extremely rewarding.

This is where the instruction really begins trickling in. In the process of DOING, we are learning visual keys, and honing our senses. We study topo-maps, to gain a feel for the terrain, and how the prevailing wind, will flow through areas of accelerated currents, swirling eddies, and everything in-between. We learn that there is ALWAYS wind. We learn to read the wind off of major terrain features, up and down the current, rather than just focusing on the area directly between the shooter and the target.

We learn to ALWAYS be busy as the observer, constantly scanning for sign in the vegetation, and the flow of the mirage, all up and down the path of the wind. We learn to compare the mirage we think we see, with the movement of the vegetation on the ground. We observe the difference between the “flutter” of lower branches, and the “sway” of upper branches, in comparison to the different affects of the thermals, versus the wind, and how ALL of this, may likely correlate, with the time of the day. We pop smoke… and we watch it ebb and flow, and drift and shift, throughout the valley, truly SEEING the wind that we are striving so hard to visualize.

All the while, and almost subconsciously, Carl is instructing us how to communicate. That we must ALWAYS communicate. That dialogue is key, and that the shooter, and the observer, must always be on the same page. We learn that the observer must always be calm and direct. That he must constantly be feeding the shooter a steady stream of information. That he must, remind the shooter of his “Fundamentals of Marksmanship”. That he must vigilantly work to keep the shooter “in his bubble”. That “Shooter Confidence” is the key to everything, and that without it, all else is for not.

Throughout the course, the terms “Fundamentals of Marksmanship” and “Shooter Confidence”, were repeated and stressed over and over, as if they were laws of nature, and as if, without which, nothing else would stand… I write this AAR almost a year later… these two phrases have swirled through my mind, every time I have shot… or thought about shooting… Since.

There is one final, over-riding theme that I have borrowed from Carl that weekend… “BE BOLD”. This theme was repeated more than any other. It was an undercurrent the entire three days of the course. It means to believe in your instincts… to “Trust Your Gut”. The words continue to ring in my ears, not just when trying to make a wind call… but always…

That wind clinic left me much to ponder. I am grateful for the glimpse….

Thanks Carl,

Chad McKnight
“Tribe”