I started out with some pretty humble hunting rifles and tried to learn to shoot them, I progressed into more accurate rifles because my old guns were just not hitting varmints at the distances I wanted to shoot them. So with interest in pushing the limits of my equipment and skill I try to progress skill wise by competing in matches and fine tuning my equipment. I have learned a lot through competition shooting as well as field practice. Match shooting helps me shoot better under pressure which is a skill I also find useful in the hunting fields. If anyone thinks that shooting paper is a waste of time, its not. I have learned better trigger control and wind reading skills, and I still have alot to learn. Not to mention what makes accurate ammunition. I don't know why some hunters feel they are looked down upon by target shooters, many target shooters I met hunt themselves so I just don't understand it. Maybe they look down on people who don't practice and go out opening morning after sighting in the day before hoping to hit something. But practice is practice whether you are shooting varmints or paper, rocks or trees. I just enjoy different aspects of shooting, I am not caught up on 100 yard groups that gets boring, I try different distances using my rangefinder. And when that coyote presents himself I will have more confidence that I will make a killing shot and not a wounded animal.