I was about to go to leakey on a audad and pig hunt sun mon and tues until this front hit with all of the rain. DARN!!! I hadnt had a chance to sight my 30-06 in since july and I didnt want to use my premium hunting bullets so I took a box of Federal Premium 150 gr and hit the range last night thinking I was going hunting.

Anyways this pic demonstrate my usual misses and I am wondering if one of you shooting gurus can diagnose my problem. I shot these back in summer sometime but they represent my typical miss. Out of a 3 shot group I will usually put 2 shots on target and 1 shot a little low and left. That is my typical miss.

I was hoping to go to Fireman JG before hunting season for some professional advice and training this year but when it rains every day for a month in houston and you are a fishing guide that means no work and no money and no play. But now I am stuck with Internet advice. Not as good but still helpful.

Just a few tips on what may cause this is what I am looking for??

yesterday at the range I would make that same miss but I didnt shoot well for some reason so I did it a lot. typically a little low and a little left. always

Thanks!!!!

My suggestion is you are not letting the barrel cool off between shots. In a sequence of 3 shots, the barrel puts 2 shots together but by the third shot the barrel expands enough with heat to touch the stock somewhere. Probably on the right side causing the third shot to go left.
Try letting the barrel cool 5 minutes between shots..open the action to let cold air thru the bore.

Is it always the third shot?

This could be a number of things. Hot barrel, not shooting during respiratory pause, slapping the trigger, no follow-through, or ammo. Are you positive you're barrel fore-arm remains free floated all the time? Meaning after the barrel gets warm, does the barrel still clear?

I don't understand shooting two kinds of ammo. The barrel will do better if it is cleaned and fouled with the same powder and the same bullet. Once you keep that "thing" that doesn't change, you've eliminated a variable. Right now, you're adding a variable by shooting two ammo types.

Unless the OP has established that his practice ammo prints where the hunting ammo shoots, there isn’t much point in checking the sights with practice ammo. Check sights with the actual hunting ammo.

Is the low left always the first shot? Could be your cold bore shot. Always the last shot? Might be barrel heat.

Could be a contact point on the barrel/stock. Could be a shooter error. Could be multiple powders/bullets without cleaning in between. Way too many variables honestly. As others have said, find a good ammo that shoots well, clean your gun, foul it with the ammo that shoots good, let it cool 100%, and then shoot a group and see what happens.

I use different ammo for different occasions. I was about to go on a fun hunt and I have 80 rounds of fed premium that I need to use or throw away. might as well use it on a fun hunt that is for audad and pigs. I dont care if they get up and run away so I needed to sight my gun in to 100 yards for that particular brand and bullet. when I go to my mulie hunt I will use ELDX and sight in at 200 yards but that is a different hunt requiring a different bullet.

I think that is being versatile. No reason to have just one bullet. That is boring and not practical in most occasions.

My cold bore shots are always dead on and I never ever wait 5 minutes between shots. I am too ancy and want to shoot.

On most occasions in happens on my last shot but not always. I m thinking it is my set up and mostly my improper trigger pull. The bench i sit at allows for a very poor grip and handle on the gun. I try to shoot between heart beats but some of those shots I felt good about and they were low. Typically you know when you messed up and made a bad shot. You can feel it. But some of these I just dont understand how I could be off by that far

Maybe a combination of not waiting long enough between shots

Thanks again guys for the input. Good advice is something to cherish.

If it's the last shot, heat is the first thing I am thinking.

What you describe about when a shot feels good, is "calling the shot". You know where the reticle was, when the shot fired. It is being honest with yourself, and honest if someone is spotting for you. Good or bad outcome, you can star where the reticle was when the shot fired, and it is for any distance.

what rifle are you shooting?

looks like minute of aoudad to me, go hunt.