You're my hero, NE450No2!

You are, however, a little confused. Nobody here, least of all me, has ever suggested one should practice for hunting by shooting from a bench. Quite the contrary, in fact! Might I suggest you re-read your initial post. Your rather zealous point was to do with "developing loads", and further, to "test or zero (your) long range rifles".

Each to his own, of course, but I think every (other!) member here would be compelled to agree that testing for accuracy, or accuracy potential, is best done over a bench. To argue that this is not the case is, indeed, quite bizarre!

As to "Get close, shoot off hand..", yes we all do, in the hunting field, most often! But rather than use "the Force", I prefer to use "the Sights"!!