YONDER — PRESS BOILERPLATE
Contact: Alex Hesterly · alex@shootyonder.com · shootyonder.com/press
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ONE PARAGRAPH
Yonder (shootyonder.com) is a free, browser-based long-range shooting simulator that trains the actual skills of precision rifle shooting: measuring a target in milliradians through a realistic scope, computing its range, dialing elevation, and holding for wind. Under the hood is a modified point-mass ballistics engine validated against Hornady 4DOF Doppler-radar trajectory data across 32 of its 36 factory loads: three agree to within 0.02 mil from 300 to 1,100 yards, and 29 more to within 0.05 mil — the full validation data is public at shootyonder.com/validation. It includes a full Long Range Academy (40 lessons across nine units, ranging fundamentals through advanced wind reading), head-to-head pass-and-play matches on one device, and Cold Bore: one cold shot a day at the same seeded target and wind as every shooter on earth — fired on your own rifle. Free on the web; on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

PRESS RELEASE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)
Yonder Launches Free Long-Range Shooting Trainer With Doppler-Validated Ballistics, Now on the App Store

Hyrum, Utah — July 28, 2026 — Yonder Software LLC launched Yonder on July 24, a long-range shooting trainer that combines a research-grade ballistics engine with the actual skills of precision rifle shooting: measuring targets in milliradians through a realistic scope, computing range, dialing elevation, and holding for wind. Yonder is free in any web browser at https://shootyonder.com and is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad as a free download with an optional Pro tier.

Unlike arcade shooting games, Yonder's modified point-mass solver (modeling G7 drag, spin drift, Coriolis effect, and aerodynamic jump) has been checked against Hornady's 4DOF Doppler-radar trajectory data across 32 of its 36 factory loads: three agree to within 0.02 milliradians at every 100-yard step from 300 to 1,100 yards, and 29 more agree to within 0.05 milliradians. The validation methodology, including the loads that did not clear the bar, is published at https://shootyonder.com/validation.

Yonder includes a full Long Range Academy of 40 lessons across nine units, covering ranging fundamentals through advanced wind reading, timed competition-style stages, head-to-head pass-and-play matches on a single device, and Cold Bore, a daily challenge that puts every shooter worldwide on the same target, in the same wind, with one cold shot per day, fired on their own rifle.

"Ranging and wind errors are huge factors in missing or wounding animals at distance, and they are perishable skills almost nobody practices," said Alex Hesterly, Yonder's founder and developer. "Ammo is two dollars a round and elk season is short. Now the practice is free and it's in your pocket."

FOUNDER
Alex Hesterly is a long-range shooter and software developer in Utah, and the sole developer of Yonder.
Quote for attribution: "Ranging and wind errors are huge factors in missing or wounding animals at distance, and they are perishable skills almost nobody practices. Ammo is two dollars a round and elk season is short. Now the practice is free and it's in your pocket."

FACTS
Product: Yonder — long-range shooting simulator / trainer
Price: Free to play (web + App Store download) · Yonder Pro: $4.99/mo · $39.99/yr (7-day free trial) · $99.99 lifetime
Physics: modified point-mass solver — RK4 integration, G7 drag, spin drift, Coriolis/Eotvos, aerodynamic jump, BC truing
Load library: 36 factory loads — 32 Doppler-validated vs Hornady 4DOF (3 golden at <=0.02 mil, 29 silver at <=0.05 mil)
Developer: Yonder Software LLC (Utah)

SCREENSHOT CAPTIONS
yonder-firing-solution-833yd.png — A 42-inch pepper popper measured at 1.4 mil through a first-focal-plane reticle, resolved to 833 yards, with the solver returning a 7.3-mil elevation dial in an 8 mph four-o'clock wind.
yonder-hunt-elk-600yd.png — A bull elk in pine timber at 600 yards, seen at 8.6x in a 17 mph quartering wind.
yonder-academy-40-lessons.png — The Long Range Academy lesson tree: 40 lessons across nine units, from what magnification does through error budgets.

VIDEO CAPTIONS
core-loop.mp4 — The core loop: mil the elk, compute range, dial 3.8, send it (600 yd).
cold-bore.mp4 — Cold Bore daily: one cold shot on steel at 500, result card and streak.
wind-hold.mp4 — Wind hold: 15 mph crosswind at 750, a 1.6-mil hold into the wind.

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