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I almost always use some type of rest, a tree, a limb, a fence post, a day pack, or I use homemade shooting sticks.
P.S. I have used monopod and IMO they are about useless.
P.S. I have used monopod and IMO they are about useless.
Do you hunt with a rest?
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Bear, I went to that seminar and it was full of pot smoking hippies, so I took my gun and left.
In the past, i've used my backpack, held onto a tree and rested the gun on my forearm. This year I used a cheap pair of shooting sticks that break in the middle to shoot my deer and grabbed a tree to shoot my elk.
Now that I think of it, paying like $100 is ridiculous. I've seen some hunting shows with just 2 long sticks lashed together. I'm going to look around and try to make a better one that is a little longer that the ones I have. Thanks, Jeff
In the past, i've used my backpack, held onto a tree and rested the gun on my forearm. This year I used a cheap pair of shooting sticks that break in the middle to shoot my deer and grabbed a tree to shoot my elk.
Now that I think of it, paying like $100 is ridiculous. I've seen some hunting shows with just 2 long sticks lashed together. I'm going to look around and try to make a better one that is a little longer that the ones I have. Thanks, Jeff
Look at dowel stock at Home Depot, Lowe's, or your favorite local hardware store if there still are any.
Two dowels (3-4 feet long) and a strip of bike inner tube to tie them together work fine. A string near the bottom to limit travel is optional, but a friend of mine, who has hunted all over the place for many decades, tore mine off as soon as he saw it. Having a limiter like that makes it less flexible, since you never know how tall you will want it.
Two dowels (3-4 feet long) and a strip of bike inner tube to tie them together work fine. A string near the bottom to limit travel is optional, but a friend of mine, who has hunted all over the place for many decades, tore mine off as soon as he saw it. Having a limiter like that makes it less flexible, since you never know how tall you will want it.
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I like the one on Varmint Al's page. I'll make one like that.
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i use either twin sticks or a single stick
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bipod or gear bag. I shoot prone for just about everything!
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When I had my lease out in Pumpville, Texas, population 2 (I think ) I spot and stalked a back pasture. They had stands and feeders and such that most went for, but I liked that back pasture. It had draws and cliffs, was pretty rugged, about a section of land and I was usually the only one on it. There was game out the wazz back there in those draws. I'd set up over a draw with a lot of sign and use the shooting sticks. I shot a nice 8 point, one year off the sticks with my 7 mag at about 150 yards. Those sticks were rock solid, felt like shooting off a bench rest. I put the bullet right where I wanted it, quartering away shot, behind the right shoulder. He dropped in his tracks.
I am impressed with the shooting stix, but they're not tall enough for use while standing and not real fast to deploy. I bought a monopod for my walks with a rifle, but haven't had a chance to try it on game, yet. The stix are fantastic, though, for sitting shots in the field. I wish I'd had 'em when I was hunting the New Mexico mountains, something I might do again in a few years, though it'll probably be with black powder. I just used my pack out there for a fork horn mulie I shot at about 350 yards. If I get to go back again, I'll be after something with a little more antenna on his head. LOL Last day last chance of the season, i just wanted to KILL something.
) I spot and stalked a back pasture. They had stands and feeders and such that most went for, but I liked that back pasture. It had draws and cliffs, was pretty rugged, about a section of land and I was usually the only one on it. There was game out the wazz back there in those draws. I'd set up over a draw with a lot of sign and use the shooting sticks. I shot a nice 8 point, one year off the sticks with my 7 mag at about 150 yards. Those sticks were rock solid, felt like shooting off a bench rest. I put the bullet right where I wanted it, quartering away shot, behind the right shoulder. He dropped in his tracks. I am impressed with the shooting stix, but they're not tall enough for use while standing and not real fast to deploy. I bought a monopod for my walks with a rifle, but haven't had a chance to try it on game, yet. The stix are fantastic, though, for sitting shots in the field. I wish I'd had 'em when I was hunting the New Mexico mountains, something I might do again in a few years, though it'll probably be with black powder. I just used my pack out there for a fork horn mulie I shot at about 350 yards. If I get to go back again, I'll be after something with a little more antenna on his head. LOL Last day last chance of the season, i just wanted to KILL something.
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Mostly I am prone unsupported, kneeling unsupported, or leaning across an upright tree or haybale. I only take a standing unsupported shot if the animal is really close. I own a harris bipod for varmint hunting but do not want to carry it for big game. I tweaked my foot really bad this year so I bought a shooting stick primarily as a walking stick but will try as a rest on deer next year, er.. this year.. er.. whatever you know what I mean.
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