Bipods, Shooting Sticks or Nothing for Coyotes

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Ok CGN"ers whats your preference and why?
What do you use for coyotes and at what distances?
I've got a 22-250 coming this week and I'm looking for advice on what to use for coyotes over 100yrds. I'm looking for something that's versatile. I mean in the bush, sitting on a hay bail, etc.
Whats the best option and why.

Annnnnnnnnnnd GO!
 
I like shooting sticks made from two pieces of dowel. Inexpensive and work very well. I find bipods heavy, clumsy, awkward when following moving targets, and difficult to set up in a hurry. My hunting partner swears by a bipod attached to the sling stud, so my preferences are just that - my preferences. My advice is to try the cheapest one first (the home made sticks) and see what you think. If you don't like them, try a bipod.
 
It depends. For sheer versatility, speed and range of fire,you can't beat a Ching sling. If you prone call in snow, then anything other than a bipod involves laying your gun in the snow. Stubble is almost always just a bit too high for a low bipod and a tall one is clumsy at its lowest setting. Sitting with a tall bipod is OK where you can do it, but its hard to shift positions very much without dragging that big PIA around through everything that wants to snag it. Sticks work well for sitting, and are easy to abandon when they don't suit the moment but aren't quite as steady as the bipod.

You might end using a combination of all of them; and never forget that a solid skill base in the classic positions will get you farther in the game field than all the crutches in the world.
 
I use stix when I can... but mostly shoot seated and off my knee. Most aids are not very versatile for shifting and changing body position in order to follow the movements of the game when preparing for the shot.
 
I always have been a Pivot bipod guy and I seen yet again as to why just last week. I was guiding a lady to her first coyote hunt as she wanted to hunt them more then turkeys. The day before we were in a field and seen 3 different coyotes and 2 of them came running at us after I howled and distressed on a turkey mouth call but stopped just out of shotgun and #6 shot range. The next day we grabbed the rifle and out to the same field and setup just after light here comes one down the field and she was sitting looking away with the rifle up on shooting stixs and when I seen the yote that was moving , told her to turn and kill it. She turns and the coyote knew something was up but she fiddled around with the gun long enough that the coyote made it to the woods and gone without a shot.

Damn shooting stix The bipod is attached to the gun lift and move the firearm and with a pivot head it will level for the shot much faster.

My opinion and I have more then enough experience calling and killing coyotes that I will never use shooting stixs unless it is for deer hunting...
 
I use nothing.... just a sling... that being said, most of my coyotes have been shot at less than 200, 100 being about the norm... I tend to use branches, downed logs etc more than anything...
 
Adrian J Hare said:
Damn shooting stix The bipod is attached to the gun lift and move the firearm and with a pivot head it will level for the shot much faster.
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With sticks... if you have to rotate your body, you leave the sticks behind... with an attached bipod, if you have turn your body 90-180 degrees, you have to swing the bipod all the way around and in most situations you are contacting and hanging up in brush or grass... I don't want to be wrestling with the front end of my rifle when preparing for a shot... there are situations where bipods work very well... on a truck hood or a shooting table for gophers... but in the places that I hunt, they hurt more than help. If bare fields are the scenario, then they should function pretty well... but then so should sticks with a little practice. JMO.
 
For winter time I mostly use my backpack for a rest, but if I have to sit I always a my shooting sticks with me. Dont use em that much though.

Summertime or when most of the ground is exposed I use a bi pod
 
I use an adjustable monopod(stick).I always sit with my back against a tree,fencepost etc.I tried a bipod and it was way too much trouble to move around.
gj
 
Dowels??? Geez, you made of money? snicker. Two saplings can be had for free and cut to custom length. Mind you, ya gotta lug 'em around.
Bipods can get heavy too. Took the Harris I have off my .243 for that reason. Never had any trouble finding a field expedient rest. Like that bale of hay under your butt.
 
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