Homemade shooting sticks

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Due to my growing interest in coyote hunting, i thought i would help myself out a little and try making some homemade shooting sticks as per Varmintals website. Hopefully this helps when i'm the field trying to make an accurate shot.
I also have plans on making a monopod to help in the snow as well.

These sticks didn't take overly long to make and i only had to grab a few supplies from the store but no big deal. I got a couple different sets on the go for different lengths and to probably give to a friend as well.

I plan on taking these to the range to try them out and see how they feel.

Oh btw, the spoon for a carrying clip is a classic!!! :D

Anybody else try making their own?? Post some pics and let see 'em!

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Use my Varmintal's all the time. Have a set in each vehicle. Camoed ones and even a set of wormy cherry ones. They are very steady and get you up over the growth as well as a dandy walking stick.
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Nice thing about homemade stix is if (when) I misplace them, I can always make up another set cheap. Sometimes I use a bipod and sometimes I pack along stix. I just came across a set of "Varmint Al" style I built under the back set of one of our pickups :rolleyes: Here's a set I made with some spare carbon arrows I had kickin' around...
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The set i posted above was made outta 3/4" by 38" long pine sticks (i'm 6'2" so that length works for me), but my next set will be made outta 5/8" oak or poplar.

There fairly light weight (i don't have a scale but there probably not more than a couple of pounds)
 
They weigh about the same as a walking cane and work quite well as such for climbing up slippery slopes or poking dead varmints. The store boughts by Stoney point are probably a good choice if you happen to sceeerd of power tools and would rather use a credit card than your ingenouity. That's up to the individual. I did notice last weekend on a shoot that my partner carried a set of Stoney Points in his pouch on his belt, camoed and all but I never saw him use them since every shot taken of sticks were with the white ash set I carried even though the nut was miss'n and the nails were bent.
If you make a set use a fairly tough wood like ash ,hickory etc. Pine is easy to break although light. They are very steady to shoot off of.
 
^^^^ I only used pine because it was what i had at the time and to experiment with. I definately recommend oak, poplar or any of the ones grnhawg mentioned. They feel much stronger. Oh and make sure to use 5/8" wood instead of the 3/4". They're a little smaller in the hand and easier to manouver.


Grnhawg..... I like the set of sticks you made there. How do you like using them in the snow?? I was wondering if they would be any good once you get in the deeper stuff and such and maybe a monopod of some sort would be better?
 
They work in the snow just fine. If anything the spike helps them dig in to icy footing. I made a set once with springloaded ball bearings so they would snap into place as a 6ft (or so) straight stick but I found the good old wing nut was less f'n around. Just nice to use something you made yourself and the set you have made should suite you just fine;)
 
My bipod is made of 3 pieces of 5/8" x 1/2" x 39" very strong Baltic birch plywood (cut from an old set of water skis). It extends to a very solid 69 inches(solid when you shove in one of two brass pins). I use a light strap of tanned moosehide as a sling to carry it . The strap also doubles as a very firm shooting platform when laced through the "X" in bi-pod mode or looped over the double end in mono-pod mode....time and conditions warranting ...
It weighs 1.6 pounds .
I've shot a few moose and a couple of deer using this system .
 
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the keepa, thats a neat set of sticks you got there! One question, is there a particular reason for the third leg? A little more stable maybe?
 
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