Shooting sticks/tripod/bipod
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Shooting sticks will not make a bad shot better. Get out to the range and practice. There is no short cut.
When I take out youngsters or my nephews to the shooting range or farm there are no rests, bipods, or sticks. They learn prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing shots.
When I take out youngsters or my nephews to the shooting range or farm there are no rests, bipods, or sticks. They learn prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing shots.
This is nonsense... of course having a steady rest will make you a better shot, but it will not make you a better hunter... the immobility can be an issue at times, game doesn't always appear from the expected direction and there isn't always time to set-up on sticks... you still must be practiced at off-hand shooting.
Practice is great but unfortunately due to physical , mental or health problems not all of us can stand still . I cant . I waver , I absolutely cannot stand still and have balance problems . But even just touching the rifle to a tree and wrapping the sling / forearm helps a lot .
Fractures both feet and hands left knee hurts and swells randomly 24/7 8 rib fractures in the back 3 in the front , fracture left temporal lobe bone, impacted sacrilliac , 3 banged up discs in spine 2 in neck .
If you need help making accurate shots do what you gotta do to achieve your goals .
I use a shooting stick that collapses in on itself . Kinda like extend the antennae on a walkie talkie .light and easy to operate silently
Fractures both feet and hands left knee hurts and swells randomly 24/7 8 rib fractures in the back 3 in the front , fracture left temporal lobe bone, impacted sacrilliac , 3 banged up discs in spine 2 in neck .
If you need help making accurate shots do what you gotta do to achieve your goals .
I use a shooting stick that collapses in on itself . Kinda like extend the antennae on a walkie talkie .light and easy to operate silently
New Camper
CGN frequent flyer
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- Lurking in the woods near SFRC.
I took one of these moose hunting. I'd rather not carry anything, but when you have the possibility of 300 yard shots on open bogs and mountains it's nice to have: standing is often the only position available. Practice with them: I'd never make one successful standing shot at 300yards without a support because my high metabolism (and lofty height) makes it more difficult to steady... Even with practice, I've never been able to completely overcome that handicap. Even if I did, I'd still avail myself of a rest/furnish... pray and spray might be fun plinking, but in the serious work of taking game, no: quality over quantity.
Run your arm through, wrap around, tuck your wrist in and grip the forearm, brace your elbow stand quartering with feet shoulder width apart... give it a try, you will be surprised how much it steadies your offhand shooting.
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I use everything from willow branches tied together to a big heavy sturdy Primos Tripod. It all depends on where/how I'm hunting. From a blind, I use my heavy Primos tripod, for my guns that don't have a proper sling stud, I use a Cabela's adjustable bipod (normally attached to my pack with the cradle up so I can quickly take off my pack, sit, rest my rifle and shoot from the pack, I've actually shot a few deer that way) and for everything else, I have an adjustable Caldwell's bipod attached to my rifle. The Caldwell bipod (I forget the length), is for kneeling or sitting, if I'm shooting prone it's in the open prairie and the critter is far enough so I'm using my pack as a rest.
On the not so odd occasion that I forget to pack a bipod, or forget it in the truck..., I make one on the spot. In this case, I always cut branches longer than I need and adjust down to adequate length.
On the not so odd occasion that I forget to pack a bipod, or forget it in the truck..., I make one on the spot. In this case, I always cut branches longer than I need and adjust down to adequate length.
I picked up a Primos (I think) two legged shooting rest with collapsible legs some time ago. Great if you are sitting in one place, kinda sucky if you are moving around. Light, but rattly if left ready to use, and a bit fiddly to set up in a hurry.
My normal was to find a decent enough stick to use as a walking stick, and use that as a monopod. If there was a tree to use I would use that. I normally keep a Harris Bipod on the rifle I am carrying, but it usually just serves as an easy way to sit the rifle down anywhere I feel like sitting a while.
My normal was to find a decent enough stick to use as a walking stick, and use that as a monopod. If there was a tree to use I would use that. I normally keep a Harris Bipod on the rifle I am carrying, but it usually just serves as an easy way to sit the rifle down anywhere I feel like sitting a while.
john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
I love the bi-pod trigger sticks for open county other than that i am good off hand to 2-300 yards as long as I am not huffing and puffing
