Shooting sticks

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I usually use a piece of wood I find in the bush when I get to hunting camp as a shooting stick but I saw this fancy Primos shooting stick with trigger release and it looks kinda cool but something tells me its just another gimmicky piece of crap that will end up in my garden as a tomato stick.Anybody use it for any length of time?
 
I made a u shaped top for my Lee Valley walking stick. It's leather lined and cradles my rifle stock perfectly. Just needs a 1/4x20 insert to attach to the stick. The stick helps with my bad knee.
 
FLHTCUI said:
I use Varmint Al's shootin sticks...
Just couldnt find them for yesterdays hunt.
Turns out I didnt need them as the chickens where plentiful and the deer scarce.
Rob
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Plus one on the varmint Al sticks. Have 2 sets, one longer set of white and regular sized green ones. Stay behind the seat of the pickup so I know where they are.
 
I was going to make the Bifurpods a few years ago but got an Allen one for less than $20. Only issue is the telescoping grips are starting to slip a little now. Need to rough up the pads or pole a bit. (I know, that's what she said...)
 
I carried a set moose hunting for a few years but eventually abandoned them as I never used them. It seemed there was always something to rest on including on one occasion the rung of a ladder to an old rotten no-longer-safe tree stand which was my longest ever shot and a single shot kill at 245 yds (range finder measured). Another one I recall at about 25 yrds didn't require a rest. :)
 
I looked at the Primos stick a few years ago but when it said not to use it for actual walking, only as a firearm support I wasn't impressed. Now granted it is advertised as a shooting stick and not a walking stick but seemed too expensive and bulky for that purpose.
 
On my 3rd set of Primos sticks......I like them but seem to break a set every 3 years or so in -20 C or so.........Harold
 
I got those shooting sticks from primos for the girlfriend to her to practice. Never had time to pull them out while hunting. She shot her bear off hand.

They are fun for gopher shooting.
 
I wonder how reliable the trigger release is.I usually don't trust things made of plastic.I like how on the double or triple leg models it will level itself and unlike other makes you don't have to fumble with clips or turning to adjust height,I just wonder in a real world scenario how useful it is.
 
I bought some shooting sticks off of ebay. They are like those tent poles with the small bungee cord in it. I dont use them that often but they fold up nice so I can transport em around easy enough. Put some white hockey tape on them for camo in the snow and also I found that the hockey tape held my rifle better from slippin around some.
 
regulate34 said:
They are fun for gopher shooting.
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This, in my opinion, is a shooting stick's best use! Sitting in the gopher patch, picking which eye to line up on!

I have the Trigger Stick tripod and it's great for sitting, or walking around in fields looking for those pesky little rodents. Only got to use it once this summer but it worked well for the 100+ yard shots.

As to big game hunting, I haven't tried the sticks yet, and probably won't. I don't want to have to carry anything extra, and while the sticks don't weigh much they are just one more thing you're hoofing all over the place. Unless I know for a fact the majority of my time will be spent posted on a treeline or edge of a field, I'll be leaving the sticks at home.
 
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I use a light weight, shock-corded collapsible Fiberglass shooting stick... it is only 10" long and carries in a belt pouch... it flips together in a second. I rarely use it for anything other than on varmint/coyote stands.
 
Three pieces of bamboo or dowel and a rubber innertube, same as I use in South Africa, simple but effective. I have used the Primos one and it works, not to sure of its longevity after some use as it was borrowed for a shot, but it does work ok.
 
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