anybody just head out walking and just use a bi pod?
anybody?
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Is a mono pod worth the cost? are they quick to adjust. I've heard of miliary usage but not heard about big game hunters or varmint hunters using them? Which would you suggest?
Nodak7mm
Team Lefse
Heck yeah.
To be the complete pd shooter, you need bench rigs and walk-n-stalk rigs.
My walk-n-stalk rig is a std 223 sporter with a harris bipod and my day pack. Can really put on the miles, have lunch, take a nap, read a book and shoot plenty of doggies.. See some great stuff and a great time to be had.. Gotta try it.. Not all pd towns are pull up a bench and let them throw themselves at you to shoot. More often than not the best shooting is the walk-n-stalk... for me this works.
Rod
To be the complete pd shooter, you need bench rigs and walk-n-stalk rigs.
My walk-n-stalk rig is a std 223 sporter with a harris bipod and my day pack. Can really put on the miles, have lunch, take a nap, read a book and shoot plenty of doggies.. See some great stuff and a great time to be had.. Gotta try it.. Not all pd towns are pull up a bench and let them throw themselves at you to shoot. More often than not the best shooting is the walk-n-stalk... for me this works.
Rod
M12 toby, I use an adjustable Shooting/Walking stick with a Vee attachment on top from Cabelas. It does not adjust quickly so I set it for standing height and if the ground level doesn't conform I lean it out or in to find the correct height. Not really good for the long shots so for them I use a Harris bipod attached and drop to prone. This works for me in the East for Chucks. Hope this helps.
CaptainMal
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During my prairie dog hunts I flat out hate lying or sitting on the ground.
First there are nasty things growing on that ground that tend to prick, poke and stab you. None of that is high on my list.
Then there are critters around that don't like me. I wear snake boots for a reason. That's one reason I don't crawl around on the ground. The only snake protection I know of for the whole body comes from a coffin.
During groundhog hunts you still can get pricked and poked from growing things. Snakes are not normally an issue but poison ivy, poison oak and biting ants are.
Carry a folding chair on a strap. Then use a longer bipod so you shoot from a sitting position. It might be steady enough for say 300 yard shots. I have a Jim Peightal shooting stool that folds up where you can unfold, sit and shoot from it. It's good for maybe 400 yards being reasonable steady and carries easily.
The only way to be real steady is from a portable bench and many of them are also shakey. There is no easy solution but there's fun trying to find it.
Good shooting to you.
First there are nasty things growing on that ground that tend to prick, poke and stab you. None of that is high on my list.
Then there are critters around that don't like me. I wear snake boots for a reason. That's one reason I don't crawl around on the ground. The only snake protection I know of for the whole body comes from a coffin.
During groundhog hunts you still can get pricked and poked from growing things. Snakes are not normally an issue but poison ivy, poison oak and biting ants are.
Carry a folding chair on a strap. Then use a longer bipod so you shoot from a sitting position. It might be steady enough for say 300 yard shots. I have a Jim Peightal shooting stool that folds up where you can unfold, sit and shoot from it. It's good for maybe 400 yards being reasonable steady and carries easily.
The only way to be real steady is from a portable bench and many of them are also shakey. There is no easy solution but there's fun trying to find it.
Good shooting to you.
God I'd love to have a whole day to myself to just sit and read and shoot and chill out. I'm so envious. I work 5 11 hour shifts from 3pm to 2am and got a 2 and a half year old. wife works both days I'm off. 
Us old folks can relate as we were in the same boat some years ago. When the kids get older, things will be different and they can go with you and the level of enjoyment goes to another level. Be patient my friend.model 12 toby said:God I'd love to have a whole day to myself to just sit and read and shoot and chill out. I'm so envious. I work 5 11 hour shifts from 3pm to 2am and got a 2 and a half year old. wife works both days I'm off.
boy I can't wait. I've been getting up every tuesday morning at 530am and going out shooting targets or groundhogs for bout 6 times in a row then coming home sleeping for 2 or 3 and going to work. I got to shoot 770 yards yesterday so that was cool.
Nodak7mm
Team Lefse
TheSnake said:Us old folks can relate as we were in the same boat some years ago. When the kids get older, things will be different and they can go with you and the level of enjoyment goes to another level. Be patient my friend.model 12 toby said:God I'd love to have a whole day to myself to just sit and read and shoot and chill out. I'm so envious. I work 5 11 hour shifts from 3pm to 2am and got a 2 and a half year old. wife works both days I'm off.
M12 Toby..... Trust the Snake, those are words of experience... My kids are now 18 & 20.. Its just called paying your dues and taking care of the family... You get outta something, what you put into it.... Invest your time in your future shooting buddies.... In 15 short yrs, you'll be by yourself again... wondering what their doing, missing them and wishing they could hit the range with you....
Rod
I heard it. she's starting pre school two days a week in aug and i'm already sad about it.
I've tried just about every kind of field shooting aid except a table which does not lend itself to my style of varmint hunting.
I finally decided on shooting sticks, the cross stick design. After trying commerical ones I built my own since the commerical sticks did not meet my needs - either too much flex - too cumbersome to adjust quickly for stalking - or not high enough - the last complaint due to the fact that I shoot while sitting on a lightweight easily portable sportmans chair.
I ordered two pieces of 1/2" diameter, 4 foot solid aluminum rod then cut to 44" each. Placed 12 inches of 1/2" diameter heater hose over one end of each rod and secured the sticks together with three wraps of 1" industrial grade velco placed 5 inches from the end. The entire cost was about $20.00, all materials acquired at a local hardware store. I used a grinder prepare a point one end of each rod ( the portion that contacts the ground) which provides a very secure contact with the ground.
These sticks are very stable, do not flex under the weight of the rifle or under recoil. I can adjust the height within seconds by changing the spacing the sticks wider or closer together or, if needed, moving the velcro ring up or down for more adjustment. They are light weight and easily carried in the field. The height of mine are designed to shoot with me sitting on a chair so I can rest my elbow on my knees, place one hand on the sticks at the "V" and the other hand holding the rifle. This provides and extremely steady rest.
However this system is NOT more stable than a bipod shooting from the prone position but I gave up on the bipod system for three reasons, 1 - I was giving up too many shots since my field of view with the bipod - prone was too limited, 2 - I was picking up too many ticks laying prone in the field plus the posion ivy limited where I could shoot in the prone, 3 - because I some joints problems and getting in the prone position was becoming more and more difficult for me. However if even reasons and 2 and 3 were not and issue, reason 1 was enough to make me change. The major of access points and terrian were I hunt just does not lend itself to a lot of prone bipod shots.
I've using my system for about eight years now and it works very well for me. However it does require some practice to become proficient with the sticks.
I finally decided on shooting sticks, the cross stick design. After trying commerical ones I built my own since the commerical sticks did not meet my needs - either too much flex - too cumbersome to adjust quickly for stalking - or not high enough - the last complaint due to the fact that I shoot while sitting on a lightweight easily portable sportmans chair.
I ordered two pieces of 1/2" diameter, 4 foot solid aluminum rod then cut to 44" each. Placed 12 inches of 1/2" diameter heater hose over one end of each rod and secured the sticks together with three wraps of 1" industrial grade velco placed 5 inches from the end. The entire cost was about $20.00, all materials acquired at a local hardware store. I used a grinder prepare a point one end of each rod ( the portion that contacts the ground) which provides a very secure contact with the ground.
These sticks are very stable, do not flex under the weight of the rifle or under recoil. I can adjust the height within seconds by changing the spacing the sticks wider or closer together or, if needed, moving the velcro ring up or down for more adjustment. They are light weight and easily carried in the field. The height of mine are designed to shoot with me sitting on a chair so I can rest my elbow on my knees, place one hand on the sticks at the "V" and the other hand holding the rifle. This provides and extremely steady rest.
However this system is NOT more stable than a bipod shooting from the prone position but I gave up on the bipod system for three reasons, 1 - I was giving up too many shots since my field of view with the bipod - prone was too limited, 2 - I was picking up too many ticks laying prone in the field plus the posion ivy limited where I could shoot in the prone, 3 - because I some joints problems and getting in the prone position was becoming more and more difficult for me. However if even reasons and 2 and 3 were not and issue, reason 1 was enough to make me change. The major of access points and terrian were I hunt just does not lend itself to a lot of prone bipod shots.
I've using my system for about eight years now and it works very well for me. However it does require some practice to become proficient with the sticks.
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