Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?

[Charlie]

Sometimes there is no time.

Exactly! These are the situations I try to avoid if possible. I will and have taken a shot offhand but greatly prefer a rest if at all possible. I have used my pack before and it works well for me too.

[Intruder]

I use a Harris pivoting bipod.  I really like it although I don't like the weight and how it throws off the balance of my gun.  It is rock solid shooting prone, pretty decent w/ the legs extended just a lil shaky.

I've never been able to shot off a monopod very well. 

It'd be nice have something that is solid from prone to standing.

[Antlershed]

That's the only time I don't like having the bipod on, is if I have to take an off-hand shot. The gun is so off balance it is hard to hold steady.

[dbllunger]

Harris Bipods....use them all the time...and every chance I can. 

[bowhunterforever]

Harris bipods!

[whacker1]

I only use the Harris Bi-Pod in very open country.

I don't like the extra weight at the front end of the barrel.  I typically look for something - stump, rock, etc.  I have been practicing using my pack more often.  The frame works good for a kneeling shot as well as prone. 

The road hunting answers.... Truck window & hood

[Pathfinder101]

Hunting the southeast corner of the state, with our wheat/CRP/bean fields, sparse trees, long shots etc... one of the first modifications I made when I moved here was to add a Harris Bipod to my rifle.  I found though that the short legs of the model I chose didn't get me up above the CRP grasses (usually about knee-high) here.  I borrowed a buddie's rifle that had a Versa-pod on it and found it was perfect.  Long, extending legs so I could shoot from the seated position, swivels nicely, and the bipod can be removed from it's base on the rifle with one button.  When I bought my new Remington that year, I outfitted it with a Versa-pod.  THat was 2004.  I have shot 5 deer with it, every one of them off my bipod, including a running shot (trotting actually) at 235 yards.  Last year was the first time I have missed a shot, and it was because the grass was too high and I tried to shoot without the bipod.  Deer was running past me, and in retropect, I should not have tried the shot (especially off-hand).
I am considering buying a pair of shooting sticks though, for times when the grass is too high for my bipod.

[KillBilly]

A well adjusted sling does the trick for me. Learned to use a sling very effectively while in the Corps. It is way lighter than a bipod and it is always with me.

[Pathfinder101]

I learned the sling trick from a buddy of mine that was in the Corps.  It is effective, and I use it when I do military qualification ranges (the Army is now required to shoot offhand from the kneeling position-new for us), but I still have trouble hitting the 300 meter target every time.  For hunting though, I think the bipod is worth the extra weight.   

[KillBilly]

I have NEVER been a place where I had the luxury of laying down on a ground sheet and scope and spot animals. That is the only condition that I find a bipod usable. Now shooting stix are more adaptable to taking a quick kneeling rest. Tall stix are hard to get set in a hurry and are still a little unstable just because of length. I still have to believe that a sling gets you into action sooner and with less noise and movement. Just

[ICEMAN]

Ive deployed my harris bipod for my bear and one deer so far...worked great.

[Pathfinder101]

Killbilly,
I know what you mean.  Growing up in NE WA, and hunting thick timber I never bothered with a bipod.  Out here in wheat field country though it is a different story.  Of the last 6 deer I shot out here, 4 of them were spotted at over a half mile away and I either had to run to cut them off, or stalk them bedded. 
None of them were shot from the prone position.  The grass and brush (even wheat stubble) is too high.  My Versapod has long, fold out legs.  Now, when I spot an animal, I immediately flip out the bipod and drop into a seated shooting position.  It lowers my profile and I am ready for a shot if need be.

[mossback91]

never used any such thing as a bipod or others......tken two animals at prone and the rest off hand

[huntnfmly]

I just p/u a tripod from sportsmans that is very solid it adjusts from30-70inches and is made by mossback.Cant waet to try it out

[firecrotch]

i use a harris bipod when im hunting our snake river ranch. most of the time there really isnt anything to get a good rest on. when im hunting the mountains i dont bring any sort of rest just because there is usualy a stump a rock or a side of a tree to firmly rest the gun. plus i dont like having the extra weight or something extra to lug around walkin the steep terrain.