Shooting sticks; who uses em, who hates em, who loves em?

[Curly]

I use a Bog Pod which has three legs. I can shoot better offhand than I can with a free standing monopod or freestanding bipod.

Bog Pod is nice.  I borrowed my dad's bog pod for a shot at an antelope this year in Wyoming with winds probably close to 30 mph.  It worked great.  If I were in the market for shooting sticks the Bog Pod is the one I would go with.

[dscubame]

I carry shooting sticks 90 percent of the time with deer.  I just have a cheap Cabelas brand that works well and are light.  They are full extended as I am hunting and although no one else I generally associate with use them I find them extremely useful.  Although I have been using them well over a decade most recently for 2015 and 2014 deer under a hundred yards and even at that short distance I still found them very pleasant to use.  Countless times I will rest the rifle on the sticks while I use the scope to glass the critters.  I started doing this when I realized I was missing some opportunities going to binos then to scope.  Although I do not use them for elk as they tend to get in the way since I am on the move so much more covering ground.  The deer however since movement is so slow and methodical I have come to really enjoy the sticks and don't find them getting in the way whatsoever.

[JohnVH]

trigger sticks

[Gringo31]

Another good alternative if you aren't carrying sticks is to use your trekking poles and cross them and rest off of that. I've used sticks in the past and loved them but most of the hunting I do now I like trekking poles for the terrain.

 

[Humptulips]

I carry shooting sticks 90 percent of the time with deer.  I just have a cheap Cabelas brand that works well and are light.  They are full extended as I am hunting and although no one else I generally associate with use them I find them extremely useful.  Although I have been using them well over a decade most recently for 2015 and 2014 deer under a hundred yards and even at that short distance I still found them very pleasant to use.  Countless times I will rest the rifle on the sticks while I use the scope to glass the critters.  I started doing this when I realized I was missing some opportunities going to binos then to scope.  Although I do not use them for elk as they tend to get in the way since I am on the move so much more covering ground.  The deer however since movement is so slow and methodical I have come to really enjoy the sticks and don't find them getting in the way whatsoever.

I could have wrote that. Sounds exactly like me. I only hunt on the west side and used to use a stump for a rest when deer hunting. You seen the height of stumps now a days?

[JDHasty]

I really like the attached bi-pod vs shooting sticks.  It is quick to drop to a knee and they also work sitting and prone depending on the angle.

I use a Harris S Bipod and have both long and short ones.  I have used them so much shooting at prairie dogs and rock chucks that going from spotting game to getting a steady shot off at big game or predators is almost as seamless as taking the safety off on my firearm before taking a shot.

Every once in a while the terrain makes it a little frustrating getting set to pull the trigger, but not too often. 

 

[Sakko300wsm]

For sticks - I carry a set of Hammers in my pack. Nice light weight and fold up- but honestly I have never used them. I have some Harris bi pods as well , but not really a fan, heavy , bulky and noisy

[fisheral87]

Just bought a rubber attachment that will allow me to use you trekking poles as shooting sticks. I can't see adding the weight of that BOG+Trekking poles working for me.

I passed on one shot where I could have used them.

Al

[Old Man Yager]

I use the Stoney point sticks. They are pretty easy to carry, folded up, and you just flick them to open them up. Defiantly a help for me. This is my 2nd set, I lost the 1st set I had somewhere down in a *censored*hole in Vail a couple years ago!!

[kentrek]

Also use stoney point....I think there a very important price of gear

[92xj]

@syoungs
I have a bog pod that is not being used this month that you are more than welcome to borrow on your hunt, saving you from dropping 100 bucks on one. If you want to borrow it, come swing by the house. Give me an hour heads up to make sure I'm there.