How many people use shooting sticks?

[Gobble]

I bought my first ones last year and won't be caught without them. Me and my son both took our deer last year from them. I can't beleive what a difference they make. I also recommend getting the larger dia. for better stability. Mine fold down nicely, I think mine are stoney point or something like that.

Tell me if you use them.

[DOUBLELUNG]

RELIGIOUSLY.

[BlackTail]

Always have them with me.  I love those things!!

[smdave]

Purchased one last year and would not hunt with out it, I have bad knees and just being able to have it like a walking stick was a bonus.
Dave

[zackmioli]

ive been looking at getting some this year. what brand should i get and all that? the ones ive seen on cables' website all have terrible reviews and i wanna get something ill actually enjoy using and carrying around. haha.

[Gobble]

The stoney point ones are great. I went with the bigger dia tube and they work excellent little to no movement  Just my

[GoldTip]

I would look forward to having some info on them as well, am looking more at the taller model to use both as a walking staff and shooting stick.

[tlbradford]

I use the predator snyper styx for coyote hunting.  They are for a sitting position.  Never used them for anything else.

[DeKuma]

They are great if you do not forget to put them back on your belt when you are using them as a rest while sitting watching the valley, then realize they are not there when you get back to camp and you do not mark the spot on your GPS where you were sitting and cannot seem to find the exact spot again......... They are either still there, or someone has a brand new set only used once and left out in the middle of nowhere.

[jdb]

My dad killed his biggest buck to date useing a stoney point mono pod last fall my eldest son has also used both a mono pod and a set of homemade sticks to kill a number of deer. JB

[Gobble]

They are great if you do not forget to put them back on your belt when you are using them as a rest while sitting watching the valley, then realize they are not there when you get back to camp and you do not mark the spot on your GPS where you were sitting and cannot seem to find the exact spot again......... They are either still there, or someone has a brand new set only used once and left out in the middle of nowhere.

Did that last year after we drug my 5 x 5 down the hill except it was my new baseball hat with the built in Led lights in the bill. I knew right where it was but said no way to climbing the 1500' back up to get it. We'll see if its still there next year 

[Alchase]

I love mine. I use the Stony point bi-pod,. I liked them so much I bought three sets. I keep one in each others pack (tall side pouch) so either of us can quickly grab out them out. My youngest son sometomes carries them for me (he pretends they are his rifle). My boys practice shooting of them at the range, it has made an incredible difference in their accuracy. I especially like them when setup on a draw from above. It is nice to have a comfortable stable shooting platform.
linky to what we use.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=netcon&id=0005829221333a&navCount=1&podId=0005829&parentId=cat20774&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20774&hasJS=true

[BlackTail]

They are great if you do not forget to put them back on your belt when you are using them as a rest while sitting watching the valley, then realize they are not there when you get back to camp and you do not mark the spot on your GPS where you were sitting and cannot seem to find the exact spot again......... They are either still there, or someone has a brand new set only used once and left out in the middle of nowhere.

My buddy loses his every year.    I think he's on his 5th pair.  Mine are also the stoney point shooting sticks and I think they're great.  My next pair will be the larger diameter sticks!  One thing I've noticed is that if you store them assembled as opposed to folded up, the elastic strings lasts longer.  Just FYI!

[DeKuma]

Mine will last, since they are set-up and still stuck in the ground.........

[Gobble]

They are great if you do not forget to put them back on your belt when you are using them as a rest while sitting watching the valley, then realize they are not there when you get back to camp and you do not mark the spot on your GPS where you were sitting and cannot seem to find the exact spot again......... They are either still there, or someone has a brand new set only used once and left out in the middle of nowhere.

My buddy loses his every year.    I think he's on his 5th pair.  Mine are also the stoney point shooting sticks and I think they're great.  My next pair will be the larger diameter sticks!  One thing I've noticed is that if you store them assembled as opposed to folded up, the elastic strings lasts longer.  Just FYI!

The bigger dia sticks make a huge difference. I bought the smaller ones and took them back because they were very flimsy and unstable. plus the larger dia ones were only 5 dollars or so more.