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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2011, 10:04:19 AM »
I prefer and use both. It seems that I'm often in locations where I can go prone so the bipods work very well, then other times, I may sit with my back to a tree or rock and need to deploy the sticks. I also use them for moving rattle snakes out of the way if I encounter one during a hunt.
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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2011, 12:34:55 PM »
i've got a pair of the tent pole type steady-stix and i like them alright.  they weigh next to nothing so weight isn't much of an issue.
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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #32 on: December 10, 2011, 01:11:11 PM »
I have a bi pod, the type that you carry not the one's on your gun and I love it. It is sometimes a pain carrying them around but when you need a steady shot it's the cat's meow. If I would have had them with me on the elk I got sunday with my muzzleloader then it wouldn't have taken me 4 shots to get him.... Yes I left that out when I posted my pic and story.
Oops, I meant to say tri pod. I have both but like the TRI pod much better.
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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2011, 07:06:59 PM »
most stable is a bipod, easy shooting 300-600+ yards, but, as we found out on your last hunt, how tall is the surroundings? Our large bipods wouldnt put the scope above the grass, so thats something to think about too.  Trigger sticks will be my next purchase, so I have something for everything.

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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #34 on: December 12, 2011, 07:25:29 AM »
Dan-O; what length Harris bipod do you have? Also, do you have the swivel style? I'd like to get a set but I'm concerned that you always need to be in the prone position to use them. What's your experience?
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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #35 on: December 12, 2011, 08:54:46 AM »
Dan-O; what length Harris bipod do you have? Also, do you have the swivel style? I'd like to get a set but I'm concerned that you always need to be in the prone position to use them. What's your experience?

FYI - in case you didnt already know, the swivel style does not swing right to left like a turret or something. The gun mount rocks side to side to account for uneven ground or whatever, which you can do by adjusting the legs just the same. I do not like that 'swivel' at all. And I dont know the length, but mine are short enough to use prone or long enough to use while sitting.   :twocents:
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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2011, 08:59:52 AM »
I have the longer harris bipod 3 piece ones, short they are great for prone, fully extended I can sit and use them fine also.

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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #37 on: December 12, 2011, 09:16:52 AM »
Haven't used sticks. But for a bipod, I like the SnipePod, light weight and easy to use and carry. Check 'em out...https://snipepod.com/home.html

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Re: shooting sticks or bipod?
« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2011, 07:54:13 PM »
I have a bipod, it is long enough to use sitting, prone isn't too bad.  On a bench I have to remove it because it sits too high, but no one ever hunted from a bench.
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