collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?  (Read 12947 times)

Offline Charlie

  • Past Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2008
  • Posts: 985
  • Location: Ashford, Wa
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2008, 10:44:22 AM »
Quote
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.
"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail"

Offline Intruder

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2007
  • Posts: 1722
  • Location: Spo-Vegas
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2008, 10:53:52 AM »
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.

Offline Antlershed

  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2007
  • Posts: 4748
  • Location: Olympia, WA
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2008, 11:07:54 AM »
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.

Offline dbllunger

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2007
  • Posts: 1072
  • Those who can do. Those who can't complain.
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2009, 11:29:59 PM »
Harris Bipods....use them all the time...and every chance I can. 

Offline bowhunterforever

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 8540
  • Location: Lincoln, Co
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2009, 12:09:21 AM »
Harris bipods! :)
You sure you know how to skin griz pilgram

Offline whacker1

  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 5816
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2009, 08:28:31 PM »
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


Online Pathfinder101

  • The Chosen YAR
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 11736
  • Location: Southeast WA
  • Semper Primus
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2009, 08:51:40 AM »
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.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Offline KillBilly

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2007
  • Posts: 3667
  • Location: OLY, WA.
  • I kill therefore I Am
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2009, 10:06:33 AM »
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.
Some people spend their entire life wondering if they made a difference. Marines don't have that problem.
He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother.

Online Pathfinder101

  • The Chosen YAR
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 11736
  • Location: Southeast WA
  • Semper Primus
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2009, 10:16:22 PM »
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.   
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Offline KillBilly

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2007
  • Posts: 3667
  • Location: OLY, WA.
  • I kill therefore I Am
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2009, 07:17:30 PM »
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 :twocents:
Some people spend their entire life wondering if they made a difference. Marines don't have that problem.
He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother.

Offline ICEMAN

  • Site Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: May 2007
  • Posts: 15575
  • Location: Olympia
  • The opinionated one... Y.A.R. Exec. Staff
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2009, 07:41:03 PM »
Ive deployed my harris bipod for my bear and one deer so far...worked great.
molṑn labé

A Knuckle Draggin Neanderthal Meat Head

Kill your television....do it now.....

Don't make me hurt you.

“I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”  John Wayne

Online Pathfinder101

  • The Chosen YAR
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 11736
  • Location: Southeast WA
  • Semper Primus
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #26 on: January 22, 2009, 10:36:54 PM »
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.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Offline mossback91

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2007
  • Posts: 3190
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2009, 11:46:44 PM »
never used any such thing as a bipod or others......tken two animals at prone and the rest off hand

Offline huntnfmly

  • Trade Count: (+36)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2007
  • Posts: 4707
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2009, 06:24:47 PM »
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
I'm your dam tour guide Arnie please don’t wonder off the dam tour.
Take as many dam pictures as you want ....
Are there any dam questions ..

Offline firecrotch

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 837
  • Location: Walla Walla WA
  • Team Deadfowl
Re: Bipod, Monopod or a close Rock or Tree?
« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2009, 12:42:49 AM »
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.

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Average by lhrbull
[Today at 07:31:56 AM]


Let’s see your best Washington buck by Pathfinder101
[Today at 07:22:11 AM]


Walked a cougar down by Loup Loup
[Today at 07:16:30 AM]


CVA optima V2 LR tapped hole for front sight by Remdawg
[Today at 07:09:22 AM]


Bearpaw Season - Spring 2024 by duckmen1
[Today at 06:52:09 AM]


Which 12” boat trailer tires? by timberhunter
[Yesterday at 08:22:18 PM]


Lowest power 22 round? by JakeLand
[Yesterday at 08:06:13 PM]


1x scopes vs open sights by JakeLand
[Yesterday at 07:29:35 PM]


Long Beach Clamming Tides by Encore 280
[Yesterday at 05:16:00 PM]


WTS Suppressors I Can Get by dreadi
[Yesterday at 03:30:33 PM]


SB 5444 signed by Inslee on 03/26 Takes Effect on 06/06/24 by Longfield1
[Yesterday at 03:27:51 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal