Other uses for trekking poles

[gkempf]

What are some of the things you use your trekking poles for other than walking. Thanks

 

[Rick Richard]

Shooting stick/rest

 

[Cranny]

Tarp/tent poles

 

[sfischer]

I use them for my Kifaru supertarp.

 

[Wyodog]

All of the above plus a splint, crutches, fishing pole, club, hold up bug netting, cloths line poles to dry stuff, resting and taking some of the weight from a heavy backpack.

 

[Defens]

Poking slow partner in *** on steep trails.

 

[desertbull]

beating hippies

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Poking at bears to keep them away from you. Sorry, just could not resist

 

[TexasBear]

Shooting stick/rest

Do you bind them together to form a cross? Just trying to figure out how to eliminate a bipod or carrying shooting stix.

 

[Wyodog]

Do you bind them together to form a cross? Just trying to figure out how to eliminate a bipod or carrying shooting stix.

Take the wrist strap from each trekking pole and put it over the handle on the other pole. Cross the two poles and you have a set of shooting sticks.

 

[Biggs300]

Here is my short list:
-Shooting sticks
-Holding down a water purification filter when drawing water out of a stream
-Hanging a game bag on a higher limb
-tarp/tent pole

 

[robm300winmag]

Back scratcher

 

[tony m]

Mine Is designed as a tripod for my compact spotting scope..it even swivels, used a shooting stick too and I use it to steady my bino's

 

[16Bore]

Take the wrist strap from each trekking pole and put it over the handle on the other pole. Cross the two poles and you have a set of shooting sticks.