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<blockquote data-quote="Crockett12" data-source="post: 1366041" data-attributes="member: 35100"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">When I was young and living in the NE and hunting groundhogs, I cut a pair of shooting sticks about 3 feet long and forked at one end from the branches of a tree. I found that they worked very well from a sitting position and I could shoot over brush that was anything shorter than 3 feet tall. I wish I had a picture but will try and describe what I use now.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Some years ago I bought a pair of shooting sticks from Stoney Point that I feel are still better than anything I've seen on the market since. The sticks are carried in a Cordova holster like affair which came with the sticks that I've got attached to my backpack. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I've looked around on the internet and what I have is similar to what they call the "Bog-Pod Dead Silent Kneeling Shooting Sticks". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">My sticks assembled are 2 sticks that are adjustable for height by spreading them out or by making them narrower. Each stick consists of 2 pieces of what I think are fiberglass rods about 18 inches long and they join together by a female joint on the end of one of the sticks. Near the top of the sticks they are joined by a plastic screw adjustable wing nut for tightness and the top ends have foam pieces surrounding them so as to not mar the rifle stock. When sitting in tall brush, such as sagebrush in the desert, the sticks can be spread out to make them lower. I position them in front of the rifle so that the sticks contact the rifle stock in front of the sling swivels and push into the swivels using the swivels as a stop. I sit with both elbows on my knees and if I position the sticks so that I can push the rifle into the sticks the rifle is very steady. Positioning them this way is almost as steady as shooting from a bench rest!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">By positioning the sticks so that you can push the rifle into them, you're putting pressure on the rifle from 4 points – you've got pressure from the sticks, from your shoulder and from both elbows. It's very steady and I've made very easy shots out to 300 yards -- and feel it would be good to much longer distances than that!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">My sticks are far lighter than attaching a bi-pod to a rifle and are quickly employed.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crockett12, post: 1366041, member: 35100"] [SIZE=4]When I was young and living in the NE and hunting groundhogs, I cut a pair of shooting sticks about 3 feet long and forked at one end from the branches of a tree. I found that they worked very well from a sitting position and I could shoot over brush that was anything shorter than 3 feet tall. I wish I had a picture but will try and describe what I use now. Some years ago I bought a pair of shooting sticks from Stoney Point that I feel are still better than anything I’ve seen on the market since. The sticks are carried in a Cordova holster like affair which came with the sticks that I’ve got attached to my backpack. I’ve looked around on the internet and what I have is similar to what they call the “Bog-Pod Dead Silent Kneeling Shooting Sticks”. My sticks assembled are 2 sticks that are adjustable for height by spreading them out or by making them narrower. Each stick consists of 2 pieces of what I think are fiberglass rods about 18 inches long and they join together by a female joint on the end of one of the sticks. Near the top of the sticks they are joined by a plastic screw adjustable wing nut for tightness and the top ends have foam pieces surrounding them so as to not mar the rifle stock. When sitting in tall brush, such as sagebrush in the desert, the sticks can be spread out to make them lower. I position them in front of the rifle so that the sticks contact the rifle stock in front of the sling swivels and push into the swivels using the swivels as a stop. I sit with both elbows on my knees and if I position the sticks so that I can push the rifle into the sticks the rifle is very steady. Positioning them this way is almost as steady as shooting from a bench rest! By positioning the sticks so that you can push the rifle into them, you’re putting pressure on the rifle from 4 points – you’ve got pressure from the sticks, from your shoulder and from both elbows. It’s very steady and I’ve made very easy shots out to 300 yards -- and feel it would be good to much longer distances than that! My sticks are far lighter than attaching a bi-pod to a rifle and are quickly employed.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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