shooting sticks,yay or nay?

Longranger

Hi all,just wondering about whether to get them or not. Most of my rifle shooting involves lots of stalking after small game and I thought they might be handy. What do ye reckon? Cheers. LR.

garv123

Longranger wrote: »

Hi all,just wondering about whether to get them or not. Most of my rifle shooting involves lots of stalking after small game and I thought they might be handy. What do ye reckon? Cheers. LR.

make them yourself. cheaper and you can make them to suit the height you want. quick and easy to do.

No6

I picked up a reasonable pair Birr for 30 euro!!, and havn't been out since to test them!! They will hopefully prove handy in the small mayo fields seperated by bushes with no good leans when you need them and grass to long for bipods!!:D

Cass

A decent set of Deerhunter oes will onyl set you back about €25. However i always carry a set of sticks. I've always said i've a poor free hand shot so these come in handy where a bipod or no "natural" support is available.

Goosie

Yay.

fallowbuck

And a stick eg. hazel makes a more natural sound if it hats anything everylittle helps when stalking.

Longranger

I've got a few lovely lengths of old Hazel, so I think I'll get me some nice antler and have a go.:)

clivej

I put this together last week and was shooting rocks out to 695y with them.

How to is here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74297793#post74297793

Good read on shooting with them here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056383442

tfox

clivej I see you have the lesser spotted chronograph romping wild in the lush meadows of the countryside up your way.....:rolleyes::D

clivej

tfox wrote: »

clivej I see you have the lesser spotted chronograph romping wild in the lush meadows of the countryside up your way.....:rolleyes::D

Well if you don't know the correct speed the bullets are traveling at your never know what the correct bullet drop will be - will ya.

moby30

I always use shooting sticks and after seeing clivej's thread last week with the additional rest I did the same. Went out last night- very windy and got a fox I reacon I wouldn't have shot only for it was so steady. So as regards sticks I say yay. Great tip by clivej.

clivej

moby30 wrote: »

I always use shooting sticks and after seeing clivej's thread last week with the additional rest I did the same. Went out last night- very windy and got a fox I reacon I wouldn't have shot only for it was so steady. So as regards sticks I say yay. Great tip by clivej.

Cheers moby30 for the compliment.
I've been out twice stalking with them but no shot as yet. I found them very easy to carry, all I want now is to get a good shot away

tfox

How quickly can you set them up cliveJ ? Have seen similar set-ups but reckoned by the time you set them up the deer would be gone.

I use a pair of polecat shooting sticks, similar to these but the previous model http://www.stoneypoint.com/products/bp_steady_stix.html

I walk with them full length in my left hand, using as a walking aid and can flick them open in a second if an animal shows itself in front of me, leaving me with a very steady rest

clivej

I have them extended that I can use them kneeling. They will take a moment to setup but not like minutes. And the extra rest is held to one of the legs with velcro so its not in the way if not wanted and I have a shoe lace to keep it from going to far out from the poles, just the right length to fall to the back of the trigger guard.

The whole idea is to use them for the longer shots where you will have time to deploy them. Or I can use them just as a mono-pole/bi-pole/tri-pole/ or the +1 tri-pole.

Also there are very handy as a third leg walking steady stick

Mauser 308

My experience is that its a compromise, 2 leg sticks are much quicker to get ready (IMO 3/5 seconds) but defo not as steady as the 3 leg sticks which can take me up to 10/20 sec's to set up:o. I like 3 leg sticks when hunting ground I feel I will stalk an animal rather than be surprised or if I will have shots of say up to 200y. And 2 leg sticks if stalking through woodland/farmland where a shot may pop out and need a quicker reaction. So mostly I use 2 leg sticks, as the ground I shoot usually allows for supported or prone rested shots in most cases if stalking, and a quick set up rest if one catches me out (as they always do). They are also easier to carry IMO.

No6

Went out today for a while and tested mine out on a few rabbits and found they worked fine, was about a second away from pulling the trigger on a fox too but he buggered off, great for the kind of fields I have/