Bi-pod vs shooting stix

I use the stoney point rapid pivot and home made stixs,
With a tendency to use the stixs more lately there cheap to build, and that a good thing as I left a set in the woods last night. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif
 
Stoney Point crusader monopod. I've graduated up from a stick with a fork in it. A single stick braced on my knee has been fine for shots out to 300 yards. A lot easier to move when a coyote is close in than bidpods or sticks.
 
I have no experience with shooting stix but may have to try some after reading the comments. But as far as my harris bipod goes, its like your shooting off a bench. Best 100 dollars I have spent!
 
i have a shooters ridge bipod, great product! but as far as hunting i'm going to have to get some shooting sticks. it hurts my neck having to bend up to look for animals. i would just as well sit up against a tree.
 
I like shooting sticks better than a bipod. With the sticks, it's easier and quicker to adjust the height of the rifle, and you can pan larger angles compared to the set bipods I almost bought years ago.

Also, since I like to set up in rather brushy areas, if I have to swing farther than what I can pan with the sticks, I can lift the rifle out of the sticks and they just stay there allowing me to swing a freehand shot without getting the legs tangled up in the honeysuckle or whatever like a bipod.

I built my own shooting sticks, very much like Varmint Al has on his website. His idea about putting the spoon on there to act as a belt clip is great. I did that to mine as soon as I saw it on his site. Hands free when traveling is good.

www.varmintal.com look for Fur pod or FurBiPod or something like that, he has a kind of weird name for them, but it's a great idea. Cheap too. I made mine out of a 1 1/2' furring strip ripped in half, 38 inches long if I remember correctly. Cost: Maybe $5 if you have to go out and buy everything.
 
Sticks- here with the snow my bipod doesnt get to the ground to be sturdy. If there isn't any snow and i am laying out prone i will use the bipod, but for sitting and snowy conditions sticks are short enough or long enough to get the job done, you also don't have them in the way if you get a chance at a double or heaven forbids you miss.
 
I love sticks, but here in NH they are impractical. You rarely have enough room to get both ends on the ground while still keeping your gun in a useable position. Mostly due to the steepness and rockiness of the terrain we hunt. Monopod is the only way to go out here, but we also use Darrell Holland's technique of using a camo kneepad and resting the gun or our elbow on the kneepad.
 
I bought my dad a Harris Bipod for Christmas. He doesn't do much hunting and is more geared towards target shooting and prairie dogs.

However, since he isn't using it, I've got it on my rifle and absolutely love it. I agree that shooting sticks are more practical for most of my hunting, but I do love the bipod for what it is.

I will admit that right now I've got a bipod on my gun and shooting sticks in my pack. I'm totally covered. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

*edit* Oh yeah I carry Stoney Point shooting sticks that fold up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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Hi,
I've used both and have now graduated to what Dave Afleck and Tim use in their video Varmint Safari 4. Got everything I needed at the local hardware store and archery shop. The full swivelling capacity is great. Ther'e tougher than sticks, fully swivelling, lighter than needed and if you adjust 'em just right you can lift your rifle up - move it to your left or right and the sticks stay attached to the forestock. Best of both worlds.
 
I have a Harris 13-27" canting bi-pod and a pair of home-spun sticks. They both have their good's and bad's...price not being the least of which...I usually go with the bi-pod because I like to carry a shotgun at the ready too, and the rifle can carry the bi-pod instead of me needing another hand for the sticks...and I can set the rifle down or move it without having to hold onto and re-position the sticks...having said that, there's plenty of times(like in deep snow or REALLY uneven terrain) when I wish I had brought my sticks instead...it's the story of my life /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
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