Originally Posted By: hm1996 Quote:Sticks worked ok for me, but being able to set my rifle down while I take a leak and not have the barrel in the mud is more than enough reason to use it.
Originally Posted By: kylesredappleThe bipods are much more stable and I can use the shotgun without worrying about knocking over my gun. my2cents
With proper setup, sticks can be as stable as bipod to rest rifle on unattended. I put my sling on backwards (loop to front) and run one arm of the sticks through the loop. This keeps rifle from slipping and makes a perfect tripod to rest rifle on while hunting or unattended. Just spread the legs of sticks if you wish to rest butt of rifle on ground:
When shooting off sticks, I grasp the sling & sticks all together and pull rifle/sticks into my shoulder for more stable platform; this makes it a very simple thing to swing sticks/rifle left or right should that be necessary.
Sticks are also useful to poke high grass along the trail to move any unseen rattlers, bipod not long enough for that
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Regards,
hm
I shot Pdogs all summer off a pair of sticks, pretty much as you have posted and did ok with it, still had the rifle fall over once or twice. Home made stick and they could have used a little improvement. I managed to take my goat this year sitting with the bipod, deer was a running shot so it was kneeling and pivoting. For pee breaks though, nothing beats just dropping the legs and not worrying about it