With the information I've gotten while looking around on the forum I'm down to only a few things to get ready for the season May 1st. I still have to pattern my shells (I really hate snow), talk to my uncles parents about hunting behind their house (they love me so that shouldn't be a problem) and to decide whether or not to rest the gun on my knee or to build/buy shooting sticks. Who uses what?
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I've used both with success.....determining factor to me is whether I remember to throw the sticks in my vest....LOL
I like the Primos Trigger Stick short bipod. It's a bit overpriced in my opinion but it's small, light and works great.
I just feel it would only get in my way and possibly cost me a bird. I just rest it on my knee. Now I do like the little knee pad thing you strap to your leg.
Quote from: Skeeterbait on March 26, 2014, 06:39:52 PM
I just feel it would only get in my way and possibly cost me a bird. I just rest it on my knee. Now I do like the little knee pad thing you strap to your leg.
Are they specifically for hunting?
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Sticks actually allow me to sit still longer than propping on my knee.
Never used them because it adds something else to carry.
X2 with skeeterbait on the knee pad by HS.
Quote from: Redfish on March 26, 2014, 08:55:05 PM
Sticks actually allow me to sit still longer than propping on my knee.
That's what I was thinking. Can only prop your leg up for a little while before it either falls asleep or you have to set it down
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I use a small monopod on every hunt. I dont have to worry about holding up the gun in awkward positions and it doesn't affect my shooting at all.
Quote from: DranDran on March 26, 2014, 06:44:50 PM
Quote from: Skeeterbait on March 26, 2014, 06:39:52 PM
I just feel it would only get in my way and possibly cost me a bird. I just rest it on my knee. Now I do like the little knee pad thing you strap to your leg.
Are they specifically for hunting?
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This thing.
Personally, I have no use for sticks. I always end up contorted and pointing in some strange direction when they come in in these hills. On the other hand, my young girls have used them extensively. The ones they always grab are wooden crossed sticks. Easily height adjustable by spreading as far as needed. They use them as walking sticks and to poke at me with they hear things that I don't.
Quote from: COssman14 on March 26, 2014, 08:57:21 PM
Never used them because it adds something else to carry.
I feel this way too but I'll take them when I take my wife for her hunt.
I've never had an issue with resting a shotgun across my knee. The sticks are just something else to cary that will in all likelihood never be used and could just get in the way.
Quote from: jmasters on March 26, 2014, 08:58:26 PM
X2 with skeeterbait on the knee pad by HS.
x3 on this. I consider this one of my cheapest but yet best pieces of gear I have for turkey hunting.
HS Knee pad!
http://www.hunterspec.com/content/gun-rest
Since it seems to be highly recommended, looks like I'll be picking up the knee pad.
A little off topic but I was told I only want to take the breast from a wild turkey. That seems like a HUGE waste to me, does anyone around here actually do that?
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legs go in the soup pot, debone thighs grind with 1/4 lb bacon and make sliders. waste not want not
Cabelas Gobbler Lounger chair + Short Bog - Pod Tripod over lap. You can sit for hours.
:fud:.........10 Yds............... :newmascot:...................50 yds ................ :newmascot:
I have used both and I prefer the gun on the knee.
I used to use the hs knee cradle thing, but it always seemed like it flopped to one side and was never where I needed it when I needed it.
For long periods of time though, it couldn't be beat for the price. I might have to try it again next spring
http://www.hunterspec.com/content/v-pod-shooting-stick
I'm surprised that so many like the HS knee pad. I figured it was just a gimmick. My brother in law bought one and I thought it was a waste. ::) I may have to borrow it to see what its all about.
Sometimes, if I'm expecting a long shot on a deer I'll bring my shooting sticks. I have not brought them for turkeys though. I think its just another thing to haul around.
An option that wasn't mentioned is the Caldwell field pod. Anyone use that? I think it would be really nice in a blind or for keeping the gun up and ready while running a call.
In a blind I'll use a bog pod.
Sticks: just another thing to have to carry and then lose, gets in the way, too hi, too low ... fiddle around adjusting it and the turkey sees you, can make noise against gun ...... knee pad is nice and easier; rest gun forever
I just leave my gun in my lap until I'm almost ready to shoot, and then slowly inch it up to rest on my knee. I carry a Polecat monopod during deer season, however.
I carry and use a set of folding shooting sticks.
I especially use them on decoy set ups where i'll be sitting for a lng period of time. And as far ad them causing me to miss a bird, I don't feel it's an issue.
I use this
http://www.amazon.com/Primos-Pole-62-Inch-Tall-Monopod/dp/B00C2T80QI/ref=sr_1_14?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1420332906&sr=1-14&keywords=stoney+point
to get around, but I never use it to shoot because I wouldn't know what to do with it when the gobbler didn't come straight in, or if I needed to use a caller to seal the deal while the gobbler was in sight. I do use it for patterning a gun.
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Quote from: jmasters on March 26, 2014, 08:58:26 PM
X2 with skeeterbait on the knee pad by HS.
x3 on this. I consider this one of my cheapest but yet best pieces of gear I have for turkey hunting.
X4 I have used one since they first came on the market. I bought two pads years ago just on the off chance they would quit making them. I have not used the extra but keep it tucked away for future use. I have no use for shooting sticks, just more stuff to carry that I don't need. I don't even carry a decoy. :o
I also think it has a lot to do with where you hunt. Where I hunt in Florida I am usually set up in a pine row or a firelane where I can only shoot one direction anyway so in those situations I use the sticks. The short Primos bipod fits in my backpack so it's there if I need it and not in the way if I don't. Killed my birds without the sticks last year but the year before I had one hang up for over an hour before he finally came in and and it was nice to have them. Just another option.
i'm just like skeeterbait , the lil' knee cushion that holds your gun is the best thing unless you are hunting with a young hunter then the gun can get heavy and wobbley after a long sit, the stix really helps them out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPQe2tCGAQk
Just made a set tonight. I have $2.25 into them. All the supplies were at the local ag store. 2 36" poles from the garden center and a bag of castration bands. 5 minutes later, I have a set of sticks.
I bought the kneepad but found it awkward to sit with my shotgun rested on it. I almost had to lay down to use it (unloaded gun trying it out on my living room floor). I purchased an Allen brand shooting stick at Wally world for $10. It is about a foot high and extends to 62". It seems pretty solid.