Who used a bipod/tripod?

[BUCKYJR]

I've just never had a use for one b/c I almost always hunt from a tree, but I have a new property that almost requires a ground assault--an up close encounter at that so I'm thinking I may need to get a bi/tripod so that I have my weapon aimed and ready when the time comes. Whats a good, inexpensive brand OR have any of you made your own? I was thinking to just take a good forked stick or something.... LOL

 

[Mike Belt]

I bought a bipod for the wife when she hunted out of a ground blind. The difference between the forked stick and it is that you can adjust the height with the bipod/tripod. With a stick you can only lean the bottom forward or backward.

 

[infoman jr.]

Do you think you'll be kneeling, sitting, or lying prone?

 

[mike243]

I carry a bipod that is adjustable from setting to standing,$50 at gander a few years ago bought so the grandson could use it,works very well,never used a tripod but would be harder to set up in a hurry

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

I use a monopod sometimes.

 

[fairchaser]

They are pricey but you can't beat a trigger stick.

 

[TN Song Dog]

I like my trigger sticks, but I have this cheap option for sitting. Make them longer if will be standing. Mine are 36" flagging stakes, I think. Put a bolt with washer spacer and nylon lock nut at 6" from the top. I've used them successfully many times sitting on a ground pad bleacher seat thing.

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[EastTNHunter]

https://www.amazon.com/Vanguard-Scout-B ... B001LK7Y7A

I have 2 of these, but I modified them by super gluing the pivoting/swiveling yoke to be fixed. Use it all the time, and got the second asca backup and for my kids to use the other. It is perfect for me, and I use it exactly as you described

 

[wsm]

I use a bipod ,like it a lot .

 

[megalomaniac]

I have Harris bipods on all my rifles. But just as many times as not, I'm mobile and covering open fields, or am set up with the capability of covering 100 acres with shots up to 700 yards. Get the swivel model unless you are on pancake flat ground. The 12-25" model is necessary if you plan on shooting from a sitting position, otherwise the shorter models are better from shooting prone exclusively.

 

[WTM]

here is how i made mine years ago. got all of the matrrials from home depot. used a strip of window stripping for the pad instead of fur.

http://www.varmintal.com/abifu.htm

 

[Atchman2]

Only thing I don't like about a tripod is if something comes from a direction you don't expect. When I don't know I use shooting sticks. In my ground blind I've started only using chairs or stools that pivot. I've had one too many deer, turkeys, and hogs that come in from too far right to shoot.

Sometimes I can arrange my blind bag with my stool, the blind, the sticks and my chair. I normally set it up the previous day but if I can't that is an easy way to carry it into where I hunt.

Got slot easier. Got my first four wheeler last week. :-D

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[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

They are pricey but you can't beat a trigger stick.

This

 

[BUCKYJR]

Do you think you'll be kneeling, sitting, or lying prone?

I'd be on a VERY small piece of timber but they seem to use it as a travel corridor all the time. Based on cam pics, I'd say they'll be entering my zone within 10-20 feet of me! Thats why I thought it might be a good idea to already be aimed and ready when they show...

 

[BUCKYJR]

I like my trigger sticks, but I have this cheap option for sitting. Make them longer if will be standing. Mine are 36" flagging stakes, I think. Put a bolt with washer spacer and nylon lock nut at 6" from the top. I've used them successfully many times sitting on a ground pad bleacher seat thing.

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I like that idea! I could probably make something similar! Thanks

 

[Mechanically]

For a couple places I hunt, laying prone in a shallow ditch with a bipod would be super effective. I just don't know how long I could stand to have my neck stretched that way.... so I haven't tried it.