I just finished my new shooting stick for those field excursions. What do you think? 
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My shooting stick.
- Thread starter Septicdeath
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I made it with a Willow, a part of a deer antler, leather, gutter spike and some wood beads.
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This is the mother of all shooting sticks.
Cost: $0.0435
Made with: 1 Broken Wood Clamp, Scrap Oak, a touch of Gorilla super glue, 3 old screws, old Wood Stain, and old outdoor Polyeurothane.
Lightweight.
Height fully adjustable.
Free standing.
GBTOHG!
Anyone have anything better?
Cost: $0.0435
Made with: 1 Broken Wood Clamp, Scrap Oak, a touch of Gorilla super glue, 3 old screws, old Wood Stain, and old outdoor Polyeurothane.
Lightweight.
Height fully adjustable.
Free standing.
GBTOHG!
Anyone have anything better?
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Nice. But looks like a pain to carry when your hunting. The primary reason I made this one. It's very light and doubles as a walking stick. It will also be used with my .50 caliber muzzelloaders.
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Actually, it's not that bad, even in the brush. It's biggest downfall is when I use it in very rocky areas where the base can't get good contact with the ground. But I'll work on that if I can come up with a better design for the base.
Yours reminds me of the switch our grade school principle used to use on us misbehaving boys...
Not good memories...
(No offense intended, of course. -- If you're happy with yours, I'm happy for you. Thanks for sharing. I'm always open for new ideas.)
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Mine has a 6 inch spike on the bottom. Probably not good in rocks. But anywhere else stab it into the ground and it works great.
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You wouldn't get very far trying to stab it into the ground here. We have the hardest ground you'll find almost anywhere in the world.
I initially tried using the clamp as a shooting stick without the fancy wood upgrades. I had a much smaller base; but it wasn't that stable. People say monopods are the least stable of all shooting sticks. The way mine is now is very stable.
I tested it as a walking stick this afternoon after your last post, and it works ok like that with the base up; albeit a little noisy.
Tripods are supposed to work the best. Even simple African style tripods with three sticks tied together with a simple moveable loop. I was too cheap to even do that.
I initially tried using the clamp as a shooting stick without the fancy wood upgrades. I had a much smaller base; but it wasn't that stable. People say monopods are the least stable of all shooting sticks. The way mine is now is very stable.
I tested it as a walking stick this afternoon after your last post, and it works ok like that with the base up; albeit a little noisy.
Tripods are supposed to work the best. Even simple African style tripods with three sticks tied together with a simple moveable loop. I was too cheap to even do that.
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