Normally, I don’t use anything. Lately is not normal. Lots of night pred hunting with heavy ass night optics and standing to glass and shoot....for a while, I started using a monopod. Helps. Then I dislocated a vertebrae and now have a bunch of metal in my lower back, and figure I shouldn’t bounce off the ground if I can help it, so I’m hunting something to do double duty as a walking stick and a rest, for insurance.