Since i had heart failure a few years back, I've gone to carrying a shooting stick when I'm deer hunting. I find that it defintiely helps my balance when I'm still hunting or just walking. I've used to twice to take shots when I was caught where I couldn't get to a tree to lean against or rest the rifle. I'm gonna get a better shooting stick this fall. The one I have you have to extend by hand and manually lock the joints. I want one that you just hit the lever and it drops to the ground and locks up on it's own. I think they call them Triggersticks.
