I’m a millennial and shoot and practice field positions regularly. Killed my first elk last fall, 200 yards from medium kneeling. I did get a formal education in marksmanship from the Marines though.
These tripod doohickeys are fine, but there is no way I would pack one around. Any mindful hunter should be able to find some sort of natural rest in most cases. Trees, rocks, whatever. That said, if I wasn’t backpacking, and staying close to my vehicle, I don’t see any harm in bringing along this type of shooting aid, not that I’ll be running out and buying one any time soon.
One thing I don’t like is having a bipod stuck on the end of my rifle. That’s a great way to ruin the rifle for field shooting positions other than prone. They also tend to be very limited in usefulness. Usually the terrain or flora prevents most shots from being prone, in my experience. Come to think of it, out of over 100 deer and pigs I’ve killed, I’ve only killed one animal from the prone.
