I love the right kind of shooting sticks. Even the others are better than nothing.
Those just pinned together aren't adaptable enough to suit me.
Those with a leather "hammock" swung between the tops are better -- but not by much.
The ones that I made for myself use a leather strap that I can quickly slide up or down to suit my shooting posture (prone, sitting, kneeling) and adjust independently on uneven ground. My first ones were half-inch dowels, but using them to help hoist my old carcass erect from sitting put a serious bow in 'em. Disaster seemed just lurking for an opportunity to pounce. The game warden on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation liked 'em when I was up there shooting prairie dogs several years ago, so I left 'em there for him and made myself another set with 3/4-inch dowels. I use 'em with handguns (see attached photo) and with rifles -- almost as good as shooting from a bench.
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.
