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A bipod for sure is steady, but it's only useful if the grass and sage isn't tall enough to be in the way, or if you're not on a decline and the ground in front of you is lower than where your feet and/or butt are. I do carry a bipod on my main deer rifle but only am able to use it half, or less of the time.

I have shot a lot of mule deer off my pack, or just using a tree as a rest, when shooting prone simply isn't an option. I can think of 5 or so mule deer I have shot offhand simply due to there not being a rest handy and I had to shoot now or never and probably 5 more that I shot from sitting.

I couldn’t imagine putting a 25S on a compact 7# rifle. Maybe it’s just me.

I have used the 9-13”, but it’s not the best. I’d opt for a pack, but I guess there are a lot of factors to consider.

Back pack

yes......bob

go on a couple jackrabbit hunts to make you better for off hand shots for big game, plus its fun as hell

Stoney Point shooting sticks for roving stand hunting. They stay in my pack. Monopod for glassing and standing/quick kneeling shots. Carry it through my pack belt like sword. I normally carry light rifles. A Bipod is nothing I would ever pack on a rifle while hunting.

I was gunna stay out of this until I saw this post. No substitute for good shooting practice, and jackrabbits are the best!

Yeah, I'll just grab that nearest "natural rest."

I use my pack if I use anything. Learned a long time ago the less crap I pack up the hill, the better...

I take folding sticks along in my pack, usually Stoney Point Pole Cat or home made from a fiberglass tent pole replacement kit.

I'm usually sitting, shooting over the top of sagebrush or offhand / grab a branch if I'm in the trees.

Optics Planet has the Harris Ultralight Bipod w/Hinged Base 13.5-27" S-25CS on sale for $104.54 shipped when you use the discount coupon code 12HSMB at checkout.

It only weighs 19 ounces. I went ahead and grabbed another.

https://www.opticsplanet.com/harris...ods-hinged-base-13-5-27-inch-s-25cs.html

My current preference would be the Harris S-15C as I like the extra 2" going to 27" when sitting, and also like using a short bipod under the rifle butt. I have used the Steady Stix (bi and tri versions), pack, cross-sticks from dowels or arrows, the Claw on a tripod, cradle on a tripod. I have not used a trigger stick tripod, but in the store they seem handy but heavy.

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And my pack is minimal. Usually a minimal amount of survival and hunting gear in a fanny pack, and sometimes an empty pack frame to carry meat out.

I see many of the Outdoor Channel "experts" carrying huge, filled packs for day hunts even when hunting out of their spike camps.

I HATE bipods on a rifle. Use shooting sticks instead. Some times you have to shoot standing up. Tough to get a bipod in a scabbard too.

As I aged, I found I could not effectively shoot off hand and even fund field positions were awkward. I use shooting bipod telescoping sticks now. Yep they slow you down some, but more and more, my hunting, due to physical limitations is sitting instead of stalking. I still do some of that and the sticks are in one hand, rifle in the other. I have always used some sort of natural rest if available. My day pack was always on my back when I needed a rest so I can't say I ever used that

Although I still use a Harris bipod on my antelope gun, I found getting the Harris Bipods in shooting position was much slower than the shooting bipods sticks. Mant times tbe rifle mounted Bipods are too short and they sure don't fit in a scabbard well.

If a person wants to keep hunting in senior years, they have to make some compromises or stay home

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Never saw the use for a bipod mounted on a nice light hunting rifle. Ruins it for me. Almost every idiot on every hunting show has a bipod mounted on their rifle. And you rarely ever see them use it. Only use I see for a rifle mounted bipod is at the Range. I’m not a sniper. I’m a hunter. 🤠

When i know I’ll be doing a lot of walking while hunting, a set of Stoney Point shooting sticks, works great for me. And If I’m doing a spot and stalk type hunt. and not traveling far, I absolutely love my BogPod full size tripod. And I sometimes use a monopod or a walking stick. I don’t mind lugging the big BogPod or MonoPod in my hand while hunting. My rifle stays slung on my shoulder until I can take a steady, humane, killing shot. No quick shots at fleeting deer for me. If I can’t take a good steady rest and make a good shot, I’ll just pass.

Ditto!

I made a set of 3 footers for sitting, but for big game hunting I use a set of 4 footers. they can be used as a 'walking stick', when folded together, and when used from a kneeling position, they get you above most brush and tall grass for a clean shot. they can be flattened folded to sit or for a hillside shot as well- 5/8ths inch hardwood dowels, bolted a few inches from the end on one side and leather wrapped for rifle protection, linseed stained with some burn stripes for camoflauge breakup

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I like adjustable tall sticks that get me over high grass, weeds and above a lot of small mesguite. They also are great for balancing the 15 x Zeiss on when trying to pick antler tips out from under small mesquites at 200-300 yards or a deers head out of same at 300-800 yards. West Texas scatterd brush, love grass, semi-desert country is often not compatible with sitting or kneeling to shoot or even glass. I also am not interested, at my age, in sitting down and getting up 50 times a day, on a hike, to hit a spot with the binocs.

I have some (forget brand) that can be adjusted down to about 36 in. which allows me to sit and use for a rifle rest if i angle the feet forward a bit.

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You wont be able to get above a lot of brush in this country sitting down. Its a bummer to have a direct line of sight standing and kneel to shoot and not see anything but brush. Im actually up on a small sandhill taking this phone pic.

I'd rather carry a lightweight rifle with a bipod than a heavy rifle with a bipod!




Of course a lightweight with no bipod would be lighter but far less deadly......