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Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag #14229441 10/25/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Since the bag will be used on backpack hunts it needs to be lightweight. What works? Kitty litter? Airsoft BB's? I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14229450 10/25/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 M MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 Kitty litter will work but I like your other option better. No mess. "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14229455 10/25/19 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,275 Likes: 12 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,275 Likes: 12 TX Kitty litter. Much cheaper than air soft bb’s too. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14229644 10/25/19 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,131 Arizona jmp300wsm Campfire Tracker jmp300wsm Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,131 Arizona Rice works well If you find yourself in a hole....quit digging

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14229995 10/25/19 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,589 Northern Ca S sidepass Campfire Tracker sidepass Campfire Tracker S Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,589 Northern Ca Rice and kitty litter have moisture issues , rice also attracts critters. My fair weather shooting bags are filled with unscented kitty litter. Last edited by sidepass; 10/25/19. Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14230002 10/25/19 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Likes: 1 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Likes: 1 Somewhere between lost and fou... Give Cole-Tac a call they'll sell you lightweight fill. How big is the bag? Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14231041 10/26/19 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,106 Likes: 9 Battle Born B bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,106 Likes: 9 Battle Born Unscented kitty litter. I've also used tumbling media. You can get lizard bedding (ground walnut) stuff at the pet store for cheap, if so inclined... It doesn't soak up moisture like kitty litter can.. Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag kingston #14231078 10/26/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Originally Posted by kingston Give Cole-Tac a call they'll sell you lightweight fill. How big is the bag? It is about 3x5x8 inches. so won't take much to fill it. I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14231354 10/26/19 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,789 humboldt C Craigster Campfire Tracker Craigster Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,789 humboldt Ground walnut shells. Old Corps Semper Fi FJB

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14231403 10/26/19 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,784 Likes: 1 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,784 Likes: 1 Good Life Lead shot, airsoft bbs ect Last edited by Esox357; 10/26/19.

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14235290 10/27/19 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,430 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,430 Texas styrofoam peanuts work well. Dog I rescued in January

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14235462 10/27/19 Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,079 Likes: 1 WA to NM erich Campfire Tracker erich Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,079 Likes: 1 WA to NM I used to haul plastic injection molding beads. They would be perfect. I use rice, I've had the same rice in for over 30 yrs and I lived in the PNW most of the time. After the first shot the rest are just noise. Make mine a Minaska Heaven has walls and rules, H-ll has open borders

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag erich #14235465 10/27/19 Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 584 Eseldorf JackRyan Campfire Regular JackRyan Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 584 Eseldorf Originally Posted by Blacktailer Since the bag will be used on backpack hunts it needs to be lightweight. What works? Kitty litter? Airsoft BB's? Little Debbies Oatmeal Cream pies. ""Mute the Greeniacs. Open the pipeline. Bury the Russians." - JPR - 2022

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14235618 10/28/19 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,259 Columbia, South Carolina S Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker S Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,259 Columbia, South Carolina The LIGHT WEIGHT litter works PERFECT... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fresh-St...Clumping-Cat-Litter-15-4-Pounds/39881086 "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Sasha_and_Abby #14235930 10/28/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Sounds like the lightweight litter is the way I will go. Whoever said lead must be sadistic. I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14236475 10/28/19 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY S SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY I made a couple using micro-bead poly fill from a craft store. I've since switched to this, which ain't cheap but it's light and bombproof: SAP Lightweight Bag

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14236622 10/28/19 Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 845 southern saskatchewan S saskfox Campfire Regular saskfox Campfire Regular S Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 845 southern saskatchewan Lentils is what I use.

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14237549 10/28/19 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,624 Likes: 1 Ala-Freaking Bama! via Texas H hh4whiskey Campfire Tracker hh4whiskey Campfire Tracker H Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,624 Likes: 1 Ala-Freaking Bama! via Texas I don’t use ANYTHING that’ll soak up moisture and gets heavy, moldy, or is something a rat wants to eat. Plastic BBs....craft, air soft, or whatever, work without weighing too much, absorbing moisture, etc.

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag Blacktailer #14237560 10/28/19 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,293 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL M Muffin Campfire Outfitter Muffin Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,293 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL I have a bunch of old shot bags with the kitty litter that is or looks like little hardwood pellets for a pellet grill...... Me and DD have used them for near 20 years.................. Don't fill them all FULL, you need some soft ones. "...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867 ( . Y . )

Re: Looking for material to fill shooting rest bag saskfox #14237813 10/28/19 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,069 C CanadianLefty Campfire Regular CanadianLefty Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,069 A smartwool sock filled with foam shipping peanuts works for me. I used to use a Caldwell rest but found the sock lighter and just keep it in my pack.