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Got my first Harris around '76

Like the 9-13 leg notch model for bench or prone chucking.

Handy as h.ell for turkey hunting with the 10 gauge!

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.

I have shot most deer from sitting. I can't remember any from prone.
I agree with the rest of your post too.

Ive heard of folks shooting hoping to hit the target.
IMHO thats the wrong mentality, esp when shooting critters.
Take the shots you know youll make.
Some folks within that have wider shot selection than others

My hunting buddy is more limiting on the shots he will take. We are just different, no big deal

I proly go to the range as many times in a month as he does all year. And I grew up shooting weekly at a club, my dad a dealer, reloader, shooter

Let’s not even get started on what a gimmick a projectile’s ballistic coefficient is.

Ive only shot a couple deer prone.
Some where shot sitting, some kneeling, some w a fence post or tree as a rest.
Most offhand. But around here stuff is usually an under 100 yard deal. Just dont have the big open field shooting
If i did Id like a .25 -06 Ruger #1 B.

Yes sir.

Now, do you happen to know the make of the tripod in the pict you posted?

When shooting at game in the field, I will take supported over un-supported every time. The technique used to do that is up to the shooter.

We should want dead game, not chance wounded.

Where did Rick hide that damn like button?

I aim to kill........

and as someone else said previously, I take every advantage I can



+/- 175 yds.




and hoglets never stop moving until they are dead!




he's dead!


They work!


ya!

GWB

Many moons ago my college buds w money had some very nice rifles and were shooting premium bullets.
My flying trashcan Speer 75gr HP in.243 were of some concern.

My rifle cloverleafed em at 100 and most chuck places we hunted were under 300 yards.

My crap worked very well.

There aint nothin wrong with " good enough ".
But it is fun to experiment a little

This is a big part of the equation. Time at the range and not off the bench!

I bought this one for a specific use; coyotes in very low light on an 11 lb. rifle. It will be used mostly in a sitting position (25"). The 12" setting will work well off the bench at the public range I use. Their seats are high in relation to the bench heights and it gets to be a PIA bringing my own stool or piling 4 of their sandbags. Typical rests like Caldwell's are way too low.

I never use one on a hunting rig I'll be toting around. Sling for offhand, branch/log, pack, etc. if there's time to use a rest.

FWIW last 6 or 7 visits to my club i havent seen a single person shoot a rifle from kneeling or sitting.

All been bench or offhand, and bench 90 percent of time.
The offhand stuff was pistols w braces or mil.pattern rifles.


Will admit I dont shoot much sitting. We have covered lines and cement so can stay clean.

If I do shoot sitting its usually w a rimfire.
But then ill pop squirrels that way

That is certainly an occasion where a mounted bipod would make sense! I just don’t do a lot of that style of hunting.

My pard says they are like maggots, always moving.

Yes. Piggies can be very busy, especially when they come in as a sounder. The big boars tend to stay still more. Not much out there to mess with them.

Bench shooting is good but thats mostly load checking.
A little from field positions now and then is good practice.
And it is like riding a bike IMHO.
The skill never really goes away once youve got it down.

IMHO its more mental than mechanical.

Im picky on scope and gun fit and like lower magnification

No idea. Just a pic I grabbed, lol. Looks hell-for-stout, though, and mostly carbon fiber so probably fairly light, too. I chose the pic because, besides the tripod, it needed the Millennial with the pumped arms and tats to provide a proper example of those pesky young folks who can't shoot worth a damn.