Winnie 70
Ten Pointer
Shooting a rifle/muzzleloader out of a ground blind....what type of shooting rest is the best?
Gun Rest in Ground Blind
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darenative
Twelve Pointer
I use a single pole shooting stick..think it called a trigger stick. Can't say it's the best, but it works the best for me. Everything else ive tried was either overly complicated or just to heavy to justify carrying it with you in the field. Simple is better in my book
fdtrucky
Six Pointer
Bogpod you know the ones with the red grips?
Mr.Gadget
Old Mossy Horns
I shoot with a cabelas mono or bi pod and also sometimes use a Bog Pod that is a tripod.
All have their uses.
All have their uses.
Don't know about the best, but I use an old photography tripod. The base plate post screw is threaded the same as the rubberized U-bracket on one of my shooting benches, so I use it to rest the rifle. Since the blind is set up on my property and theft hasn't been a problem, I just leave it in the blind all season.
Homebrewale
Old Mossy Horns
Am I the only person who doesn't shoot using a rest? All my shots are free-hand but then my shots are usually less than 75 yards. If I can't hit a deer at that range without a rest, I need more range time.
gameland
Twelve Pointer
Get you a Caldwell field pod and you will be very pleased!
Mack in N.C.
Old Mossy Horns
Mike's shooting stick....I think that is what I have
.35Rem
Eight Pointer
Mono or bi pod.
MJ74
Old Mossy Horns
Make you some shooting sticks out of dowel rods or something like that.
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The Stoney Point bipod was and is my favorite, but I think Primos has bought them out. The Primos version does the same thing, but is more gaudy.
stilker
Old Mossy Horns
Primos trigger stick.
Crappie man
Six Pointer
This ! Very handy and lightweight. Works great also for sighting in.
lasttombstone
Kinder, Gentler LTS
Three tobacco sticks and some jute twine.
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Cut me a forked limb? I rarely use one have enough to carry and mtn shots are usually short but have seen the Caldwell mentioned above and looks like good one but to much to carry but if You were leaving it be OK if not trigger stick is not bad I've used it
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I use two 3/4” dowels with a bolt and wing nut through them.
Effective but not very pretty.
Effective but not very pretty.
Winnie 70
Ten Pointer
FireDuck 401, I use 2 arrow shafts with bolt/wing nut for years and really like....just wondering what others are using. Mine has tubing over ends of shaft for gun rest...kinda like the Stony Point rest....just little cheaper. Probably got less than $5 in two of them.
I have two of these....like them a lot
This!
They are a little on the expensive side though. I gave $120 for mine used, it’s the Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod Magnum.
Another option is getting a good solid used camera tripod and mounting the Primos 2point gun rest to it.
You can pick up the gun rest for $40 and I’ve gotten a couple good camera tripods off of EBay and at Flea Markets for $15-$20
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Same here. Have two. One for me and one for the boy.
Rubline
Twelve Pointer
I picked up a camera tripod at a yard sale today for five bucks with plans to use it for a gun rest.
I'll check out the Primos gun rest !!
Blackwater
Twelve Pointer
I use three dowels looped together with the rubber strips they use on your upper arm when drawing blood. Like yours, not pretty though I have stained them brown. Last time I used them was head shooting a doe antelope at 250 yds. while kneeling on one knee; good solid stance.
Weekender
Twelve Pointer
Range time free hand is not the same as real time shooting at a live animal.
Everybody shoots better with a rest, including the late and great Carlos Hathcock. Even infantrymen in a fighting hole, resting on sand bags, the same men who shoot at 200 meters off-hand for annual rifle qualification.
To the OP: get a tripod made for resting a gun. Money well spent. My uncle killed his first ever wild hogs yesterday morning using my tripod rest in a ground blind. Even though he shoots in long range rifle competitions, he appreciates a rest like the one I provided. Pigs dropped where they were shot.
Bean
Eight Pointer
I bought one of the Caldwell Field pods last year to use out of mine. I killed two bucks at 140yds and that thing was rock solid. It will be back in the blind with me this year.
Mr.Gadget
Old Mossy Horns
You know you can get a camo laundry basket.
Weekender
Twelve Pointer
I'm secure enough in my heterosexuality to not need that. There are no decals on my truck, either.
Combat Diver
Eight Pointer
Made my own out of two slates, bolt, washers and wing nut. Grandson and I, last year during the NC youth hunt day. Day before heading back to Astan.
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old school
Six Pointer
Bog Pod for me. I use the tripod version and it is steady enough to sight in my rifles and to shoot targets while patterning my shotguns for turkeys and waterfowl.
JONOV
Old Mossy Horns
I don't but similarly have shorter shots. If I were sitting on the edge of a beanfield or cutover with long sightlines or other areas where I might shoot a deer at 200 yards I'd have a rest, ideally.
Dan Apple
Old Mossy Horns
For a blind, I always cut a forked stick specific to that setup and leave it in the blind... no sense in carrying it in and out... and it's FREE.