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B&Q or Homebase green garden canes secured with a sturdy rubber seal from a plastic drain pipe. Cheap, light, effective!
Essex stalker
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There's a number of threads on this subject with many saying simply buy some canes from garden centre and these will work really well, if you want a manufactured set and happy to spend the money the viper flex take a lot of beating
243 Stalker
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Jonny,
I have used all number of sticks and I still prefer my home made green plastic canes.
ATB 243 Stalker.
I have used all number of sticks and I still prefer my home made green plastic canes.
ATB 243 Stalker.
Yup. Really can't beat the B&Q green garden canes. Mine currently held together with an old bootlace and some electrical tape.
I do do have a super-delux pair made from some hazel wands I cut last autumn, held together with paracord. I save those for special occasions and posh shoots.
It's unclear what you gain by paying more than £5 for sticks!
I do do have a super-delux pair made from some hazel wands I cut last autumn, held together with paracord. I save those for special occasions and posh shoots.
It's unclear what you gain by paying more than £5 for sticks!
Jonny.243. If you are contemplating making your own sticks, then I would make quad sticks. Both John Campbell Smith & Monkey spanker on this site have very helpfully put up some instructions with images which are really useful
But whatever you choose in my view I would always choose quad sticks they are as good as a bench rest!
Good luck
Patrick
But whatever you choose in my view I would always choose quad sticks they are as good as a bench rest!
Good luck
Patrick
Heym SR20
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I use a telescoping pair of aluminium sticks and I hate the bloody things. They are tinny sounding, cold to touch but do allow a mix of seated, kneeling and standing shots. Now I know a decent stand of Hazel coppice - only 400 miles away and I will be going down there and cutting some wands. Personally I find kneeling so much more stable than standing, and generally take shots from either kneeled or standing - I think i am going to make my hazel sticks suitable for kneeling shots.
Viper-flex quad sticks not cheap but definitely the best
TOMMO.B
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The best sticks are the ones that are working for you. No glossy add crap required for simple sticks.
I very much like Bog-pods. For my main shooting though I now use a carbon fibre video tripod and ballhead with a rifle clamp that gives me absolute stability - sub MOA standing and sitting at 800m! Some variants of these are not cheap, but you can make your own for the same as a good set of the 'known-name' sticks. This outfit will do prone to standing and any terrain/position in between.
another vote for the b & q canes,i have four sets,2 full length ones(one is a spare as i have been known to leave them in the field),one set at 1400 high for sitting in a hide and one set which is 14" high used as a bipod,not that i use it much due to arthrytis in the legs,once down takes to bloody long to get back up
i have modified mine now with aluminium spacers,and some good foam tubing,still work out very cheap but very stable
i have modified mine now with aluminium spacers,and some good foam tubing,still work out very cheap but very stable
I agree with you on this one.
I have used The Hammond/viper-flex elite & journey quad sticks, and my own home made quad sticks, and I have to say that I got on alright with them all. But some of the contributors were for suggesting home made quad sticks, I was merely putting my view over in relation to the home made sticks
regards
Patrick
Willie
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Various sticks I have tried,
Bought from John Robson (YDS), steady, very quick and easy to deploy. Height adjustable using clip clamps.
Bought from Limulus. Well made quad sticks easy to deploy once you get the hang of them but a little awkward to track a moving deer. Rock steady.
Corinium cradle quad sticks. Very well made and quick to deploy. Easy to track deer when moving and rock steady. My preferred quad stick of choice.
Willie
Bought from John Robson (YDS), steady, very quick and easy to deploy. Height adjustable using clip clamps.
Bought from Limulus. Well made quad sticks easy to deploy once you get the hang of them but a little awkward to track a moving deer. Rock steady.
Corinium cradle quad sticks. Very well made and quick to deploy. Easy to track deer when moving and rock steady. My preferred quad stick of choice.
Willie
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