Sticks

[Mickeydredd]

im only 5'6" so have to watch the height i set them at otherwise im on tiptoes trying to shoot (not good)

I'm 6ft3 so have the opposite problem....

 

[wabbit warren]

my sticks extend on the bottoms so wouldnt be a problem for you lol

 

[VSS]

this is so true. my mate showed me how to swing your rifle from your shoulder (muzzle up) onto the sticks.
it takes some getting use to again using something to align where your target is helps (im shooting in darkness)
so a tree silhouette set the sticks up rifle onto them. then make final adjustments once you've found the target
in my case EYE shine helps
im only 5'6" so have to watch the height i set them at otherwise im on tiptoes trying to shoot (not good)

I find that the best way is not to take my eye off the deer. Keep looking at the deer, and bring the rifle in line with my line of sight on the sticks. The moment I take my eye off the deer to try to see what I'm doing with the sticks it all goes wrong.

 

[tozzybum]

Very true a switch from thermal to n.v putting the rifle on sticks proves the wife " right " .
" Multi tasking is not for men " but she never complained when eating Venison or Wabbits

 

[wabbit warren]

lol i spot with thermal. remember the target cant normally see you
set the sticks up, put the rifle on the sticks turning on the scope and IR, then back to the thermal just to check im in the right area and the target (fox)
hasnt moved to far. then onto the rifle, find the target in the scope and you know the rest.
god i do a lot without thinking about what im doing

 

[mikesy]

I could never go back to standard shooting sticks. Quad sticks are on another level, accuracy at distance improves by a country mile.

 

[Tazz]

Practice is the key to most things and quad sticks are no different. Getting slicker/quicker at deploying them and getting the rifle on is all about practice and techniqu, equals the more you shoot off them the better you get, I am fortunate in that I use them with a 17HMR and NV shooting rabbits out to 100yds, makes you very confident when using them for deer out to 250 when required

 

[huntero956]

Try not to fall down a ditch with them

 

[Dickie]

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Try not to fall down a ditch with them

Ouch

 

[Tregullon]

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Try not to fall down a ditch with them

Ally or carbon?

 

[huntero956]

Ally, I must say the service with Viper Flex had been second to none. One quick email stating what happened with a few photos and they are sending me a replacement.

 

[PCal]

The quad sticks bushwear sell have done me well for 3 years now. They required a little bit of reinforcing in certain areas to reduce flex at the joints. Additionally I used some gorilla camo tape mainly to deaded the metallic noise you can get when walking through under growth.

 

[kieran222]

Your accuracy and range will significantly improve with quad sticks. I have made a set of short approx 2ft quad sticks which I use for certain ambush situations where it isn't worth setting up a high seat. Extremely accurate for either sitting or kneeling and gives more clearance than prone shots, also more comfortable.

 

[wabbit warren]

never thought about a short set Kieran222 might make a set or buy another set and cut them about a bit

 

[Foxyboy43]

Your accuracy and range will significantly improve with quad sticks. I have made a set of short approx 2ft quad sticks which I use for certain ambush situations where it isn't worth setting up a high seat. Extremely accurate for either sitting or kneeling and gives more clearance than prone shots, also more comfortable.

Yep. I did this a few years ago - again with B&Q’s finest but shorter/thinner sticks. Ideal for an ambush sitting in a hedgerow and very light to carry too.

 

[Fabnosh]

For many years I used a set of sticks that worked as either a mono stick or a bipod. After my first trip to Africa I was converted to tripod sticks. Admittedly, these were deployed by a well seasoned PH and the shooting ranges were well up on UK distances that I’d have been comfortable with in the UK with a mono or bi. After that I then used, with great success, these for many years. Roll on a decade and I’m with another PH and he had quads. I’ll admit I was a little unsure. After a few days and a few animals down, I dropped a baboon at 385 yards off quad sticks. No way would that have been conceivable with a mono, bi or tri set of sticks.

There is merit in the argument of set up time but I’m in the place that if it less than 80 and speed is of the essence, its what’s available or off hand and if it’s longer (and with a little luxury of perhaps a little time ) it’s quads.

The confidence quad sticks give the youngsters I’ve brought on is huge. In terms of accuracy and therefore clean kills, it’s hard to deny their effectiveness.

FN

 

[limulus]

P.S. They are made by a man in a shed not in China if that is important to you.

A garage!

 

[stevenedwards]

A garage!

Almost as good as a shed

 

[JH83]

Quad sticks were designed to fool old folks that aren’t as limber as they used to be and those folks of any age that never learned how to spot and use the rests provided by nature in great abundance that they are (still) lethal with a rifle in any situation and can come down out of the high seat every now and again.
Often these are the same guys who ask how many cartridges it takes to complete DSC1.
A single stick is ample and if you use a fairly stout, plain one it shouldn’t cause much anxiety if you break it by using it as a yoke to extract a carcass or leave it behind.
Definitely not the case with your 200quid carbon fibre quad sticks.

Possibly my favourite comedic post of all time. Congratulations.

 

[Leec6.5]

Watching some modern stalking videos I notice the pros now all use quad sticks. Personally I have always been keen to minimise weight, bulk and equipment, even buying a smaller, lighter if less efficent set of binoculars than my best pair, which give me neckache. I can see the benefit of a single-stick rest (which might also double as a walking stick and obviate the use of a bipod) but carting around four of them, no matter how convenient and carbon-lightweight, is an idea of which I need convincing. Open to persuasion/enlightenment as always. Appreciate any views on offer or recommendations, thanks

I’ll take bulk and accuracy over the risk or a poorly placd shot from double or those god awful tri bog legged heaps of shite!

Quad sticks are accurate to 300yds or over providing you can do your bit!

Thats with £20 B&Q specials