Suggestion on a tripod for quick shots while stalking

[Blackwood Outdoors]

If you want maximum precision and repeatability, that's the way to go. Getting wet is no big deal. As far as foliage, there is a distinct advantage in shooting from standing. It comes at a price though. If it is convenient for you it depends on what you want to accomplish, on your expectation and on the kind of enviroment you are hunting in. For me going prone when shooting past 150/200 meters is always doable. It just comes to finding a decent position, which is almost always doable. At that distance you have usally some margin to move and find a good prone position.
At least in my experience

The fields around me are like swamps. I'm also shooting hundreds of rabbits a night at times on foot, no way would I be laying down in a bog every time getting wet just so I can shoot prone. I'm taking rabbits out at 150yds with an airgun just fine off quad sticks, so I'll give the lying on a waterlogged floor a miss and it will save me buying a wetsuit as well... I've been shooting a pretty long time to know what works the best ...

 

[randello88]

The fields around me are like swamps. I'm also shooting hundreds of rabbits a night at times on foot, no way would I be laying down in a bog every time getting wet just so I can shoot prone. I'm taking rabbits out at 150yds with an airgun just fine off quad sticks, so I'll give the lying on a waterlogged floor a miss and it will save me buying a wetsuit as well... I've been shooting a pretty long time to know what works the best ...

Hundreds of rabbits per night? That's a lot man, is it your job? Just curious

So you shot at 140 meters at an animal with a vital area as big as a tennis ball (or less if you shoot at the head), standing, with an airgun (so you have to get the exact distance and bullet drop), at night!! Hundreds of time! Either you don't care if you miss shots or you should do international competition

 

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. Ooh deer that’s torn it

 

[randello88]

. Ooh deer that’s torn it

What does this mean? I am not native english speaker sorry

 

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What does this mean? I am not native english speaker sorry
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What does this mean? I am not native english speaker sorry

I’m not a good enough shot to explain unfortunately, BUT I’m sure some of the more marksman type gents can supply an explanation
My furthest shot with an 12ft pound air rifle is 35 yds, more explained expertise on air rifles is required in greater depth from the SD experts and FAC type air rifles which I have no knowledge for sure

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Hundreds of rabbits per night? That's a lot man, is it your job? Just curious

So you shot at 140 meters at an animal with a vital area as big as a tennis ball (or less if you shoot at the head), standing, with an airgun (so you have to get the exact distance and bullet drop), at night!! Hundreds of time! Either you don't care if you miss shots or you should do international competition

Is it my job ? I used to do paid jobs a lot, snaring, trapping, shooting but to be honest, I don't bother anymore... These days I go hunting and shooting because it's my passion, I also have access to plenty of rabbits, that I was contacted to control, because of the damage they had caused the land owners..

Some nights it can be treble that figure, depending on land and time of year, but the land is wet and wild so 90% of the area cannot be accessed by vehicle, especially not in the current climate/terrain.. hence why I shoot off quad sticks, because they are stable, allow long distance accuracy and I'm not lying in a wet bog 100 times over...

Everyone can miss a shot.....Practice makes perfect and getting out and doing a bit most nights of the week...

 

[AndyRoe]

Can you use the Viper Flex quads for kneeling shoots, on paper doesn’t seem that they depress down for a supported kneeling shot quite like the trigger pros?