Walking Stick/ Shooting stick combo

[bobbyo]

I was wondering if anyone used walking sicks and if they were able to use them as shooting sticks. Brands and Pictures of set ups would be appreciated.

[firstcoueswas80]

Go cut yourself a century plant stick and I will hand make you one.

[CouesWhitetail]

Some of the guides in Mexico I have hunted with like the stoneypoint monopods. They are easy to use for resting your binos on for quick scans of areas as well as for shooting off of.

 

http://www.stoneypoint.com/products/mp_exp...on_monopod.html

 

Amanda

 

[COUESAZ]

I like the yucca plant for a walking stick and if you make it tall enough you can set your binos on it and glass while standing.

[catfish]

get a nice 8inch stick cut a hole 4 inces across in the middle and 6 inch down then shoot

[SilentButDeadly]

Yucca/Agave/Whatever-you-wanna-call-um are the only way to go, light weight, super strong, and readily available on a trail near you! a couple minutes with a leatherman saw will get you set up nicely. Maybe bring a leather strap to make a grip or wrist loop...

 

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[Red Rabbit]

I wrapped some tennis racquet grip tape around my yucca staff for a comfortable, slip resistant grip. The yucca staffs sure are light, yet rigid. The yucca staff offers some length immediately handy on the downhill that a regular hiking staff does not offer without taking time to extend it.

[NRS]

The best ones are the Sotol or desert spoon, which are very common in coues country. Sometimes they are called Moses sticks. If you are lucky, you can find one that a carpenter bee chewed a hole in during the summer as they hollow out the center making a light but very strong walking stick. Some of the old timers would make them with chamois on top for a non slip grip and put a crutch tip on the bottom to make them last longer in the rocks. There are all sort of ways to use one to steady your binoculars or rifle depending on how you sit or stand and brace the stick with your legs.

[Red Rabbit]

Sotol plant

[IHunt2live]

My father-in-law uses a yucca plant. He screws a small section of a yucca to his walking stick about half way down and uses that as his shoting rest.