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prohuntress
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I would like to know where I can purchase some Underwood shooting sticks? |
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| There are shooting sticks for sale on ebay, but it doesn't look like the underwood variety. |
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Lever-action-lover
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| Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Whats a shooting stick? Is it a way to call a gun? Im new to all this! |
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expatriate
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| Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Let's hope I have this right. A traditional English shooting stick looks much like a cane, with a head that folds out into a seat. The idea is that it provides a portable seat for the shooter to sit down and yet swivel freely. However, rifle hunters have discovered that they're often more useful as a portable rest for your rifle rather than for your backside.
Underwood is a type of wood generally produced by coppicing, which essentially cutting back stumps each year and allowing shoots to grow up. You may have seen underwood canes before -- they're slender, yet have a knotty, bumpy appearance.
If I'm off base on this, somebody let me know. |
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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The shooting sticks I'm familar with are foldable and can kind of look like two large "chop sticks" crossed toward one side or the other. Something like a bi-pod.
There are a bunch of pictures on ebay.
[ This Message was edited by: bitmasher on 2003-01-22 21:39 ] |
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chechatonga
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| Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| I make my own, it is fun. |
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah they do look like something that could be made at home. What do you make yours with, wood? The ones on ebay appear to be of a metal material. |
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chechatonga
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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I saw a picture or a painting of a old time buffalo hunter once and made mine as he did, for woodchuck hunting, as harris bi-pods are real expensive.What I use are sticks put together with rawhide shoelaces, the diameter of the sticks is a personal preference,as is their length, tied near the top with the leather shoelaces,as you open them the rawhide streches and kinda grips the forestock of the rifle, provodes a good rest and is real cheap, plus I have the satisfaction of having done it in the manner of the old timers.
[ This Message was edited by: chechatonga on 2003-02-05 18:40 ] |
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