Thread: Let's see your DIY shooting rests for longer shots in the bush

Originally Posted by 300wsm for life

Do people no longer practise the art of free standing shots without rests?

I remember reading the old deer cullers books, think it may have been someone like Phillip Holden, they said always use the best rest you could get. Prone over anything, sitting or resting on something and then as an absolute last resort, standing. Solid advice I’ve always used in the bush, why risk screwing up the shot standing when you had the option to rest on something


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Originally Posted by NZAlpine

I remember reading the old deer cullers books, think it may have been someone like Phillip Holden, they said always use the best rest you could get. Prone over anything, sitting or resting on something and then as an absolute last resort, standing. Solid advice I’ve always used in the bush, why risk screwing up the shot standing when you had the option to rest on something


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Why is standing the position of last resort ? It is the position most game is shot from and the position that should be practiced most. What about standing and using a tree as a rest. Done correctly, which for a right hander means shooting off the right side of the tree with the back of the left wrist forced into the tree with pressure from the right leg locking it all together. Just as good as prone.