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Topic: Your thoughts on bipods...again...
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Kokopelli
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posted June 23, 2018 06:55 AM
So..........How did the walker / shooting platform turn out ????
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Lone Howl
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posted June 23, 2018 07:00 AM
Fantastic...except it gets caught in the brush a lot.
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Leonard
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posted June 23, 2018 10:47 AM
They have wheels, right? you can rig up a handle and pull it behind you without too much trouble....or go back to the Harris bipod.
I might have mentioned before, I always had an immediate aversion for Harris bipods with all those stupid springs. Talk about something that snags on brush! Springs snag on brush!
Whatever, some people like'em. On the other hand, I like the clean lines of my Atlas.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Aznative
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posted June 23, 2018 10:59 AM
I know I'm getting on board this thread late but here is my 2 cents. I like the small bipods that are used on a bench. They are good at giving me a way to set the gun down without it getting in the dirt. They are small and lite. I'm not leaning the gun up against fence lines, trees or brush. If open country I take shooting sticks. However, I'll tell the wife to watch for folding walkers at the Goodwill for my favorite stands.
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Kokopelli
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posted June 23, 2018 01:30 PM
The thrift stores usually have several on hand.
Ask the price, and then inquire "Is that for one or all of them??"
Go for the volume discount.
Brushed in with a milk crate for a stool they make a passable blind that's cheap enough to leave for the season.
For that matter, I've found a couple of beater step ladders that somebody was using for tree stands.
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WhiteMtnCur
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posted June 23, 2018 02:35 PM
Can anyone recommend a lighter/ultralight bipod equivalent to the Harris 9-13?
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Locohead
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posted June 24, 2018 12:46 AM
Reading through page one, I thought Koko' was just being silly about the walker!! For real guys?? I won't knock it, I've never tried it. Seems like you would have to be up on both knees to shoot from it?? How does it work?
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Locohead
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posted June 24, 2018 12:58 AM
WMC,
Just use the standard Harris and drill a bunch of holes through your stock to make it lighter!!😀
Fer real, fer real, after your first whole day out with it, you will get used to it. It feels normal to me. If its a long ways to the truck and starts to feel heavy, I just switch shoulders like probably everyone else.
Light weight? What could you save - a couple of ounces maybe? Just get one. They work well. You do have to lift the rifle and reposition it sometimes. If so, you usually have to only reposition once after you initially see the coyote. The areas I hunt, you usually spot the coyotes a far ways out and you have time to move without being seen. If coyotes show up closely in your areas, all bets are off. Sticks would be better.
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Kokopelli
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posted June 24, 2018 04:59 AM
Loco, it's more of a permanent stand type thing best used with a folding stool or a milk crate, or on an incline.
Just another tool in the bag of tricks.
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Leonard
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posted June 24, 2018 07:05 AM
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Can anyone recommend a lighter/ultralight bipod equivalent to the Harris 9-13?
For what purpose? Daylight stands, on ground level, prone?
Around here, as soon as you lay down, your visibility degrades by a huge amount. Maybe on elevated ground? From a bench? I don't really know? But, as I have already mentioned, look up the Atlas bipod. It makes a Harris look like a Rube Goldberg contraption.
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: forgot to mention about the walker solution as a dedicated device for people that have a favorite ambush type stand that you return to frequently, like once a month? I have never made a stand in the same place, ever, so I don't know about that stuff?
edit: reminds me! Trevor, I owe you an email. Slipped my mind, due to iPhone
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WhiteMtnCur
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posted June 25, 2018 04:03 PM
I do a lot of my coyote hunting a few miles past and a couple thousand feet above the signs that say "no motorized vehicles beyond this point." So I'm pretty weight conscious.
That Atlas bipod shaves a couple ounces and looks superior to the Harris. Thanks.
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Leonard
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posted June 25, 2018 07:23 PM
Yeah, the Atlas is a little spendy, but it's really well made and should last a lifetime. Doesn't require preloading either. It's a favorite of the tactical boys. It's the only one I own, it has a lever for a quick disconnect from a separately sold picatinny rail.
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: as far as past the motor vehicle sign; don't you hunt on horseback?
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knockemdown
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posted June 26, 2018 04:14 AM
A cool thing about the Atlas is the QD throw lever option. Quick on/off, as in like 3seconds. So, you don't hafta keep the bipod mounted on the rifle for every stand, just keep in in your pack, calling bag, or even in the truck when that stand doesn't call for belly flopping...
Or, if ya do wanna keep the bipod on your rifle, the Atlas' legs can fold up 180° astern, allowing them to tuck underneath the forearm. This allows the rifle to slide easily into a backpack scabbard, if you're hunting offf your back. OR, a horse?
I don't dislike the Harris bipod, a notched leg swivel version with a KMW pod lock added is a nice setup! But, the Atlas ergos and versatility have become my preferred means of front support for field prone shooting...
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WhiteMtnCur
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posted June 26, 2018 08:01 PM
Most of my time in the roadless country is in the saddle, but whether there or on foot I still try to watch weight so I can carry (more of) other things.
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Paul Melching
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posted June 27, 2018 03:44 AM
It is so cool to see all the diverse forms of this sport (if you will) from trucks with pop tops to walkers to horse riders to atv's I would love to have a horse but it is such an investment in time and commitment to the animal that I do not think I could do the job! I love the smell from both ends of a horse ! An animal that changed human history!
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Leonard
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posted June 27, 2018 10:17 AM
Yeah....what's that they call a "trailer" on a horse? A travois, (French word, I believe?) is it? Which is an Indian invention, replacing the wheel. Anyway, a place to pile up a few carcasses and lunch.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
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posted June 27, 2018 11:31 AM
A few years ago, I ran into a fence rider in S.E. Ore. who told me that he called coyotes from up on his horse with a Circe mouth call. He carried a .357 lever action rifle and used .38 special hollow points on anything smaller than deer. Swore that a coyote would come in close to a man calling on horseback. I'm not sure if he was pulling my leg or not but he had 'that look' and I for damn sure wasn't going to call him a liar. I suspect that he didn't get down into town very often.
You meet some interesting people way out in the sagebrush.
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Leonard
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posted June 27, 2018 11:38 AM
Well, that's absolutely true. For some reason, all game, not just coyotes look at a horse and rider as just a horse. Yes, there have been a couple accounts of a coyote attacking a rider but once you get out in the wilderness, hunting on horseback doesn't spook game very much, if at all. I do have an invitation to hunt with Trevor, wonder if I could manage a little bit of that "beyond the motor vehicle "sign?
Good hunting. El Bee
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