Air Rifle Hunting, How to make a set of short shooting sticks 2010

[TheJohnG89]

Great cost saving idea , my mate has made a few longer ones for standing, I have made a small bipod version and an midsize version, both for under £5 awesome

[HuntersVermin]

@TheJohnG89 Thanks glad you found the vid useful.

[Froodtotheboobs]

I also made a pair today - cost me £2.47 in total and took 4 or 5 minutes!

[232fdadghjdc]

Made a pair today , took like 1 minute to make them, thanks !

[CarpkingG]

Made a set of these today .very simple highly effective!

[HuntersVermin]

@CarpkingG Glad you liked them.

[MrCauphy]

I have watched several different videos on this subject by far the most simple and the most cost effective. Thanks chief.

[HuntersVermin]

@MrCauphy Your welcome, glad you liked it.

[arsenal3542]

made this the other and now i dont think i cud do without it thank u huntersvermin

[HuntersVermin]

@arsenal3542 Your welcome glad you liked it.

[CountZero78]

Well presented and very useful video. Thank you very much. I have now made my own set of sticks.

I should think you have helped save a lot of money for most of us ad caused a dent in profits for the companies that produce sticks.

[HuntersVermin]

@CountZero78 Thank you glad you liked the video.

[rjreid1958]

yes thats what i need im a squirrel hunter n the states (oklahoma) and i like to put my back against the tree but then i had no rests that is until now thnx u make us all better hunters good job

[HuntersVermin]

@rjreid1958 Glad you liked it.

[delbert963]

Thanks for posting this, I never even thought about them until i watched your videos and saw how stable it makes your aim, I will be making some this weekend!

[HuntersVermin]

@delbert963 Glad you liked them.

[Stpilot09]

Thank you for making this. I made a set exactly as you show here and they work great! 

[HuntersVermin]

@Stpilot09 Glad you liked the vide.

[Aikiandy1]

Excellent I will be making some of these. Thankyou.

[HuntersVermin]

@Aikiandy1 Glad you liked it.

[Ard5665]

I used bambo sticks tied them using figure of eights with string

Works very well

[nmjmnm]

What are the spikes you use to stick them into the ground?

[HuntersVermin]

@nmjmnm They'er really just two 4 foot long garden stakes.

[mrwatusay]

Could i do this with longer sticks like the ones in your other video

[HuntersVermin]

@mrwatusay Yes you could, thats how i made my first set of sticks.

[MerrokiTran]

hi your videos are great! what is your fps? and whats your scope power?

[HuntersVermin]

@MerrokiTran My BSA is about 660fps and the Theoben 832fps both in .22cal and i usually set my scope at 6x.

[MerrokiTran]

@HuntersVermin thank you :)

[bunnyhunter10]

I HAVE MADE MYSELF A SET OF THESE SHOOTING STICKS VERY GOOD AND CHEAP. SHOT 4 RABBITS ON MY FIRST OUTING WITM THEM.

[HuntersVermin]

@bunnyhunter10 Very good glad that you found them useful.

[roadrager71]

Can you think of anything I could buy at my local hardware store for the elastic band?

[HuntersVermin]

@roadrager71 If you know someone who has an old bicycle or motor bike iner tube you could cut 1/2 inch off the end to make a good rubber band like i did, or you could go for a rubber Oring from a hardwear store but it might not be just as stretchy.

[roadrager71]

@HuntersVermin Would buying a Wheelbarrow Innertube from the hardware store work?

[HuntersVermin]

@roadrager71 It would be silghtly bigger but it would work fine.

[bikechris13]

that is awesome !!! im going to make some

[mrcountryboy567]

i made one of these and it works verry good

ive used it on a couple of squirrel hunts

[HuntersVermin]

@mrcountryboy567 Glad you found it useful.

[neznamify]

how mach is this long ?

[HuntersVermin]

@neznamify The two stakes i use are about 4 foot long.

[ddurose1]

Well I went to B and Q last night bought 2 of the smaller canes and nocked up a set of shooting sticks in no time. I'll be out tomorrow evening to test them out. Top tip and keep the videos comming.

[HuntersVermin]

@ddurose1 Thanks and good luck with the sticks.

[MrWalloping]

Excellent many thanks,keep it up

[HuntersVermin]

@MrWalloping Thank you.

[Robocorps2]

Awesome tips. Thank you.

[HuntersVermin]

@Robocorps2 Your welcome.

[TheStupidMonkey007]

Thanks for the great video! I bought a couple of those stakes yesterday and actually had a couple of golf grips I had removed from some re-gripped clubs and used those in place of the tape. They look and work great. Thanks again for all the great videos and information.

[HuntersVermin]

@TheStupidMonkey007 Your welcome, glad that you found the vid useful.

[redneckoutdoors14]

DUDE GO TO AIRGUN.TV'S CHNNEL HE HAS THIE VID UP ON HIS CHNNEL!!!!!!!!!!

[HuntersVermin]

@redneckoutdoors14 Yes i know thanks as i supplied the video to him and a few others as i would write an odd article for the Airgun Shooter magazine on DIY projects.

[redneckoutdoors14]

@HuntersVermin o ok just wanted you 2 know C:

[pokemonR0X]

Your Texan?

[HuntersVermin]

@pokemonR0X No sorry, i am from Northern Ireland.

[warrenpwr]

very nice vid well done

[HuntersVermin]

@warrenpwr Thank you.

[MrRobbiewest]

hi just saying thanks, i made myself a set of your shooting sticks and they work great. Its very helpful getting a few tips from someone who knows what they are talking about.. Keep up the great work !!!!!!!!

[MrRobbiewest]

hi just saying thanks, i made myself a set of your shooting sticks and they work great. Its very halpfull getting a few tips from someone who knows what they are talking about.. Keep up the great work !!!!!!!!

[Hellequin70]

I just made a set of these today; saved me about £20 over buying a ready made set from ebay so thank you! They're bloody good too, they actually feel better than the Harris bipod I've previously been using in the sitting position as I can adjust the height I'm shooting at far quicker.

Top videos, cheers!

Paul

[HuntersVermin]

@Hellequin70 Thank you for the nice comment, glad you found the video useful.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

my grandfather showed me how to prepare baked rabbit while camping wrapped in leafs and then a coat of mud then baked in a hot rock pit. it was so delicious i can still remember that one a great way to cook while camping.

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi Yes sounds great, i've seen deer and other meat cooked in a similar way, steaming them in a pit with hot rocks.

[Paganwarrior2000]

@RichardOhKaNoi So, how about a DIY on that?;)

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@Paganwarrior2000 sure wish i knew what a DIY was i am not into short cuts so tell me straight out what it means and maybe i can help thanks for the interest. oh by the way BBQ rabbit is great to if you cook it over water that is sat on the coals it leaves nice and juicy but fully cooked great stuff.

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi That sounds like a good cooking tip thanks. Oh DIY stands for Do It Yourself.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@HuntersVermin ok thanks for the heads up.. being raised in michigan on a farm we ate a lot of game so i was well prepaired for hunting in my later years and the preperation of game for eating. so many diffrent ways of cooking game and most of them are great. one of my favorits is chicken fried squrriel it just cant be beat except for a bear roast now your talking great food.. have a good day and look at how many ways there is to prepair food

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi Yum yum, rabbit and wood pigeon are about the only wild game i have cooked so far but i do intend to try squirrel some time but there isn't too many about my shoot.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@HuntersVermin well you got one up on me i have never had wood pigeon but i have had a lot of squab used to catch them in the barn in the spring time wait until they got a full set of feathers then snag them. grandma's squab pie simply mouth watering deliceious. oh and squirfles i found best are country squirrls dont get city squirrls full of nastys. and chicken fry them save the brains for some of the creol cooking gumbo or other type of cajun cooking.

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi I am sure wood pigeon is very similar to dove as its a very dark red meat that fry's up lovely in the pan.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@HuntersVermin well i have eaten a bit of dove in my life i like the breast but here in the us there is a large variaty of dove the ones from arizona have a sage tayste to them and the ones from florida have a dry tayste but the ones from northern california are the best i think real juicy. i think that i could sit down and eat about a dozen of them ha ha

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi My goodness you are hungry. It must be the birds diet in those areas that that affect their taste. 

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@HuntersVermin no its not that. i am 65 years old and i have lived in those places so i hunted in a lot of them over the years. i dont get out much any more but i do like the tayste of wild game over store bought stuff.

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi Ah i see, sorry to hear that you don't get out to enjoy hunting much any more but you must have hunted in a lot of different places over the years.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@HuntersVermin i have been very lucky in that i was in the militairy for 20 years and had a chance to hunt in diffrent countries, shot some mighty fine phesent in korea and went giant monator lizzard and monkey hunting in the philippines. in there language it is called bayawak and maching there are some videos about bayawak on you tube actally they are good eating. see the videos

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi That sounds interesting i must look them up, thanks.

[Paganwarrior2000]

@RichardOhKaNoi I was wanting your grandpa's recipe and method of cooking, that's all. Some vids of that would be AWESOME!

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@Paganwarrior2000 wish i had some videos but there are good ones out there anyway. now the recipe that was passed down from my gradfather was for rabbit..baked in mud... after skinning the rabbit save the heart kidneys and liver cook them inside of the rabbit. use a rub (what ever you like) but i like a bit of black pepper salt cajun spice (hard to get in the UK but it is great) tripple wrap it in large leaves cake in a 1 inch layer of mud and bake in a hot stone pit for 2 or 2 1/2 hours great

[Paganwarrior2000]

@RichardOhKaNoi Why thank you kind sir! I hope to try this soon on some local bunnies! Right now I'm fixed on coyotes though, they're becoming quite the nuisance. Unfortunately, I doubt I will find my current choice of quarry edible...

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@Paganwarrior2000 not unless you are really hungry. i have heard that the azul indians used to eat coyotes in some of their ceramonies but i dont put much faith in what i hear... take that with a grain of salt. well enjoy your hunt. got lots of those critters in texas

[Paganwarrior2000]

@RichardOhKaNoi I think I'd need more than a grain of salt to kill that tast ;)

[RichardOhKaNoi]

@Paganwarrior2000 now fpr tthose who are into big game hunting forget africa a big rip off and it will cost about $35,000 just for starters. now in the philippines for less than $2,000 and that includes air fair and hotels you can hunt wild tamaraw's or water buffalo. and there are some heck there are a lot of nice side bennifits for going to the P.I. we call them LBFM-PBR ask a sailor what that means you will love it.

[RichardOhKaNoi]

i love hunting rabbits. the cotton tails i like to pan fry but the jack rabbits i like to stew. i guess you dont have any jack rabbits in the UK but believe me they are good eating if prepared correctly. i use the fir for various things gloves. hats, hand muffs and dog trainer aids. that's why head shots are so important for me so i wont ruin the pelt. oh i have been to the UK many times and i was just wondering what is your accent. thanks for the good video

[HuntersVermin]

@RichardOhKaNoi Hi ya, i'm from Northern Ireland, thats were i get my accent. No we don't have any jack rabbits in the UK but i think that they are very similar to the hare that we do have. Thanks for the nice comment.

[biglad234]

You videos are great man I would buy a DVD :) well edited and thought out... all the best

Ciaran

[HuntersVermin]

@biglad234 Thank you very much, i'm glad you liked them.

[bigjohntightlips]

nice tip my friend thank you for sharing,, john

[HuntersVermin]

@bigjohntightlips Your welcome.

[filoIII]

These probably wouldn't work well for a springer, no?

[HuntersVermin]

@filoIII No, Not if you set your gun directly onto the sticks, as setting spring guns onto a hard surface will only make them jump. But if you use the sticks to rest the back of your hand on, and rest the gun in the pam of your hand, it should work.

[evan61197]

okay im gonna have to try that were could get the allastic

[HuntersVermin]

@evan61197 The elastic is simply a 1/2 inch wide cutting from an old bicycle inner tube.

[evan61197]

i have a quwstion? would u beable to u se them with like a 223 rifle

[HuntersVermin]

@evan61197 Yes, a .223 rifle would probably be a bit lighter than some air rifles out there, and it doesn't have too strong a recoil ether.

[miketheknife2]

nice vid mate great idea!!

[HuntersVermin]

@miketheknife2 Thank you, glad you liked it.

[gungadin777]

Enjoying the hunting and how-to videos. Thanks for the quality videos.

[HuntersVermin]

@gungadin777 Your welcome, glad you enjoyed them.

[bronzehunter]

Very good video again, i use these green sticks but not the way you have shown but very similar and they work so well even on my centrefire rifle and rimfires.

[HuntersVermin]

@bronzehunter Yeah i find they come in handy for a lot of things including hide poles. Glad you enjoyed the vid.

[9P38lightning]

Thanks M8 thats a gr8

Idea.....

[HuntersVermin]

@9P38lightning Your welcome.

[nufcjohnd]

awsome , ill be making me sel a set of them, thanks, great vids by the way, keep em coming, im hopefully getting me sel a bsa super 10 carbine , i notice u use one, i was looking at a few vids on utube about them to get a bit of info on them, thats how i found yours, glad i did, handy sticks them mate, hahaha, cheers

[HuntersVermin]

@nufcjohnd Sounds good, glad you liked the vids.

[MrBigGunGuy]

i was look at your other video on airgunTV it said to check out your video in one of there mags nice going mate.

[davedaveno14]

Went to B&Q today and got 2 x 1.8m garden stakes and a 1m length of pipe insulation plus an older inner tube and will be making mine tomorrow - thanks for the idea which is simple and brilliant.

[HuntersVermin]

@davedaveno14 Thank you , your welcome.

[codyarob]

hi there i like your videos i live in nz what would be the easyeist way to make a hide im shooting rabbits in a paddock thanks cody

[HuntersVermin]

@codyarob Hi ya, you don't really need a hide for rabbits, just sit down with your back up against a tree or bush down wind and with in range of where you expect the rabbits to come out at. So long as you sit still and stay quite the rabbits shouldn't notice you, Shoot for the head and leave them where they fall so you don't disturb any other rabbits that might come out.

[HATTAXX]

works great for you got to make me some =) thanks.

[HuntersVermin]

@HATTAXX Your welcome.

[TheProcock]

no way ur in airgun shooter with these arent u i thought id seen it somewer before hahaha!! good vids aswel :) do u hav any other articles coming up in magazines?

[HuntersVermin]

@TheProcock Yep thats me, the ejet from Northern Ireland. I sent them some more stuff, so hopefully there should be more articles to come soon.

[carbonrocket]

Great, cheap and easy! Nice one

[HuntersVermin]

@carbonrocket Thanks glad you liked it.

[Plorticus]

Good to know it was printed in one of the mags. I've now made my version and bagged a bunny using them on Tuesday night. Took me a little getting used to at first but work a treat.

[HuntersVermin]

@Plorticus Yeah the mag printed the stand up version, but these are a lot easier to make, and i find them handyer. Glad they have came in useful for you.

[daveawebber]

Another superbly done vid.............I have noticed in the garden centre the price of these canes have gone up ....probably due to people buying and making shooting sticks ....:O) lol

[HuntersVermin]

@daveawebber Doesn't that beat all, the guy who runs the garden center must be a you tuber. Thanks for your nice comment.

[Ghostmaker1970]

Excellent you will see these in up and coming videos great idea and they work a treat

ATB Ghost Maker

[HuntersVermin]

@Ghostmaker1970 Thanks, hope they come in handy for ya.

[Plorticus]

As ever HuntersVermin you are in the Top 3 of the air rifle hunting videos in my opinion.

Maybe the likes of Terry Doe etc. from the mags will be in contact soon as they did for Kwiky and get you writing regular features for some cash. I'd certainly read it intently. All the best Plorticus

[HuntersVermin]

@Plorticus Hi ya, you know what they say about great minds thinking alike, cause i,ve already written an article for Airgun Shooter on the shooting sticks video i made, and it was printed last month. Ok its not a hunting review but it still got printed. Thinks for your nice comment.

[yammo12]

great idea the simple ideas are always the best 10+10

[HuntersVermin]

@yammo12 Thank you very much, glad you liked it.

[morsoMies]

good video very simple =) it worked thx m8

[HuntersVermin]

@morsoMies Thanks, your very welcome.

[TamrynRimfire]

Great Vid weldone 5/5

Tamryn

[HuntersVermin]

@TamrynRimfire Thanks Tamryn, glad you liked it.

[RDPproject]

Nice....

5* mate.

Rob.

[HuntersVermin]

@RDPproject Thank you.

[leekk70]

well done HV i was going to buy a shooting stick tomorrow (30euros) think i'll head to the diy shop instead great vid if you've anymore tips like this keep them coming

[HuntersVermin]

@leekk70 Believe me this is a lot cheaper to make than 30euros, and works near hand as well. Glad it came in handy for ya.

[hatsan38]

simple solutions is the best solutions ! great job mate ! thumb up !!

[HuntersVermin]

@hatsan38 To true, thank you.

[ploetzlich30]

Thumbs up!

well, the summer is going to reach his end very soon. so you also hunt during winter and while snow is laying on the ground?

[HuntersVermin]

@ploetzlich30 Thanks, And yes, i find that it is a lot easier to decoy crows and magpies down using some bait in the colder months of the year.

[thesokable]

nice and simple, good vid mate!

[HuntersVermin]

@thesokable Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[flamefinger1989]

another great video well done

[HuntersVermin]

@flamefinger1989 Thank you.