Educate Me On Shooting Positions With Sticks/Bi-Pods

[nast70]

Was looking at getting a shooting stick or a bipod for next season. Looking at the Primos Gen 2. Question is, when standing, where do you place your left hand (i'm right hand trigger happy)? On top of the barrel, holding the stick, holding both? Different postions for sitting?
Is there a 'proper' way or is all personal preference?

[Dean2]

Angle sticks away from you so they put pressure back at you when you lean into them. Put your sling swivel on the near side of the yoke right up against it, use your left hand to hold the sticks and loop your left thumb around the swivel and yoke. Do not rest your barrel on the yoke.

This works sitting, standing or kneeling and allows you to load the bi-pod so it is really steady. Take them and your 22 out gopher shooting to practice. When you can hit gophers 80% of the time to 75 yards, you will have no trouble hitting game a bunch further.

If you can, practice shooting off them at the 300 and 200 yard ranges with your big gun. They react a little different with the recoil.

[elkhunter11]

I use the Primos Tripod. and my front hand is on the hand grip, so I can squeeze the trigger to make height adjustments if required.I find the tripod more stable than the bipod, and the newer shooters that I take out hunting have found it very easy to use.

[41thunder]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I use the Primos Tripod. and my front hand is on the hand grip, so I can squeeze the trigger to make height adjustments if required.I find the tripod more stable than the bipod, and the newer shooters that I take out hunting have found it very easy to use.

X2 tripod all the way
They don’t like dust though

[Justfishin73]

Gun mounted bipod all the way---tripod just more stuff to carry

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Justfishin73

Gun mounted bipod all the way---tripod just more stuff to carry

Except the OP mentioned shooting while standing, which rules out most bipods that attach to the rifle.