Sure it’s possible! That said......
Everybody has made great points and I think it really comes down to the range you’ll be shooting on a particular hunt, your shooting ability, your rifle and the way you backpack. Are you going to spend many days in the back country or are you day-tripping it i to the hills? A 12” strip of bicycle tire inner tube can turn a couple of trekking poles into a great bipod for some shots (especially sitting or extreme uphill) with very little weight penalty. If you’re taking a tripod to glass for game, why not set it up for shooting off as well? Install an Arca Swiss plate (
https://www.evolutionbipod.com/product-page/arca-swiss-compatible-bottom-plate )to the bottom of your rifle and run Arca Swiss plates on your optics along with a suitable head on your tripod. It’s an easy install using threaded T inserts in your stock and a gunsmith won’t charge much if you’re uncomfortable doing it yourself. If you use a carbon fiber tripod with a short center post (or better yet, NO center post) you can splay the legs and get almost as low as a short bipod without any additional gear besides the Arca Swiss plate on your rifle. A nice ball head makes running both your optics AND your rifle nice and smooth. Plus, a leveled tripod makes tracking a moving animal and avoiding canting your rifle much easier than most bipods. IMO
I have an lightweight Extreme Pod (
https://www.evolutionbipod.com/product-page/evolution-bi-pod-with-short-legs-7-10-5 ) from Modular Evolution that uses carbon fiber legs that’s terrific but it’s still not light in terms a backpacker would use. It’s 14oz with short legs and runs around $330. Unless I was going to be taking LR (like 500yds+) shots in terrain where I thought I could easily deploy my bipod, I’m going to use a system that I’d already have with me. And even at extended ranges I could make use of one of my tripods just as easily, and with even better results, than my bipod. 3 legs is always sturdier and steadier than 2.
Everybody has their own preferences and I’d never try to deter someone from using what they feel most confident with. I’m just pointing out that there may be some creative uses of other equipment you are likely to be toting along ANYWAY; and cutting almost a pound off your pack weight is pretty nice. I tote a bipod on some day hunts and predator hunts but usually use home made shooting sticks or trekking poles with a piece of inner tube if I’m not using a tripod. My carbon fiber bipod sees most of its use on my range or shooting at a match. It’s at the bottom of my list, most of the time, for hunting.
Hope this helps in some way. Best of luck to ya!
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, I'm going to try using my pack instead of the Harris. Setting the pack upright should work sitting, on it's side or back for prone-ish. I'm expecting it to work fine, will be bipod free. The Harris will then lie in state for observation before being committed to the trash.
