How do you set your rifle down in the field?

[theoutdoorsman]

Keep my Javelin bipod on my bino harness, Plug it in to place it down. Other than that I usually lean it into the v notch of a willow/alder branch

 

[roosiebull]

I don't carry a bipod with me, so sometimes I struggle finding a good spot to set my rifle down when I find a glassing spot (if it's not in my pack or I don't have a pack). Sometimes on steep or rugged terrain there's just not a good place to set it without it sliding down, scraping up the scope or stock on rocks, or laying it in a bunch of brush or dirt. If I have my pack I'll usually try to lay it on the pack. Just wondering what others do that don't carry a bipod or don't have it in a pack.

I always carry in a gun bearer… if/when I set it down, I am probably less worried about cosmetics than many. I prefer ugly rifles so I’m not worried about looks or how they are treated. I protect functionality and nothing more.

I think something like a Spartan bipod is a fair compromise, and are a useful tool… not a long range precision platform but a way to set your rifle down or shoot from in most situations without having a bipod always attached

 

[Ram94]

Drop it from hip height.

 

[yycyak]

In the dirt, against a tree, against a pack. Something like this is pretty typical:

 

[atmat]

I rake the area free of any debris, lay down my shooting mat, gently place the rifle on it, and cover it with a puffy jacket so it stays warm and comfortable.

Just kidding, lay that crap down. It’s a piece of plastic and metal.

 

[idahodave]

Lay it on the ground or in the rocks.


Hunters have to be the largest “I don’t actually use anything I have cause it might get dirty” group of people that exist in the outdoors.

Agreed.

This is a BRAND NEW custom rifle a week after I received it. I didn’t WANT to just lay in the snow,…but who has time to be running around looking for rifle stands?

dave

 

[SloppyJ]

Some of you guys would shit if you saw me lower mine down from a tree stand.

 

[Reburn]

If you just hunt from the truck you never have to worry about this. Or having enough cold beer. Or being in shape.

 

[khart_6882]

If you just hunt from the truck you never have to worry about this. Or having enough cold beer. Or being in shape.

Or having great hunting stories


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[Marshfly]

Neoprene scope cover to absorb the small hits and protect the glass. Then just lay it down wherever. Scratches are part of the deal.

The important part is buying a scope and rings that actually work when you handle them roughly.


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[Wyo_hntr]

Just lay it on the ground. It's ok.

 

[TaperPin]

If you hunt and shoot a lot and can’t carefully find a place for the rifle, there won’t be much left in a couple of decades. That must double or triple the cost of rifles over a lifetime. All my rifles will be inherited by our kids and are used all the time. The scope is the weakest link so I don’t ever purposely let it come in contact with rocks.

I‘ll set it down on dirt, brush, a pack, whatever. If your bicycle in jr high school was beat to crap, your rifle probably is as well. In the rocks I always have a hat or gloves that can be put down to cushion the rifle. I glass with it leaning against a shoulder, across my lap, or the barrel is in my hand to steady glassing. One year the biggest buck seen that year was bedded less than 100 feet from where I was sitting - your rifle has to be quick to get to all the time.

 

[Reburn]

Or having great hunting stories


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Listen here little rokslider.........
Lighten up francis.

And you can make great memories and stories anywhere.

 

[wyogoat]

Bipod mainly for this reason. It’s easy to set it down. Javelin for backcountry or Harris depending what I’m up to…flame away. I don’t like scratches.

 

[hereinaz]

I don’t mind the dings and scratches, but I have dealt with too much dust and crap falling into cracks and my action, making my rifle dirty after a couple days of hunting. Maybe that’s an Arizona desert thing.

 

[Mikido]

Lay it on the ground or in the rocks.


Hunters have to be the largest “I don’t actually use anything I have cause it might get dirty” group of people that exist in the outdoors.

I have a cousin, who insisted we literally drag a gutted deer back to camp tied to his atv, as opposed to laying it on his front rack, to avoid getting blood on the atv. Hunters are some of the biggest b**ches I’ve ever met.

 

[Kimber7man]

sometimes a rifle just gets dragged

 

[grfox92]

I place mine down in rocks, dirt, sage brush, leaned against a tree. It's going to get the hell beat out of it no matter what.

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[Marshfly]

Some of you guys would die if you got in the position to do a belly crawl stalk on an antelope.


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[Kimber7man]

Some of you guys would die if you got in the position to do a belly crawl stalk on an antelope.


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Worry much more about the cactus than my rifle when doing that!!!