Packable shooting tripod for daytime predator hunting

[hereinaz]

Well up until this winter I’ve always sat during day hunting and I still do where I can but these days I stand a fair amount where cover allows since I can see quite a bit better standing in the rolling country I hunt.

Any of the tripods with inverted legs are what you want. I run the Leofoto and have tested the JC, but it doesn’t check the boxes for standing/shooting.

If I upgraded all my gear I would have a RRS for sure, but not yet. It is better but not that much better.

 

[turbo406]

I use a Santa clause optics pup it's around 4 lbs with ball head it's really not bad at all to pack, I use it day and night. Been beating on it for a couple years now with zero issues other than the ball head can get stiff at like 10 below

 

[AZ_Hunter]

I use a spartan ascent tripod. It’s 3.14lbs or so. But it comes in handy. I use it in conjunction with their bipod. Both have been used to take game, just depends on the situation.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

For daytime predator calling, I think the Spartan SpringBok bipod would be tough to beat. It's similar to the old Stoney Point Rapid Pivot Bipod I used a decade ago. Think of it as QD shooting sticks with a flexible rubber head.

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You lose some stability compared to a tripod but you make up for that with its small size and weight, versatility, and the freedom to quickly move or detach the bipod.

SpringBok Bipod

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I like the idea of the springbok. How are you carrying it in the field? I think having scabbard would be handy so quick access.

 

[ZeroFoxGiven]

I use a Santa clause optics pup it's around 4 lbs with ball head it's really not bad at all to pack, I use it day and night. Been beating on it for a couple years now with zero issues other than the ball head can get stiff at like 10 below

That’s a solid setup for the price and SCO are good people.

Unfortunately that’s the nature of the beast for those Innorel ball heads. Ours can get the same way when it gets real cold. They still perform very well at the price point.

 

[turbo406]

That’s a solid setup for the price and SCO are good people.

Unfortunately that’s the nature of the beast for those Innorel ball heads. Ours can get the same way when it gets real cold. They still perform very well at the price point.

A guy can't really fault things for not wanting to work when it's that cold out hell I don't wanna work when it's that cold out

 

[StupidLightweight]

I like the idea of the springbok. How are you carrying it in the field? I think having scabbard would be handy so quick access.

I've never used the SpringBok bipod, so I have no experience carrying it. With the old Stony Point version, I carried it in the side pocket of my backpack. When I arrived at a calling stand, I'd attach it to my gun, adjust the leg length, and start playing the bunny blues to any coyotes or cats in the area.

 

[ZeroFoxGiven]

A guy can't really fault things for not wanting to work when it's that cold out hell I don't wanna work when it's that cold out

Definitely know the feeling

 

[satchamo]

I use a Santa clause optics pup it's around 4 lbs with ball head it's really not bad at all to pack, I use it day and night. Been beating on it for a couple years now with zero issues other than the ball head can get stiff at like 10 below

I might need to check that out. Travis is just up the road from me and always treated me good on thermal gear.

 

[turbo406]

I might need to check that out. Travis is just up the road from me and always treated me good on thermal gear.

I have zero complaints with mine so far

 

[Shortschaf]

Leofoto 282C on right
Leofoto 282CMX on left

I just got the CMX and it is perfect for me. Not tall enough for standing height glassing, but tall enough for standing height shooting (I am 5'8")

And not so terribly long when collapsed like the 282C (it's 40 inches)

Inverted legs are 10x more user friendly. I won't go back to conventional

 

[satchamo]

Leofoto 282C on right
Leofoto 282CMX on left

I just got the CMX and it is perfect for me. Not tall enough for standing height glassing, but tall enough for standing height shooting (I am 5'8")

And not so terribly long when collapsed like the 282C (it's 40 inches)

Inverted legs are 10x more user friendly. I won't go back to conventional

This is helpful. If I’m reading correctly, the cmx is 30 inches collapsed?

 

[justinspicher]

I’ve been using the Spartan Sentinels for all off my tripod shooting. So far I’ve had zero complaints.

 

[Shortschaf]

This is helpful. If I’m reading correctly, the cmx is 30 inches collapsed?

Yes

 

[Quandary]

I have a Spartan Ascent with the Davros Pro Head and a Two Vets Recon with their 55mm ball head. Spartan Ascent is 1.5lbs lighter but not as stable. Two Vets with the big ball head easily handles the 20lb range rifle. With the 44mm head the Two Vets ways 3/4 lbs more than the Ascent. Both are great. Must weigh pluses and minus of each and the use case to decide which to use when.

 

[superhands]

I like my leofoto 364 ranger, light and legs collapse tightly

 

[BLJ]

Probably not what you’re looking for but I’ve good success with the tall Trigger Stick.

 

[Lurch12]

I picked up a rekon on here uses and added a bog death grip head. I really like it.

https://a.co/d/5QRHa96

 

[TheGDog]

Tagging in on this thread also as have been wondering the same thing. I have a small lightweight Sirui carbon fiber tripod I use for my glassing which holds my rifles but seems to unsteady for a long distance. Would like to hear others experience.

Have a Sirui Carbon fiber as well that I use for glassing. Never really did any long distance shots in hunting yet. But I do imagine I'll need to at some point. So my question is... with your Sirui... realistically what distances do you feel it's "Ok" for in terms of "long distance"?

AND... does that mean with the rifle "clipped-in" like on an Arca-Swiss type attachment? Or, just in general, like if I were to twist my Outdooorsman's Pistol Grip on it's side and just use the lil sweeping radiused cutout to rest it upon. My figuring was maybe 200-250-ish? That sound about right to you?

Appreciate your time.

 

[TheGDog]

Probably not what you’re looking for but I’ve good success with the tall Trigger Stick.

If I know the topography is steep-ish, like big desert open country ridges, and the goal is yotes/squeeks, sometimes I bring the Trigger Stick, the regular sized one.

Just because the lil kwik stix can be "tricky" with it's tent-pole feet on a slope when there's soft dirt/leaf matter making a side want to sink in as the rifles weight gets placed upon it. But because of the hike-in/climbing involved, it's rare I bring it. Usually the kwik stix.

But in that particular scenario, that easy to rotate "V" and quick ability to readjust leg height without relinquishing your hands grasp is pretty cool!