Solid Aim Shooting Stick, Because Stability is Key
Dr. John Woods 02.24.20
The central idea about shooting any gun is to hit the target. Simple? Well, it would seem so. But find yourself hunting mule deer out west in a steep, rocky environment in a 10+ mile-per-hour stiff breeze and maybe throw in a little sleet or snow. How is your shooting now?
Place yourself in a whitetail woods. You’re stalking along just inside the treeline still-hunting the edge of a big food plot or soybean field. All the shots are long, way over 200 yards. You glass the far end of the field and spot a big buck standing just out of the woods. Are you confident making such a shot offhand? It’s a challenge.
While there are many ways to find a shooting support out in the field or woods, few things work better than a good shooting stick. This is especially the case when the shooting support is precisely adjustable to the exact height you need to get the scope crosshairs quickly on target. A shooting stick not only takes the weight of the firearm off your arms and shoulders, but it significantly helps you to steady the shot.
Over my years of hunting, I have used a number of shooting sticks including some I made myself from cut and dried cane stalks wrapped at the top with rubber inner tubing. Those were okay, but now there is a new one on the market. Brought out by the same parent folks that make the Cuddeback trail cameras, the Solid Aim is a new and different type of shooting stick.
The Solid Aim shooting stick is extendable from 8 to 60 inches with the push of a bottom and a pull on the bottom of the pedestal. It retracts quickly using the same button or locks in place at any point desired. It is suitable for stand hunting, shooting houses, kneeling, or standing up. The top cradle is a wide “Y” with a soft yoke surface to stabilize a rifle, handgun, shotgun, or even a crossbow.
The bottom of the shooting stick can be used as is, or you can mount the included wide rubberized foot with attachment screws. I like the rubber foot. Without it, there are two toe tabs that can be pulled out to set your foot on. Also there is a leg stabilizer that can be pulled up or down in any position to help further stiffen the stick’s legs. At the base is also a rotating Twist Lock to secure the legs. There is a wrist lanyard attached, too.
The Solid Aim is one of those shooting tools you have to handle and use afield to appreciate. Check them out at www.solidaim.com. Solid Aim will help you take those long or awkward shots.
