Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
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Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I am considering buying a MN rifle tag this year. I would be hunting in moderately hilly country with some swamps and cattail marshes in West Central MN 1-2hrs from the ND border. I'm debating hunting from the ground vs hunting from my Lone Wolf Alpha. I'll be using a .30-06 zeroed at 200yds and not shooting further than 200 even if presented with such a shot (unlikely in the area I'll be in). I'm wondering a few things:
1. Is it worth it getting up high having the rifle handy? Is the ground a viable option assuming I'm somewhere with enough visibility to stay a bit further from the deer?
2. If shooting from the hang-on, any tips for achieving something more stable than an off hand shot? For some angles I could probably brace against the tree, but for anything straight out from the stand that's not going to work well. Seated with elbow on knee is a possibility. I have shooting sticks, so I could possibly rig something on my stand to rest the feet on.
1. Is it worth it getting up high having the rifle handy? Is the ground a viable option assuming I'm somewhere with enough visibility to stay a bit further from the deer?
2. If shooting from the hang-on, any tips for achieving something more stable than an off hand shot? For some angles I could probably brace against the tree, but for anything straight out from the stand that's not going to work well. Seated with elbow on knee is a possibility. I have shooting sticks, so I could possibly rig something on my stand to rest the feet on.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I prefer to be in a stand during rifle season. Gets a little crazy in certain parts of my state when the orange army comes out. Being off the ground is a safety thing for me and for others, my shot angle usually goes into the ground. Added visibility doesnt hurt either.
I'd try your shooting sticks, maybe just bring something with you to cover the holes in the base of the stand and you can just use it as if you're on the ground.
I'd try your shooting sticks, maybe just bring something with you to cover the holes in the base of the stand and you can just use it as if you're on the ground.
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In that terrain I would just setup with lw in thicker cover. Shooting offhand at 50-75 yards is very easy.
You can also use a shooting stick. I ziptied a small pice of garden hose to the platform between my feet to hold the bottom of the stick.
You can also use a shooting stick. I ziptied a small pice of garden hose to the platform between my feet to hold the bottom of the stick.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
PK_ wrote:In that terrain I would just setup with lw in thicker cover. Shooting offhand at 50-75 yards is very easy.
You can also use a shooting stick. I ziptied a small pice of garden hose to the platform between my feet to hold the bottom of the stick.
ziptying a garden hose to platform for shooting stick.....genius . I love the ingenuity of some of you guys! I will be doing that for rifle this year. I know they make some portable shooting rails for hang ons, but I don't want to carry anything else with me thats not needed.
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PK_ wrote:In that terrain I would just setup with lw in thicker cover. Shooting offhand at 50-75 yards is very easy.
You can also use a shooting stick. I ziptied a small pice of garden hose to the platform between my feet to hold the bottom of the stick.
You could actually get away with doing that at a few different locations on the platform and easily be steady from many angles.
I always face away from where I expect most deer to come from. Makes it nice to have the tree to brace against or a tie on hook of some sort.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I prefer my Summit climber for gun hunting but no doubt the lone wolf will work fine. I also like to use the tree to steady against.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I think your stick idea should work decently well. I've gun hunted for years and I don't find either stand or still hunting better than the other. I think it depends more on the terrain you're in. If you're close to ND you probably have quite a bit of open country so I would try to stay mobile as much as possible. Otherwise I would hunt the same as I would with a bow and try to find the hot sign and set up.
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ol_ben wrote:I am considering buying a MN rifle tag this year. I would be hunting in moderately hilly country with some swamps and cattail marshes in West Central MN 1-2hrs from the ND border. I'm debating hunting from the ground vs hunting from my Lone Wolf Alpha. I'll be using a .30-06 zeroed at 200yds and not shooting further than 200 even if presented with such a shot (unlikely in the area I'll be in). I'm wondering a few things:
1. Is it worth it getting up high having the rifle handy? Is the ground a viable option assuming I'm somewhere with enough visibility to stay a bit further from the deer?
2. If shooting from the hang-on, any tips for achieving something more stable than an off hand shot? For some angles I could probably brace against the tree, but for anything straight out from the stand that's not going to work well. Seated with elbow on knee is a possibility. I have shooting sticks, so I could possibly rig something on my stand to rest the feet on.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I use an old Stoney Point "telescoping monopod" walking stick that doubles as a shooting stick.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I use a Primos Trigger Stick. Practice with it a bit and you'll love it.
Set up where you can see the deer's travel route.
I've shot most of my rifle deer between 20 and 75 yards, a few out to 200 though. Never know.
Set up where you can see the deer's travel route.
I've shot most of my rifle deer between 20 and 75 yards, a few out to 200 though. Never know.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I have a Primos Trigger Stick that works awesome for shooting out of my Lone Wolf. In my opinion, it is better to be in a tree during firearms season, because you can see so much further, plus you can pretty much shoot everything that you can see.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
I have molle straps on my Alpha II, and the top section of fabric that connects the two shoulder straps sits right under the built in bow holder hole in the platform. I plan to use a primos trigger stick and rest it on the back of the molle straps. never tried it, but seems like it should be steady.
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
Just bought a trigger stick (longer version) and the treestand base. Both on sale on amazon with prime.
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This will work great on the stand
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Re: Rifle Hunting from a Lone Wolf Hangon
Warren Womack used to have a picture of a pretty cool set up that he made. Im not 100% sure of the details or material he used as I only remember seeing the pic. However, I remember he took what looked like a piece of PVC pipe and cut it down the middle. He then took one of the halves and some how affixed a shaft to it coming out of the rounded side of the PVC pipe. He then took the top of a shooting stick (V Part) of something similar and attached it to the top of the shaft for his rifle to lay in. The idea behind it was he could sit in his lock on, set the shooting rest on top of his thigh and be at eye level with his rifle.
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