ORIGINAL: waiting_for_a_gift
Just some remarks on gun stands. How many of you plan for a rest aim when preparing a gun blind? I do. For me it is one of the top three considerations, the other two being location and concealment.
I hunt and scout a lot in northern WI, and I’m frequently amazed by other people’s stands I come across. They’ll hike and presumably drag through a half mile or more of fairly rough country, for a marginal setup in a marginal location. Ok, sometimes a great location, but you get my point. Hardly any of the stands that I find have rest aim for the primary area of coverage. There’s evidence they went to considerable effort to scout and prepare the setup, but to overlook that detail doesn’t make sense.
A rest aim turns a marginal shot into a fairly easy one. An impossible shot into a makeable one. Even with a good scoped rifle, anything over 20 – 30 yards I want a rest aim.
I agree that planning to have a rest, at any rangemakes sense. Also better to have something and not need it versus not having it and needing it. Plus you guys in WI need a rest for "your beverage" anyways!
