I' m really sold on the plain old leather military sling. Years ago, I tried a couple of other padded type slings, but settled on the military sling and have been very happy with it.

I' ve used it stand hunting for white tail as well as a variety of wide open conditions and hiking for caribou and moose. I think if you learn to use it and practice just a little with it, it can really help your shooting accuracy in many positions when you don' t have a good solid rest. Definitely helps off-hand shooting a lot imo.

Downside: they don' t have a wide padded part, but that' s never bothered me at all. I almost always carry a small back pack with padded straps when I' m doing a significant amount of hiking. I just position the sling on top of that and get the benefits of the padding. When I' m not carrying a back pack, I' m also not hiking all that much either, so it just kind of works out that way.

They' re really pretty cheap so you could pick one up and try it to see if you agree. -zeke