Crazy thing I have been the rest, twice! The first time deer hunting with my brother in Minnesota, good buck many yards away, nothing to rest on. He claims he missed becaused I breathed! Well I couldn't hold my breath for more than the 15-20 minutes he took to shoot. The second time was hog hunting in Texas, my hunter had no sticks or anything so I laid down and he used me for a rest, Unlike my slow-to-shoot brother, he shot quick and hit.