I don’t have a tree stand or a blind, so I am either still hunting or sitting against a tree (sometimes in bushy or leafy cover, but you’d be surprised by how many deer I’ve seen just resting against a tree trunk and being very cautious and deliberate with my movements, [or lack thereof!]). I have never had the pleasure of being able to rest my gun against anything that wasn’t more of me. All of my shots have been either offhand, sitting, prone, or some strange, very nonstandard position that I worked myself into in order to get the shot (e.g. on my back once after sliding down a hill to find some space to shoot between). A shooting stick is just something I would drop, lose or make noise with. Not for me.