Ron, get a stick!!! I've got a few years on ya and know what you are going through. I still shoot fairly well when I have to sweep the barrel at a moving target but at a motionless target shooting freehand I'm better than you but still not near as well as I used to be. I started carrying a Mono many years ago. I made mine out of a stick of 3/4 EMT with a crutch foot on one end and a little plastic V-Cradle on the other... Works well and cost me around 5 bucks. Practice with it and changing your rifle elevation by putting the foot of the Mono out further will get relatively simple and second nature.