Has anyone heard of or, have pictures of a bipod mounted on the front lower area of a bow? The thought had crossed my mind years ago and I am seeing the Primos Trigger Stick with trigger activated telescoping legs made for cameras and long guns. Would be interesting to retrofit a mount to fit in the stabilizer bushing on bow. What do you all think?
Bipod on a bow
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Has anyone heard of or, have pictures of a bipod mounted on the front lower area of a bow? The thought had crossed my mind years ago and I am seeing the Primos Trigger Stick with trigger activated telescoping legs made for cameras and long guns. Would be interesting to retrofit a mount to fit in the stabilizer bushing on bow. What do you all think?
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Intriguing...
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There is a bow stabilizer out there that has 2 legs that pull down and act like a bipod for the bow, I forget what the name of it is right now but I will search for it and let y'all know.
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I made one that attaches at the stabilizer. Uses a couple pieces of arrow shaft for the legs which remove in seconds, screw togeather and store in my quiver
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This one's my favorite and the most stable
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I researched this years ago. This was a thing back in the day. I found a few pictures of people shooting bows, standing up, with long legs attached to their bows.
I tried it but the bow has a natural reaction at the shot. So, you have to sight in with the legs attached. But, if you try shooting the bow without the legs your sight is way off. It's either with or without to be accurate. Very accurate with them.
Tried it kneeling with the stabilizer resting on a straw bale also. Same result.
I tried it but the bow has a natural reaction at the shot. So, you have to sight in with the legs attached. But, if you try shooting the bow without the legs your sight is way off. It's either with or without to be accurate. Very accurate with them.
Tried it kneeling with the stabilizer resting on a straw bale also. Same result.
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That's pretty sweet! Reminds me of the bowstixThis one's my favorite and the most stable![Image]()
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What my thought was, in the standing position while pointing bow toward target, pull a trigger, bipod legs telescope down to the ground then release trigger to lock legs,then execute shot. Something like the Primos Trigger stick gen3 tall bipod.
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Oh yes Hoythunter01, that is so interesting to hear what you have experienced with on this bipod issue. I totally understand the impact point being off. I once used string leeches on a protec hunting bow I was shooting as my indoor tournament setup but, one end tore off on a shot and bounced all over the room and I noticed amiss about an 1 1/2" from center target. Kept shooting and all the arrows were hitting that same area. So I rezeroed to center everything back to normal.then another leech end tore off on the bottom one with the same 1 1/2" from center impact except in another direction.i was surprised to actually see the effect that a small change to a bow would change impact point that drastically.
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I fabricated a bracket that screwed into the stabilizer bushing and used a set of Bi-Pods made for a rifle. I'm 6'4" so I couldn't stand all the way up.
Was a fun weekend project.
Was a fun weekend project.
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Magnus broadheads makes one: http://www.magnusbroadheads.com/magnus-bow-pod/
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are you talking about having a bipod to shoot off of? or just a bow stand. if you want to shoot off one, I cannot imagine that working well, I think point of impact would be much different, if you shoot your bow off the bipod, you would always have to shoot off the bipod, shooting off hand will have a different point of impact, and probably pretty far off.
shooting a bow is all about perfect repetition, and your anchor and hold will be different off of a bipod..... I think:wink:
I say just get a crossbow:shade:
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Back in the late 90’s, there were a couple of machinists on the local 3D circuit that came up with these long stabilizers that would hinge down. On the end of it was a spike that was used to drive in the ground so the bow would stand without aid. There was a shoot off for 3rd place in the Open Class and one of the guys that had one tried shooting with it still in the ground. Didn’t end well for him
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I was also interested to put a bipod on my bow when I started W&S hunting for resting periods. Two drawbacks I noted so far. With the bow in the standing up position it was prone to fall over during gutsy winds. The 2nd problem was that dirt sometime got on the bus cable and the cam without the shooter noticing it.
My idea was to put the bipod at the top of the bow and then the bow needs to be put down parallel to the ground. The only reason I haven't done it so far is because I'm scared dirt might accumulate in the limb pocket area when hunting.
My idea was to put the bipod at the top of the bow and then the bow needs to be put down parallel to the ground. The only reason I haven't done it so far is because I'm scared dirt might accumulate in the limb pocket area when hunting.
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I hunted with a guy once that had one he was marketing. I can't remember the name. Shockpod or something. Guy was the worst shot I've ever seen, he wounded multiple hogs in one day and didn't even really attempt recovery.
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It would seem like, if you're shooting from one, it would be difficult to adjust for istance or to shoot targets higher/lower to the ground. My sighting tactile is a camera tripod with a pointer that touches the back of my hand [not exactly the same, but similar in vertical adjustment concept] and it takes a bit of adjustment for just a couple inches down range, or when moving to different yardage.
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