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<blockquote data-quote="epoletna" data-source="post: 2815593" data-attributes="member: 87371"><p>I have mobility issues of my own -- nothing like those of your wife, but still enough to make hiking long distances with a rifle and binociulars next to impossible. I booked a guided hunt in NV a year and a half ago and took a decent antelope using my guide's Bog Pod Death Grip. The system works well, but I discovered one thing neither the guide nor I expected: reloading.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to take a second shot after the first one, and when I worked the bolt (a little too energetically, I guess) the death grip clamp head rotated back so the rifle was vertical. </p><p></p><p>Then when I rotated it back to find the target, I couldn't spot it. Just insufficient practice with the tripod and scope -- all my own fault.</p><p></p><p>So my first bit of advice is: practice! Use the rifle with the tripod, clamp head and seat that she expects to hunt with. Don't make her hunt the first opportunity to experience the whole setup. Get her seated so she can have the rifle close to her body -- not pointing directly away from her as if she was sitting at a table with a plate in front of her.</p><p></p><p>Make sure the stool or chair she is using allows her to get close to the rifle. Have her work the action to see what the clamp head does when she pulls the bolt back. Make sure she can find her target looking through the scope. And eventually, have her shoot to make sure the scope doesn't hit her when the gun recoils. She needs to remember her shoulder is absorbing the recoil, not the tripod. All it does is hold the rifle steady as she sights and takes the shot.</p><p></p><p>BTW, it sounds like my wife has a condition similar to what you describe. My wife uses a walker in the house, and two hiking poles when we go out. She is slow, but at least she can participate in activities other than just sitting in front of the TV. Good luck! Let us now how it goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epoletna, post: 2815593, member: 87371"] I have mobility issues of my own -- nothing like those of your wife, but still enough to make hiking long distances with a rifle and binociulars next to impossible. I booked a guided hunt in NV a year and a half ago and took a decent antelope using my guide's Bog Pod Death Grip. The system works well, but I discovered one thing neither the guide nor I expected: reloading. I wanted to take a second shot after the first one, and when I worked the bolt (a little too energetically, I guess) the death grip clamp head rotated back so the rifle was vertical. Then when I rotated it back to find the target, I couldn't spot it. Just insufficient practice with the tripod and scope -- all my own fault. So my first bit of advice is: practice! Use the rifle with the tripod, clamp head and seat that she expects to hunt with. Don't make her hunt the first opportunity to experience the whole setup. Get her seated so she can have the rifle close to her body -- not pointing directly away from her as if she was sitting at a table with a plate in front of her. Make sure the stool or chair she is using allows her to get close to the rifle. Have her work the action to see what the clamp head does when she pulls the bolt back. Make sure she can find her target looking through the scope. And eventually, have her shoot to make sure the scope doesn't hit her when the gun recoils. She needs to remember her shoulder is absorbing the recoil, not the tripod. All it does is hold the rifle steady as she sights and takes the shot. BTW, it sounds like my wife has a condition similar to what you describe. My wife uses a walker in the house, and two hiking poles when we go out. She is slow, but at least she can participate in activities other than just sitting in front of the TV. Good luck! Let us now how it goes. [/QUOTE]
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