Chrisyboy Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 as above what are good trees to get strong branches from to make a pair of shooting sticks i want to make a pair of homemade wood ones not metal any help would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Ash, hazel or holly will be good, but wooden sticks are fairly big and heavy - bamboo will be better but not exactly a native species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisyboy Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 ok ill try bamboo and if thats not any good for me ill try ash and hazel thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Cut a few now and leave them to season over the summer. They'll be a third of the weight when seasoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 seasoned mature hazel, brilliant for sticks,light as a feather and very strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter.123 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I have never made any but Hazel would be the lightest after seasoned I would have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ging125 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 go to a garden centre and buy some green plastic poles, look at huntervermin on youtube, cheap, functional and look pretty good too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 agree with the boys cut some hazel or holly and let it season, then drill a small hole at the top end about 8" down and double up a leather shoelace and thread it thro loosely, then get a good leather toungue out of an old pair of boots and make a hole either end and slip on the sticks from the thin end push it into position at the top end, thread the leather lace in and then open the sticks up and the leather toungue is strtched to lay the barrel on, to stop the ends splitting,carve the points down so they will take a copper olive out of a compression fitting............. homemade shooting sticks look much nicer i think. ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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