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Offline bayoubear

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one armed hunting?
« on: November 09, 2007, 04:28:16 PM »
i've a family member that's lost the use of his left arm. 100% loss of use from shoulder down, forget its even there. its taken several years but we've finally gotten him back into the woods and he's having a  blast. he's a good shot and plenty capable. plays in golf tournaments and routinely finishes about mid-pack, and thats with only one arm.

question is this, am trying to design some type of shooting suport he can use that beats a sandbag. one of those gun cleaning kit vise type rests is okay only when hunting a highline besides, who wants to stare down a single shooting lane all day? what ive got in mind is some sort of tripod device with a gunrest in the form of a padded rowboat oar lock. i'd like the rest to be able to hold the rifle independently so he can let go of it to rest on occasion yet still be able to move it, hence the oar lock idea.

light weight and portability are paramount too. the goal is for him to be able to hunt alone and not be dependent on any assistance from us at all such as building modified ground blinds, shooting benches, etc etc. sling the rifle over his shoulder, grab his shooting support and a stool and away he goes.

has anyone here had dealings with this type of situation before?
i'd be ever so grateful for any tips or advice.
thanks

'bear

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Offline jgalar

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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2007, 04:25:07 AM »
HANDGUN
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Offline bayoubear

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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2007, 02:20:28 PM »
thank you for replying. i guess thats so obvious i should have mentioned in my post that handguns arent an option. my stepfather has plenty of wheelguns but also some fine rifles too. he hunts now and missed a fat old doe recently due to the shooting rest he was using. couldnt angle down enough. God bless him for sure, he's got more determination than most of us put together and by golly if he wants to hunt with long guns then im going to make it easier.
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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2007, 04:09:52 AM »
Fasten a shooting stick to the front swivel mount. 
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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2007, 09:43:53 AM »
I've seen a shooting platform in some of the varmint hunting magazines where the shooters sit on a seat, with a gun rest out in front, three or four legs that make it fairly stable, and the whole thing swivels around to change directions.  I've been considering one for my self, and setting it up inside my blind.
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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 04:07:05 AM »
A friend of mine, that I went to school with since Kindergarten - some 39 years ago lost his arm in an industrial accident.

They were putting beer cans on top of posts - used for guardrails and the pile driver came down and took his hand off - causing him to loose his lower part of his arm.

They gave him a prosthetic arm / hand to use.  The surgery's that he had were extensive - because of all the damage from the compression of the pile driver breaking all the bones into a thousand fragments.

Since he was a youth, the only rifle he ever used for deer was a .243 Winchester.

I saw him last year, coming out of the woods near his house with his rifle and a nice doe.

The drag was all up hill on 4 inches of new fallen snow.

Since he does not have a hand, I asked him straight out - how he could shoot a rifle.  He told me that he just puts it in the crook of a tree and shoots.  There is not much recoil in a .243 compared to other rifles.  I then asked him how he could drag a deer and he said that he only shoots what he can drag.  Never go where you can't get it out and never shoot more than you can eat!

I give him a A+ for the courage that he has since his accident.
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Re: one armed hunting?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2010, 12:50:04 PM »
steelhead51 here, Ive had 2 strokes and lost use of right arm and ability to walk verry far. On the gun rest thing I use a walking cane the type with four little legs has a foam type hand grip makes excellent rest light ,stable, works well in blind as well as when I set on a swivel seat six gallon bucket I shoot both a rifle and hand gun this way works excelent .
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