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Its hunting season. Unfortunately this sport can be an expensive hobby, but there are some tricks out there for saving a few bucks. Here’s a great tip for making your own effective and cheap shooting sticks.

“Shooting sticks can be a hunter’s best friend when that monster deer walks into your shooting lane and your blood gets pumping and the gun gets shaking. I couldn’t see paying $30+ dollars for a pair of sticks so I decided to make my own.

Materials:

• 2 3/4 inch dowel rods
• 1 roll black electrical tape
• Bike inner tube

1. Cut the 2 3/4 inch doll rods to 39 inches
2. Cover them in the black electrical tape.
3. Cut a section of inner tube about 12 inches long.
4. Cross the sticks at one end so that above where they cross you have about 4-6 inches. Wrap the inner tube piece around and around the sticks and tie it off real tight.

You now have a shooting stick that will steady your shot. Best of all they are light weight and will only cost you $5-$8.”

Tip from mongoandtard.com.

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