After it was attached to the bottom of my crossbow’s stock, the QD42 flexed easily and allowed me to place its base on my waistline or thigh while sitting.I carried it in a small daypack with other gear from my truck to the treestand. Note: I waited until I was in my treestand to attach the rest. The Stalker QD42 (Quick Detach) slid easily onto my crossbow’s Pictanny rail.Here’s what I discovered - and it’s all good! The Stalker QD42 features what the company calls Flex Ready Technology, but would it flex/bend enough for me to shoot my crossbow comfortably from a treestand with the base of the rest on my waistline or thigh? My crossbow has a Picatinny rail on the bottom of the stock, so I knew the QD42 would easily mount to it. I couldn’t find anyone online talking about using it with a crossbow in a manner like a SteadyEddy (meaning resting it on your waist or thigh), so I decided the only way to know for sure was to try one myself. I’ve been aware of Swagger shooting rests for several years, but only recently while pondering my crossbow/treestand problem did I consider the company’s Stalker QD42. You push the button to slide the rest on and off a Picatinny rail or the included adapter, which attaches to a sling swivel. The Swagger Stalker QD42 works equally well on firearms or crossbows. There’s probably a crossbow hack on YouTube for mounting a SteadyEddy to other crossbow brands, but I was hoping to find something simpler. The only problem with the SteadyEddy is it’s designed exclusively for TenPoint crossbows.
While sitting, you can shoot straight ahead or to the side simply by adjusting the SteadyEddy base slightly on your waistline or high on your thigh. Because the SteadyEddy mounts to the crossbow’s forearm, there are no parts to fall from a treestand. The key to the SteadyEddy monopod is you can place the base of it near your waist it doesn’t touch a treestand’s platform. The one system that caught my eye a couple years ago is the TenPoint SteadyEddy. (The monopod isn’t attached to my crossbow.)Īs I teased in this article’s subtitle, I’ve been searching for a solution to this problem for years. Don’t ask me how I know this: A 3-foot-long monopod falling to the forest floor from 17 feet has a way of spooking a nearby deer. And if I swing my crossbow to 9 o’clock to shoot a close-range whitetail freehand, then what do I do with the monopod currently set up for a 12 o’clock shot? With two hands on my crossbow, the chance of the monopod falling to the ground is high. The hang-on platform isn’t wide enough to move the monopod for the 9 o’clock shot. At times I’ve used a monopod with a large base that won’t slip through a stand's platform, and that works okay, but I’m limited to shooting in only one direction.įor example, as a right-handed shooter in the sitting position, if I set up a monopod between my feet for shooting straight ahead (12 o’clock), there’s no way I can adjust it for shooting to my left (9 o’clock). However, I have a few hang-on portables and ladders with tiny platforms and no shooting rails in areas I love to bowhunt, but I’ve never been able to figure out an effective crossbow rest that works well from these compact stands. I have a couple comfortable ladder stands featuring shooting rails, and these work well for supporting my crossbow. Sure, I can put an arrow into the lungs of a big whitetail from very close range without the aid of a rest, but at distances of 15 to 30 yards (30 is my self-imposed maximum range) I always use a rest.īecause of the rest requirement, I hunt from the ground with a crossbow 90 percent of the time. As a rule, crossbows don’t have crisp, clean triggers like those found on top-notch centerfire rifles, and as a result it’s difficult to accurately shoot a crossbow freehand. When hunting with a crossbow, I’ll shoot only with the aid of a solid rest. I enjoy the variety of using all three bow designs. I bowhunt with a crossbow in Wisconsin and a compound in Minnesota and South Dakota, At times I’ll choose my recurve, too. From a ladder stand with a tiny platform, the author used a Swagger Stalker QD42 rest to support his crossbow and make an accurate shot on this 2021 Wisconsin whitetail.
0 kommentar(er)
