Stick

[Mr Woodchuck]

When out n about doing the trekking bit ... a walking stick goes a long way in helpin ya see stuff ... if ya use it so it sounds like a third foot step ... animals don't shy away or run as easy ... they do count footsteps.
Anyone who rides a horse knows this ... on horseback you can get up pretty close to game n critters fore they figure stuff out.
A walkin stick can also be used as fishun pole tent pole crutch and defense...
had a possum turn red eyed evil once and it got sent to the promised land via walkin stick airlines.
  Got a buddy who carves em up in Pa. and he can't make em fast enuff.
Mee 2 cents

[tom-h]

i agree with that ,i use one  just to help with  walking also had to whoop off a crazed blue-jay  kept buzzing my head  and i did nothing to provoke  him  i just thought my head was a big pecan i guess.

[Mr Woodchuck]

Them birds will peck ya eyes out ... mean they are
        Batter upp' a hit n a run  Blue jays nothing ...
lol

[RoaringBull]

I usually grab a good long stick from the ground and use it, gonna hafta work carving me up a nice one....

[bull frog]

No one mentioned to steady you while crossing swift streams, and my favorite, feeling around the edges of bushes, rocks and logs in heavy snake areas.  You never know where these little deviles are hiding................            bullfrog

[Mr Woodchuck]

Snakes do not like sticks swung down wiff great force
Ruins thar day ....

[tom-h]

but dont pick up a  snake and hit a stick

[Ironwood]

I have three or 4 walking sticks I've made.  Make them from saplings or blowdowns.  I even brought one back from Washington state.  I really like them for going through the tall grass and bushes where you can't see your feet.  Sort of shuffle the stick along ahead of me.  :D

[Mr Woodchuck]

Better to have the snake bite the stick than bite you
then ya bite de dust
lol

[melsdad]

They make for a fine rifle rest also.  come on guys I can't believe no one mentioned this already. :D :D

[tom-h]

every one here shoots so well we dont have to shoot from a rest






                               

[Ranger]

Tom's right! I'm surprised you ain't heard of our shooting ability! I can hit the broad side of a barn all day long without a rest!

[melsdad]

Tom's right! I'm surprised you ain't heard of our shooting ability! I can hit the broad side of a barn all day long without a rest!

Even if your standin' inside with the doors shut!!.....LOL

[Oldnamvet]

I once red a study where they said that a good walking staff used properly would take about 25% of the effort off your knees.  As you get older, anything that helps the knees is good.  The last time I deer hunted I found the value of a good stick.  I had to walk about 1/4 mile across a plowed field at 5AM to get to my blind.  I was in a lot better shape and didn't fall down when I got to the blind.  That one hike across the field in the dark on slippery mud convinced me.  I don't enter the woods without it.

[pathfinder]

I guess I should carry a stick now. The Garter snakes in my aera get HUGE! once saw one almost 10" long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . This is one reason I like the southern guns, the pointy butt plate makes a great walking aid in up-hill stituations.