I'm heading out to Colorado for an elk hunt at the end of this month. I have a Browning M-1000 Eclipse .300 Win Mag that has a very wide fore arm.

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I would Like to use a shooting aid that doubles as a walking staff.

The bi-pods that mount to the gun is not an option for me as I do not want to lay on the ground and most importantly, do not want to add to the weight of an already very heavy weapon.

I have looked at most of the brands online and many at the local Bass Pro and Academy.

I like the trigger system of the Primos.

1. Is it a quality product?
2. Will it handle a gun with a wide forearm or would I need to go with a product that has wider yoke or an adjustable yoke?
3. Which is better, the Mono-, Bi-, or Tri- pod? (I like the bi-pod particularly).

Where I am hunting we will be not be walking and stalking. Mostly sitting and waiting.

Your advice would be very helpful. My concern is mostly about the yoke of the Primos and the forearm of my rifle.

Thanks

Josh

The monopod makes the best walking stick and the worst rest. The tripod makes the worst walking stick and the best rest. The bipod is somewhere between the two. There are lots of tripods out there, but the most popular are the bog-pod and the trigger stick. The trigger stick adjusts much more easily than the bog-pod but is much heavier and bulkier. None are perfect, but the bog-pod tripod is genuinely steady, if you use it correctly, and is less bulky and heavy than some of the others. It's the lightest full sized unit that I've found useful. If you don't mind shooting from the sitting position, Stoney Point makes a detachable bipod with fairly long legs that's quite light. Some criticize some of the hardware, as it's plastic, and I wouldn't say that it's as heavy duty as a Harris, for example, but it's big enough to be useful and it's light.

There's so much personal preference in these things ...

I have a primos monopod trigger stick and it is not very good unless you are kneeling or lower. It is too twitchy for long range shooting standing up.

You can get extremely stable from a modified indian-style position with a pair of collapsing shooting sticks. That's probably the most versatile bit of gear you can have for resting your rifle while still hunting, but tall vegetation can still take those out of play. You can certainly hit vitals on an elk from 100 yards away or more with a monopod, but it isn't ideal and you need to do a good bit of practice leading up to your trip; I don't think you want to have your first try shooting a heavy rifle off of a monopod while you have a head full of adrenaline with a bull in the crosshairs.

Tripods certainly get you nice and stable, but be sure you can deploy and adjust it easily and quietly.

Bog pod is the best I have used

This^^^^^

Thanks guys. Picked up a BogPod bi-pod today. I think I'm going to like it. Yoke is plenty wide enough.