BOG Tripods

[PARA45]

Does anyone have any of the new BOG Tripods?  I was looking at the Great Divide Tripod in Carbon Fiber.  I'd like to know how they like them, pros & cons of them, etc. Thanks!!!!

[rockville]

No but I think I will

[rockville]

Sent you an email

[Marc]

I have not used a BOG, but recommend https://outdoorsmans.com/ tripods and various attachments.  Yes, a little more pricey, but their stuff is incredibly light, stable and tough.

[flyinstroke]

I have the BOG death grip and have no complaints so far. It is too heavy to pack around but for prairie dog hunts and stationary hunting it has done its job. I bought it for the kids to use in pop up blinds and they loved it also. I also have the regular bog pod with the adapter to put rifles on top. It isnt terrible. It is much lighter than the death grip. You will definitely get what you pay for and possibly a little more from them

[zonie]

Just reading some reviews on the great divide carbon fiber tripod,  some good,  some bad.   I guess it depends on what you are going to use the tripod for ?  Things I might use a tripod for  heavy spotting scope,  camera, shooting a rifle off of.  Personally I would look at Manfrotto tripods and they do make carbon fiber and see if you can adapt another companies   V  head for rifle,  most likely so.   I guess if you can mount a  $ 50,000 dollar camera on one and feel secure it's got to be build well.   Rarely do I use a full length tripod for spotting scopes I do have them and they normally sit in the truck, but I will use them on occasion driving around and want to look at something,  but I'm not carrying them either.  If I need a spotting scope and hike in rough country I'll use a short sit down tripod with a gold ring Leupold compact spotter,  the big heavy Kowa doesn't get to go hiking too heavy.  If you are going to use a tripod for a rifle rest I think sometimes there are better ways like using an extra long Harris bi-pod and light weight short mono pod for the rear of the rifle if needed,  and if I want to take one of the kids as a gun/equipment bearer we have a Caldwell deadshot field pod that is about as steady as anything out there and still portable, the downside it's too bulky , heavy  to carry along with your rifle / pak and get into action quickly,  if you plan on sitting in one spot for a time then it's great as long as you have someone else carry it.   Think of it this way the higher something is the less steady especially the person,  if you are sitting trying to get a shot or spotting it's more steady,  if you can go prone it's the most steady while  looking for improvised positions in the field anyway   use a bi pod or very short tripod.  Sometimes I can't go prone due to vegetation or shooting higher angles up hill that's one reason I like to take a sit it's usually gets me above most obstacles and definitely more steady that standing.

[Jlorsun]

My hunting partner uses one. He absolutely loves it. Has more range of motion than the bipod I use. We do a lot of spot and stalk or still hunting and he packs it every where.

[ifuonlynu]

I chose the Primos trigger stick over the BoG pod. I own two now.

[danno50]

Oscar, I can't help on the Bog, but I talked to a hunting friend of mine last night who bought the Cardwell Dead Shot Field Pod this past season and said it worked great. I had to look it up, but it looks like a real nice set up. I've been using the Primos Trigger stick and I've been satisfied with it. What have you been using up to now? I'll have to go check out that Caldwell Dead Shot system next time I go to Bass Pro. Maybe they'll have the Bog there also. Anyway, here's the Dead Shot link:

https://www.btibrands.com/caldwell/catalog.asp/?product=DeadShot-FieldPod

[African Leadwood]

I don't care for sticks with yoke on top, even if it swivels, as they tend to prevent me from moving to track game as it moves. I had a Bogpod that I sold for that reason. The three crossed sticks designs allows for the most windage and elevation adjustments as needed. The wide fixed type yoke on Polecats is also preferable to a swivel top to me, but you need to sort of line them up.

I've used the Stoney Point Polecats for seated position shooting for many years. They worked just fine seated. They also make a thing called a "Tag along" for the rear of the butt stock. I used the Polecats standing but went to a more stable system locally produced and no longer available. These are just aluminium tubes with some webbing over the top and were light, but you need to carry them with your fingers between the poles to prevent noise, or wrap them with tape.

Most places one goes here will have a set of sticks, ranging from broomsticks to lighter types and bamboo etc. Many are just tied together with some inner tube twisted over the top and work well. I started taking my own even out of the country after a hunt were I was given a Stoney Point bipod with a broken leg which made the sticks way too short for me to use.

When trackers carry sticks you need to be cautious as well as they like to adjust them to a length they find convenient to use to walk around with and point at things etc. and when it comes to taking a shot I've found them the wrong length sometimes.

I want to make a carbon fibre set that takes down but that is fixed in length with the legs screwing together about midway. 

I shoot off sticks quite a bit, but honestly when hunting have done so less (aside from seated).

The national hunting associations have competitions which require prone, kneeling, seated and standing shooting, both off hand and with sticks and at one time I participated in these. As a result some pretty crazy and impractical shooting stick designs appeared. Some are really stable and have you standing inside the sticks. with the weak elbow supported and the offside hand puling the butt stock against the sticks too etc. I will try to post some pics over the weekend. I need to sell those sticks.... Or you can search for X-Stix. Great for groups and impractical for anything else in my opinion.

[PARA45]

Next year God willing, my son and I will go on an elk hunt out West.  He hunted with this outfitter a year or so ago, and they walked a bunch, and did a lot of glassing.  So, I was looking at something lite, versatile, easy to carry in my pack, which I can use as a rest for my rifle or for a spotting scope.  I also don't want to break the bank and spend $500+ for them either.   My son took some bipods when he hunted out West, and they were practically useless in the terrain/environment he was.  His back pack was more useful than the bipods.  That is the reason I was looking at this tripod.  They are lite, and are very small.  I can shoot with them from prone to standing positions.   I'm sure there are better ones out there, but I think for what I need them, these might work. 

I used the Primos when I went to Africa, my PH had them, and where very good and worked fine.  Very easy to set up with the pull of the trigger.   No complains.   

I looked at the deathgrip, and they would work fine if we were going to stay in one position.  Also, I can't switch the head to mount binoculars or spotting scopes.  So, for this application those wouldn't work. 

Danno, I've been wanting to get one of those Caldwell Dead Shot system, and I believe are great for hunting from a blind or stand.  They are a bit bulky and heavier than other tripods, so carrying them all day would be a PIA.   LOL. 

Midway USA has them on sale at $159.04, and that is the cheapest I've seen anywhere.  I may order them and try them out and see if I like them and if not return them. 

Thank you all for your kind assistance, I'll let you know what I decide to do.