Walking/shooting stick

[Royce Meritt]

Well, here is my latest creation. A couple of years ago I made some walking sticks for a couple of deer hunting buddies. Another friend saw them and asked if I could make one using an antelope horn as the top of the stick with the fork of the horn to be used as a gun rest. Here's what I came up with. This is a "prototype" made from a piece of very dark oak, the darkest oak I've every seen (A lot of mineral content in the wood, I think) with walnut accents. What do you think? Sorry for the poor picture quality.

[Jeff Sudmeier]

I think it looks great!

Is this meant to be a walking stick, AND a gun rest? If so, that is a neat idea. Another idea would be to make the "stick" in two peices so that it could be carried in a pack and assembled quickly when needed.