• 2 5/8x36” oak dowels
  1 3/4x36” aluminum tube
  2 6-32x1” machine screws
  2 6-32 acorn nuts
  2 3/4 black round cap plugs
  Paracord

I cut the alum tube in half, at 18”, I beveled the I.D. and debured and sanded smooth.
I sanded smooth the wood dowels to allow them to slide in and out of the alum tube easier, bevel the ends.



I measured from top of wood dowel down 8 ¼ inches and made a mark. Then make another mark at 12 ¾ inches and one more at 17 ¼ inches.  
I placed the wood dowel in tube to the first mark and measured up 3” up from the end of the tubing to drill a 9/64 hole straight thru. I used a V-Drill jig so I can drill straight thru. Then slide the dowel up to the next mark and drill another hole, and one more hole at the next mark on the dowel, 3 holes total. This is so the sticks are adjustable, if you don’t want to do this that’s up to you but this is how I wanted it.



Once the holes were drilled, I camo painted the tubes.
After the paint dried overnight I used the cap plugs to plug the top end and then tied para cord using a square knot, then tied the two sticks together.







I have 36 bux and my time invested in these sticks.
If you want to shoot standing you can make them taller by using two 3 ft alum tubes instead of cutting one tube in half , and using 2 5/8x48” wood dowels.

Pretty nice looking, would like to see them in action.

Sticks fully extended.





Fully collapsed.

I occasionally hunt from a chain-on bow stand 60ft up in a sweetgum over a big area.
I took a couple ft of rope one time, sawed off a couple small branches and tied them together as some rough shooting sticks, then left it hanging over a branch by the stand.
Finally needed them about 2 years later when a doe walked out at about 400yd.  They worked.

Yeah, most anything will work, I just didn't want to pay 80 bux for a decent pair of shooting sticks. I'm disabled so I wont be in a tree and all my hunting will be from a ground blind so I just wanted a little help making an accurate shot. The best thing about these is I can untie them and use them to walk with so I wont need my cane or a walker.

I made some out of broken carbon arrows turned out pretty dang good