What shooting rest do you use for backyard target shooting?

[Ol'DeadEye]

Sometimes a camera tripod with a V-notch.   
Currently this Birchwood Casey when shooting from a table or bench:

I've seen those on online just never knew anyone who had one. Looks like they snap together.  Do you like it better than bags?

I've only ever used cheap bags, which I didn't care for.
The B.C. rubber units fit together for storage, can be used separately as shown, or stacked for greater height.   
Only paid ~$20 @ WalMart...
I shoot right off the rubber, no hand under the forearm, placed just forward of the trigger guard.
They are light weight, fit in my range bag and don't stink nor leak...

[Slavia]

I have a soft sided cooler about the size of a six pack.  It was an advertising promotional item that I found at a garage sale.  Inside is sand contained in a zip lock freezer bag, sealed against leakage with duct tape.  The length, width, and height of the cooler are all different, so I have three choices for height adjustment above the bench.

By the way, if you put your rice-in-a-sock bag in the microwave for 90 seconds it will get nice and warm.  You'll have about 20 minutes of heat to warm your toes while you fall asleep.  (Assuming you didn't use metal wire twist ties to close it.)

[Jack Of Roses]

I use a Caldwell Tack Driver. It’s big, and bulky, I know, and not ALL of my rifles like it, but most of them do. (Air, and powder burners alike). $50.00 is what I gave for mine. If your rifle doesn’t like the “vee” shape, you can stand it on end and put your palm between the bag and your rifle, much like the artillery hold.

[Earl]

I use an ironing board with sandbags for the gun and I sit on a chair to shoot from my den into the garage which is 54 feet from muzzle to target. 
This setup is a lot more expensive than it appears to be. 
To get permission from my wife, the kitchen had to be remodeled, the master bath had to be remodeled and hardwood floors had to be installed on the first floor. 
I estimate the cost was $40,000. 
My wife was very careful to make sure I never found out the actual cost.

[shovelhead]

Upside down cat litter bucket and small back pillow from a folding camp chair

[Mr. Panther]

I use a board, (2x4) , bolted across the top of my old walker, with a piece of pool tubie taped to it, and a chair.

[ShakySarge]

I use a Caldwell Tack Driver. It’s big, and bulky, I know, and not ALL of my rifles like it, but most of them do. (Air, and powder burners alike). $50.00 is what I gave for mine. If your rifle doesn’t like the “vee” shape, you can stand it on end and put your palm between the bag and your rifle, much like the artillery hold.

x2 for the caldwell tack driver bag, used many different adjustable rigs and the tack driver has outperformed all of them.

[Stradman]

My left knee !

[wheelie]

a car jack I had kicking around the house for twenty years.

[Back_Roads]

Maybe put a food plot in to get that deer farther down range, he might get wind of you that close 

[wheelie]

Likely would be not be very tasty either way. LOL

[lizzie]

I have a home made forestock rest out of wood and foam padding that I rest my hand on and shoulder the gun at the butt.

That's exactly what I do.
Or.....sometimes, I just rest the forestock on the foam  and wood block.

[anti-squirrel]

I have a cheap Caldwell bag, but I often skip that and just use an old t-shirt rolled up on a small stack of wobbly and very unstable lumber scraps.

Wait, that's my regular "sighting in" rest.  I don't use a rest for recreational target shooting.

[bReTt]

I am a forest hunter and this is what works best for me.
I usually shoot standing with my off-hand braced on a tree trunk or some other type foliage in the woods   The fore-stock of my rifles rest in the V formed between my thumb and fingers with the palm facing out.  With this method my rifle can recoil freely yet the rifle is supported and steady. I have variations of this method while sitting on a log with my elbow supported on my knee and also while keeling with one leg up. In both cases the palm is facing in and the rifle is resting in the V of my thumb and fingers.

I don't have a shooting bench.   At home I brace my off-hand on the upright of a door jam.

Other than this I shoot off-hand & semi-supported with my elbow braced on my side, arm up, palm facing in and the rifle supported in the V between my thumb and fingers.



Best Wishes - Tom

That’s one of the things I like about you Tom... you’re a no fuss kinda guy.  Keeping it simple.

[Lt. Dan]

I use nothing exotic.  I got a roller stand from Harbor Freight: ( https://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=asc&order=EAScore%2Cf%2CEAFeatured+Weight%2Cf%2CSale+Rank%2Cf&q=roller+stand ).  I taped the roller so it won't move and added a piece of foam pipe insulation.  I taped a sponge onto that and added a couple layers of flannel.  I lay the back of my hand on it and the gun goes across my palm.  It's nothing exotic but works for me.

Stopped by Harbor Freight and used my 20% off coupon today. $14.42,  then Walmart.

[lefteyeshot]

I use four bricks. Tow long way, two on top of that cross way with a shot bag on top. I turn the folding table I use at an angle so it's easier to rest my firing elbow on the table. Easier than making an "L" shaped table.

[chiro972b]

I do all my shooting bucket and sticks. Hunter field target style.

[justinp61]

It depends on what I'm doing, sometimes I shoot off a set of Caldwell bags, most of the time I use a Bald Eagle Slingshot rest.

https://www.grizzly.com/products/Bald-Eagle-Rest-Slingshot-Cast-Iron/BE1006

[Lt. Dan]

It depends on what I'm doing, sometimes I shoot off a set of Caldwell bags, most of the time I use a Bald Eagle Slingshot rest.

https://www.grizzly.com/products/Bald-Eagle-Rest-Slingshot-Cast-Iron/BE1006

That's a good rest. Just a little to $$$$$ for my pocketbook.  Looks like a competition rest.

[msurf]

I use Caldwell bags if on a bench, but in the backyard I use the Caldwell Fieldpod or the Caldwell Deadshot Chairpod.