I have shot two caribou at ranges of 375 yards using the bipod/sling sitting position, and it's a natural for pronghorn hunting. Since I devised this position, I've gone 100 percent on pronghorn by using it.

Mountain game is often taken at longer than normal ranges (although it is often taken at very close range as well). I have never shot a sheep while using the bipod sitting position, but I did shoot a tahr at 265 yards with it.

While that range is not particularly long, the wind was blowing with gusto: I measured it using my anemometer (wind speed gauge) at 20 mph, gusting to 30. In such a wind, it is simply impossible to hold dead steady using a shooting sling alone.

I had originally set up to shoot this animal using a standard sitting position but found it difficult to hold steady. Since the animals were undisturbed, feeding on a hillside across a ravine, I had time to reach for the bipod inside my pack.

I attached the bipod, held for the wind and sent the tahr rolling deep into the brush-choked ravine below us. The next day I dropped a nice chamois at a range of 200 yards, also using the bipod sitting position.

If you are looking for the steadiest field position possible, try the bipod sitting position with a sling. You will find it is unmatched for long-range precision.