Thread: Hunting with Trekking Poles

Going from not using poles at all to using 2 poles is a mind blowing improvement in my opinion. So much so after using them twice I now feel almost naked and a tad insecure without poles. I feel that strapping a rifle to a pack and using a pole per hand lessens greatly the chances of dropping your rifle or landing on it with a slip or fall as you are way less likely to skip or fall. Alloy poles flex more than carbon, carbon is more likely to shatter or snap than alloy if the pole ends up in a hole or wedged against your momentum. The weight difference is minuscule