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The Little Sure Shot gun rest is the model of a easy, simple idea that really works; clamp it to a walking stick, tree branch, or sapling, and you have instant stability for your shot. Use it with rifle, shotgun or handgun. Available in orange, brown, black, green, pink and desert camouflage, the manufacturers suggested retail price is $19.95. Thunderboltcustoms.com
** Maker of such cool headlamps as the Fuel, Remix, Eos, and Byte, Princeton’s Tec’s latest entries into the field are MPLS tactical headlamps. Two of the seven new lights within the MPLS platform – the Point-MPLS and Switch-MPLS – are versatile task lights that offer faster, more effective tactical lighting solutions. Both the compact Point and Switch feature 45-degrees of rotation and a sturdy flexi-arm boom that allows for quick directional light movement without removing the light. Each light easily adapts to a variety of mounting options: helmet rail systems, helmet mount, MOLLE/PALS and Picatinny. And, LED options include: blue, green, red, white and infrared. Price is $53, from PrincetonTec.com
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Day 6 Outdoors has a new and improved Plotwatcher, the Plotwatcher Pro, which takes SD cards (no flash drives, thank you) and 8 AA batteries instead of four. The unit can be set to take photos from every second to every 5 minutes. It also has a wakeup feature, so you can set it to turn on and off at specific times. The 2 ½-inch LCD screen lets you see what’s been going on in your area right away. The stake for last year’s PlotWatcher was made out of plastic and was too flimsy to be of much use. A company rep revealed a neat trick, however, when he said you can use the stake to bungie it in a tree. Good idea; even better is the fact that the new PlotWatcher has eliminated the stake and replaced it with a screw-in step–another good idea, though the strength of this unit is that it lets you watch a field or trail 24/7. Day6outdoors.com
