provide a thorough understanding of the invention however it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details for example the invention is not limited in scope to the particular type of industry application depicted in the figures in other instances well known methods procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention fig1 7 illustrate a gun rest 10 supported by a shaft 12 the shaft 12 maybe of any length the diameter of the shaft 12 is limited only by the inside diameter of the collar 20 discussed in more detail below advantageously the shaft 12 may be a walking stick that the user already possesses or may be a tree limb of suitable length and thickness that is readily found in the field alternatives for the shaft 12 also include wood metal plastic or fiberglass poles although a relatively narrow elongated item made of any suitably rigid material will suffice due to the gun rest 39 s ability to be utilized with shafts 12 of any length almost any shooting position can be accommodated including sitting kneeling and standing regardless of the height or age of the user fig1 6 and 7 illustrate a gun rest 10 in use by a shooter in kneeling standing and prone positions respectively while the shaft shown in these figures is truncated for.