I made some similar to these, only I used 48” long sticks, stained them dark brown and added rubber feet to the bottom. They work great when sitting in a ground blind or box blind.
I did the same as you but in addition to the rubber cups which work ok but they sometimes slip on wet grass/leaves so in addition to the cups I drilled a hole in the center of the cup and tapped in a galvanized nail then cut it off leaving just about 1" stick out. That helps bite into the ground a little better. It also helps on rocks too which just leaves the rubber cup to protect the end of the sticks from weather. Where the gun rests I wrapped that area of both sticks with that self adhering felt.Here are pictures of what I was trying to describe.
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