I gave up trying to use a bipod...even though ive had good sucess with them in head poppong foxes n bunnies under spotlight.
I just find trying to get "even" recoil from them when loading them up to be all too hit & miss-recoil left-right-this way-that way etc...in other words i found they magnified the effects of your body & recoil & made it harder to get a feel for your own technique, AND be unpredictable...where as i can controll the recoil (direction) when shooting from a bag.
I also found shooting them from different ground to be another variable--ie; shooting from sandy ground was ok, but shooting from a steel header laying around the farm to be like taming a wild cat...!
In other words, i got too many variables using them with light hunting outfits, & severely lowered my miss rate by eliminating the bipod in the field.
Also the POI i find is
very different when shooting very light outfits such as Tikka plastics with light glass-muzzle jump is magnified also...older/heavier outfits weren't as bad (thats what i used to use)
So when hunting now i use a bag or soft waist pack for front rest, & i test/sight in over a sandbag. I find that more consistant. (but i mostly shoot from a car, be it rested out a window or bag over bonnet
).
The best consistancy i ever got with a bipod was to NOT load it up, & that is for both targets/testing/sighting, as well as shooting live furry hoppy jumpy runny critter things.
I am no expert, this is just what i have found works for me.
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...