ewmyers
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Greetings!
I just accidentally found this site, but I'm glad I did! I've been slinging off and on since I was a kid, though never in as studied or practiced a way as alot of you here. I actually got started because I hated my childhood chore of picking up walnuts off our lawn. In the logic representative of my age, I figured I would reduce my chore time by picking the green ones off the tree and getting rid of them. So, I made a sling out of leather bootlace and a patch of scrap leather and started figuring out how to use it (and how best to duck the ones that bounced back at me off the fence.) Given my goal of disposing of walnuts, I mostly was going for range at that time, though I have since tried for accuracy as well.
After perusing your various how-to guides, I think I tried pretty much all the throws except for the Greek. There wasn't alot of info on this available to an 8 year old in 1976, so I sort of had to wing it. Once I got the hang of it, most of my throws were in the 100-150m range.
Since then, I have have made blowguns, boomerangs, and bows, and also played around with bolas and atlatls. Slinging and archery remain my favorites, however, along with my other hobbies of historical fencing and woodworking with handtools.
-Eric
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