Hello slingers.
Have any of you ever hunted with a sling?
I almost hit a crow yesterday. It was siting in a tree
about 25 meters away. I missed it by only one inch.
If I had hit it, the crow it would be a very dead crow I think.
This was the first time I have aimed for a living thing and almost hit where I aimed (normaly I miss by a mile ). I was using the apache throwing style, and it looks that I have a greater chance of hiting anything using this style than any of the other types of throwing.
What is your prefered throwing style, and have you ever hunted with it?

Easy and humane fix.....trap the ground sqirrels....then then release them into the wild.


Might I recommend the overhand cast over water in this instance?






TS

I've never hunted with a sling. I see no point to killing something just to see how good I am.
Now, if I was going to eat it, make clothing and such....maybe. As it stands, the only animals that live in my area need not have an extra hunter on their backs.

i dont blame you for not eating the crows(not sure what a magpie is). I tried to actually eat a crow once, but the meat isnt that good. Its naturally tough and I didnt like the taste (they are scavengers so they dont eat the healtiest of food).

BLAH

Bjärn,
I agree, killing should be done only for food: either you want the animal for food, or you want the animal to stop eating your food.

You might say, either you are inviting the animal to dinner (as main course), or you want the animal to stop inviting itself to dinner (in your garden).

Well, you might say that if you are a smart-a**  like me...

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     I know your trouble, Rebel, as we have a bunch of squirrels living in the dormers of this house. Two of the dormers on the second storey have nests in them ( out of 10 windows total. ) As winter was coming, every morning at dawn I would wake up hearing "CRUNCH,  CRUNCH, CRUNCH" as the squirrels were apparently trying to enlarge their nests by chewing on the woodwork. The little bastards are slowly eating my house! And they don't pay rent!! Well, that's it for me ....... the goddamn squirrels gotta die!                                                      
     As this house is in town, I can't just blow their brains out ( too much noise ) and last year I bought a box trap, but they figured out how to take the bait without springing the trap! ( Clever little bastards ) Now that spring is here they have stopped eating the woodwork, but as you can see, this will require drastic measures. As my slinging is not accurate enough, I intend to try making some THROWING STICKS. THIS IS WAR!                                                                     
     Ill let you guys know how it works out.       .......Dan                  
                                                                                                  
                                      

  Hello, fi3l2,                                                                                    
     Now that you mention it, fi3l2, we had a huge tree taken down last summer that was hanging over the house. It was a maple ( nice hardwood ) and I haven't cut it up yet. I'll try the figure 4 deadfall. Thanks for the good idea!                                          .......Dan      

Pyja,
in one of the articles at the main part of the site there is a describtion of making and using a sling, as told by a man who had Apache ancestors.
Here is a link to that page: http://www.slinging.org/22.html

Have fun.

Willeke