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Cool sling idea
Nov 29th, 2010 at 8:03pm
 
Here is a cool idea for all the bushcrafters, pathfinders, or any prepared people out in the woods who don't often EDC a sling but wear a bandana out in the woods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HqFPb4DlIg

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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.
 
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Reply #1 - Nov 29th, 2010 at 8:22pm
 
1) OMG he called it a sling and not a slingshot! He's no longer an idiot survival show host to me.
2) He gave some pretty practical advice and even emphasized practice! Most people who mention slings for survival don't explain that!
3)I just tried this and it really works well.
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Pikåru wrote on Nov 19th, 2013 at 6:59pm:
Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all. 
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Reply #2 - Nov 29th, 2010 at 9:28pm
 
  And here my worlds colide.  I've been a slinger and a member of slinging.org for a number of years, and I've also been a student at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder school.  Now the two have met!

Brian
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Reply #3 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 12:03pm
 
Pretty good shots too
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Reply #4 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 2:45pm
 
I also like that he stressed that much practice was necessary.  His bandana sling worked OK, but he'd have been much better off taking a bootlace and making an Appu-sling. 
http://slinging.org/index.php?page=making-a-simple-string-sling-an-illustrated-g...
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Reply #5 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 3:48pm
 
Rat Man wrote on Nov 30th, 2010 at 2:45pm:
I also like that he stressed that much practice was necessary.  His bandana sling worked OK, but he'd have been much better off taking a bootlace and making an Appu-sling.  
http://slinging.org/index.php?page=making-a-simple-string-sling-an-illustrated-g...

[url]My boots[/url] have no laces to tie, so I either have to be packin' heat in the woods, or make a sling from my bandana. I did have my last pair of boots double laced to make an Appu-sling, but my army boots gave up the ghost after a half decade of hard use.
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Pikåru wrote on Nov 19th, 2013 at 6:59pm:
Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all. 
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Reply #6 - Nov 30th, 2010 at 5:32pm
 
If I ever saw a guy take off his bandanna and use it for a sling to kill small game I think I would have a new hero.
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Reply #7 - Dec 1st, 2010 at 9:06am
 
I am positive MacGyver used this once in an episode, in fact it was one reason I got interested in slings. Dish towels work better (the long thin white ones).
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Reply #8 - Dec 1st, 2010 at 3:58pm
 
BrianGrubbs wrote on Nov 29th, 2010 at 9:28pm:
 And here my worlds colide.  I've been a slinger and a member of slinging.org for a number of years, and I've also been a student at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder school.  Now the two have met!

Brian


Good to see other pathfinders here and also I am glad you guys liked the vid. Dave is definitly one of the best survival instructors I have seen.
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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.
 
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