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Reply #16 - Apr 3^rd, 2017 at 1:54pm

IMO the reason why the sling hasn't come up on this thread as a survival item is that at least here at slinging.org it's a given. Most of us can easily fashion a sling from whatever is around us. Of course in a situation I'd have/make a sling. Besides a spear it would be the first weapon I'd make. That goes without saying. Is it the most effective, accurate primitive weapon you can have? No, but it is useful, extremely quick and easy to make, and usually the ammo is at your feet.

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Reply #17 - Apr 3^rd, 2017 at 3:04pm

I would make one but I would do so knowing full well the likelihood of eating much food with it was relatively small. (Keeping in mind I've never lived in an area where there were perfect/accurate slingstones just lying about. Which has probably shaped my bias against it a bit.) For me it would be bow first, then spear, then throwing stick and finally sling. And I love the sling. It's a great weapon, my favorite even.. I'm a decent shot as well. Not trying to be arrogant, but I've definitely done some practicing with it. That being said, man is it a difficult weapon lol. And when I see Naked and Afraid and how quickly people's bodies and skill sets begin to break down with hunger, fatigue and sickness it makes me wary for sure.

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Reply #18 - Apr 3^rd, 2017 at 4:29pm

I would make my weapons in order of how easy they are to produce. First would be the spear, just to have something effective in my hands immediately... something to keep a little distance between me and any attacker. Next would be the sling, atlatl, then bow and arrow. Maybe a blow gun too. Granted, the sling is limited due to it's inaccuracy, but it would be a projectile weapon with excellent power and range that you could have in your hands almost immediately. Around my way smooth, round river stones are everywhere. That may be why, as you mentioned, we put different emphases on the slings importance.

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Reply #19 - Apr 3^rd, 2017 at 6:31pm

I think a digging/throwing stick would be the first thing I would make.

As far as fire starters, I usually carry a couple of Bic lighters. Grin

Even after they run out of gas, you can usually still get a spark for a while.

Something on here that I haven't seen is snares or traps. Make cordage, then snares. They will hunt for you while you do other things. And learning to make a Figure 4 trigger is easy, all you need after that is something heavy and something for bait.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #20 - Apr 3^rd, 2017 at 7:44pm Ditto on the traps. I would go with traps before any hunting weapon.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #21 - Apr 4^th, 2017 at 8:58pm Snares and nets
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #22 - Apr 5^th, 2017 at 10:57am sas survival handbook Even comes in waterproof.
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Reply #23 - Apr 6^th, 2017 at 4:54am

Ditto on snares, nets, dead fall traps, fish traps, etc.. Let them hunt while you sleep. Set dozens around your site. The more the better. Also I agree with Bill. The Bic lighter is an excellent survival item. Used very sparingly one could last you months or even years and as Bill mentioned, even after the gas is gone it will still give you a spark. If you get it soaked just let it dry and it will work fine once again. I wouldn't mind having an sas survival handbook either.

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Reply #24 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 10:51pm

I don't have this. But, if I was looking for a survival tool, I would get this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L26b_VDRxDw Oh, and when you guys say spears, do you mean sharpened sticks, or sticks with Stone heads? I've tried throwing spears I made before (both wooden tip and stone tip)and they weren't very good at all. So any tips on that?

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Reply #26 - Apr 10^th, 2017 at 7:35am

love that little credit card thing.

Having just used my lansky world legal carry knife to skin and butcher a small deer.
I'll add that. https://www.amazon.com/Lansky-LKN333-Mikkel-Willumsen-Folding/dp/B00IJ93WW2/ref=...
cheap, heavy duty, legal edc knife that's seriously versatile. Sharp as a scapel - is how uwe described it. I was holding soft tomatos and cutting thin slices onto my lunch with it in mallorca. Not on a cutting surface, just holding them over my plate and cutting slices like that

With the deer I started out just thinking I'd use it for the skinning, the shape of the tip is really good for that.
But just kept on using it.

Add a stick to hit it and you've got a decent axe facility.

So went from pic1 to pic 2 using nothing but the knife in pic 3

(and a vacumn packer)

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #27 - Apr 10^th, 2017 at 9:49am Nice little blade. Good price too.
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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #28 - Apr 10^th, 2017 at 4:40pm My BOB has a Victorinox Recruit and a Bahco branded stainless Mora Clipper. I can't think of any blades I'd rather rely on and they happen to be extremely inexpensive, too.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Survival Round-Robin Reply #29 - Apr 11^th, 2017 at 10:47am https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009NZVZ3E/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491832486&... My favorite cheap knife. I liked the high carbon so much I bought a stainless steel one for my fishing tackle box. And a pink one for the wife.
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