shot placement. People can kill deer with a 22 cb, you could kill a deer with a 5 oz stone pretty simply. Just got to hit the right parts

well it didn't happen this weekend lobohunter. I deer all around, just they were all females. Once they got with in 15 yards (this morning). I wonder if i could even get a sling with one revolution before the deer run. I guess it would also help if it was a lone deer and it was looking the other way. Maybe next weekend.

Hell yeah modern slinger. In L.W. Forsythe's story on the Apache sling, the old Apache gentleman said he reugulary killed deer and enemies with his sling. I look forward to hunting with mine, if I can ever get my accuracy up to par.

hassan wrote on Jun 6^th, 2013 at 9:00am:

Hassan, you may find it useful in the future to look at the date of the post you reply. In this case, the post date from 2005 and Gun has not been connected for almost 3 years...

That's the thing with technique and hunting... it seems that any technique with windup like figure 8 or sidearm is terrible for hunting... considering the windup is a big fast movement likely to spook game into running. I would say most hunting should be done with a simple overhand cast... any thoughts?

Would say that an overhand may sometimes be a better bet but using any kind of wind up will to depending on the game.

Cottontails will sit still, sometimes until you're practically on top of them. Whatsmore is many times they'll run a short distance and stop, giving you a second or third try at it.

Roosting birds usually won't spook, other game birds like grouse will lay still. Trick is seeing them before you get so close they fly up.

An effective method of hunting birds is when they're in a tight group feeding on the ground, on the water or just as a flock takes flight. Throwing into a tightly grouped flock will yield your best results.

Outside of that you're right. Trying to sneak up on a single animal and take a shot without spooking them first is going to be very difficult.

An overhand cast may be better but I've had deer flinch downward when they hear the sound of an arrow or see the movement of the hunter and a bow is much faster.

As kids we used to throw gravel with our slings and hit bats flying around the area's only street light but it was more miss than hit. I've toyed with making round clay shot that is segmented similar to how an orange has slices but there's been no more than thought on it, no prototypes.