AncientCraftwork
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Those experiences have been good. I have used Balaeric style with thin and moderate slings a lot. It was my main style for a long time. With a single paracord sling of medium ~70 cm length and a woven pouch, using Balearic or Helicopter, I am usually limited to rocks below 125 g when I use multiple rotations, 150g is stretching it, and below 100g feels ideal for pouch orientation control.
The reason I like Greek style aside me being to use a wider range of stone weights in the same sling, is because to me its ideal for hunting. I view the sling as an oppertunistic hunting weapon. When I am gathering edibles for example, I carry the sling and some stones with me when I see waterfowl. I have tried active sling hunting, but it's not productive. 3 days , 5 hours a day nd not a single hit. It was a waste of time and calories. Whenever I tried Balaeric or Helicopter, it would chase away the few oppertunities I did get. I don't have time to do a wind up.
I take cover in the reeds until the birds are close and then pop up and do a Greek throw. I was lucky once. I tried to get some hits on head cam after that, but no success, maybe I will try it again in the future. I do have some close calls on film.
More success I have with waterfowl that's just sitting further away in a field, chilling, and landing a shot from a distance into the group, these are large groups, often hundreds of birds, and hoping to get a hit. This I have a greater rate of success with. It's a bit like throwing into an enemy army. Often the birds don't even know what hit them and I have as many tries and chances as I carry stones. It's a game of chance. Eventually you will hit one and it stays down. Sometimes they get scared and fly up and you get another chance to take one down from the sky. But you must not get seen. Geese will not fly over me when they see me, especially not if I hhave to get up, get in position, start the twirl... it's too slow a procedure for me. I need to pop up and throw immediately. Greek is perfect
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