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bola thrown from slings?
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i was sitting and thinking of some new stuff to try and do so i started thinking about my bola and wondered if i could figure out how to throw a bola from a sling for the fun of it what do yall think my biggest problem is how would i load this into a sling without it getting tangled up or the pouch being crazy big making a smaller bola could work so its not quite as big as a normal one itd be nice to figure out a way to wrap it on itself in a way as to not have it tangle up but be packed into a wrap so it can be thrown and then it open in flight like net gun
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLJDyha-zyw
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nice - always said if I was ever going to hunt with a sling I'd use bolas ammo.
And lead fishing weights are ideal.
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I can't tell if it opened every time?
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thanks alot ill give it a shot
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I can't tell if it opened every time?
As long as you fold the cords there's no reason it wont. Each weight will have a slightly different spin and trajectory imparted as it leaves the pouch.
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How heavy of cord connecting the weights? Is the idea that the rope can also break a wing or primarily the tangling aspect?
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Actually, the cords have to be strong enough to hold the weights when they wrap around. The weights are what breaks bones. The cords may cut or rip like a saw due to the pulling from the weights.
I don't think I would use this hunting, it seems the wounding or injury factor will be a lot higher than a hit with a decent sized rock. A hit kills or stuns the game and a miss doesn't do anything except scare it.
If I were hunting for survival, it would be a completely different story.
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Ideally you want the bolas to spin like a helicopter blade.
Hard to do with a sling.
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, 2016 at 9:45pm
Yeah maybe if you made a sling with a special release like the one that throws arrow that I forgot the name to but for bolas
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Chain and bola slinging:
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thats cool a chain would really mess something up
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Timpa how do you not lose all those bolas in the bushes?
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I've played with bolas slings but the projectile doesn't spread enough to my satisfaction.
When used alone with 2 weights on end and one in the hand with correct balance, it spins like a helicopter like Mark was talking about. That seems much better for catching some prey, but the range is much more limited than with the sling. I'm no good beyond about 25m with it.
The shotgun sling is another idea that I have toyed with but in reality didn't do all I had hoped it would in terms of the actual impact on the target.
It's all fun stuff to play with.
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I lost more than half of the chains.
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