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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13878 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #150 - Jul 23^rd, 2020 at 3:31pm Thanks. BTW, gray is the very best color if you live with multiple shedding Huskies.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8134	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #151 - Jul 23^rd, 2020 at 4:38pm The hero in this story for me is definitely the bear. It looks so goofy it conveys the full craziness.
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Reply #152 - Jul 24^th, 2020 at 12:20am

It turned out that I really only had two choices for royalty free drawings of a standing bear. Here is the runner up:

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #153 - Jul 24^th, 2020 at 6:53am I'm not saying you made a mistake in your choice, but...
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Reply #154 - Jul 24^th, 2020 at 7:55am

I Know, I know. The club bear is silly enough to be on a shirt inspired by RS, but the drawing style didn’t match the slinger drawing, and the club just doesn’t make any sense at all. Maybe I will have to try another shirt that uses this bear?

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“My final hour is at hand. We face an enemy more numerous and cunning than the world has yet seen. Remember your training, and do not fear the hordes of Judas. I, without sin, shall cast the first stone. That will be your sign to attack! But you shall not fight this unholy enemy with stones. No! RAZOR GLANDES! Aim for the eyes! May the Lord have mercy, for we shall show none!“ -Jesus the Noodler

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #155 - Jul 24^th, 2020 at 11:19am Doesn't make any sense at all? Sounds like an RS post
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Reply #156 - Jul 24^th, 2020 at 12:57pm

Kick wrote on Jul 24^th, 2020 at 11:19am:

Doesn't make any sense at all? Sounds like an RS post Cheesy

Club bears weren’t really RS’ style. It’s too fantastical and not plausible... RS’s stories were more geared towards getting other slingers to try doing dumb stuff like slapping a pool of water with a flat rock or bending your wrist to form a hand-turkey at the end of a throw. If there’s a story about a bear holding a club, there’s no action you can take that looks silly in response.

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“My final hour is at hand. We face an enemy more numerous and cunning than the world has yet seen. Remember your training, and do not fear the hordes of Judas. I, without sin, shall cast the first stone. That will be your sign to attack! But you shall not fight this unholy enemy with stones. No! RAZOR GLANDES! Aim for the eyes! May the Lord have mercy, for we shall show none!“ -Jesus the Noodler

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lobohunter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline where be a rock and a string there be a sling Posts: 1976 Cottage Grove or Gender:	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #157 - Jul 26^th, 2020 at 12:43am Well I think it's a matter of how proficient you are with it But in a survival situation with nothing on your back but your clothes. A sling is available from your clothes. from plants . It makes for a good improvised weapon And cord is a definite survival tool
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 815 france Gender:	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #158 - Jul 29^th, 2020 at 7:19am Very seriously , it seems that the main survival weapon for the bear is the club.
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Reply #159 - Jul 29^th, 2020 at 8:15am

TOMBELAINE wrote on Jul 29^th, 2020 at 7:19am:

Very seriously Wink

, it seems that the main survival weapon for the bear is the club.

It’s an excellent choice for any bear in a survival situation. A club in the right paws can kill any north American animal... even other bears. I do not know any who have done so, but I do know a retired circus bear who used the turkey overhand club style to kill a deer once. for real.

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“My final hour is at hand. We face an enemy more numerous and cunning than the world has yet seen. Remember your training, and do not fear the hordes of Judas. I, without sin, shall cast the first stone. That will be your sign to attack! But you shall not fight this unholy enemy with stones. No! RAZOR GLANDES! Aim for the eyes! May the Lord have mercy, for we shall show none!“ -Jesus the Noodler

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Reply #160 - Jul 29^th, 2020 at 1:51pm

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Jul 29^th, 2020 at 8:15am:

TOMBELAINE wrote on Jul 29^th, 2020 at 7:19am:

Very seriously Wink

, it seems that the main survival weapon for the bear is the club.

It’s an excellent choice for any bear in a survival situation. A club in the right paws can kill any north American animal... even other bears. I do not know any who have done so, but I do know a retired circus bear who used the turkey overhand club style to kill a deer once. for real.

LMAO!

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2615 Australia Gender:	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #161 - Jul 30^th, 2020 at 7:53pm You’re all mistaken, that’s a giant spliff, the world most dangerous bear a stoner bear
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Reply #162 - Sep 2^nd, 2020 at 6:31pm

slingbadger wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2017 at 5:38am:

The Vikings had a weapon called the skepifletta. Basically, it's a version of a slingstaff. A notch is cut in the top of the stick, and a flat rock (flint is mentioned) is placed in it. It's cast like a slingstaff. I can see this easy to make weapon being used in survival.

Can someone tell me more about this? I can't find anymore information.

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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2835 Gender:	Re: Sling as main survival weapon Reply #163 - Sep 3^rd, 2020 at 7:06am Ich kenne zwar viel was wikinger betrifft, aber dies ist mir unbekannt. Es scheint mir auch keine reguläre Waffe zu sein.
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Reply #164 - Oct 31^st, 2020 at 3:33am

It can be used for hunting. It's not suitable for all prey in all situations, but like any hunting your primary weapon is your brains.

Fruit bats sleep in trees higher than you can throw by hand. Birds sleep in trees as well, even chickens.

Hunting larger size animals primitively isn't about killing an animal with one well aimed shot every time. Great if it happens but often it's about injuring or slowing them enough that you can finish them off. Or herding them into a trap or towards others.

It would be my primary ranged weapon

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