Welcome from Finland! There are a few members that have done some hunting with slings. I have to say, hunting with a sling is certainly no easy task. You can certianly get a lot of power with a sling but accuracy is far harder to master than with a bow or slingshot. If you've already made some slings then do post up some photos

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Alright so to report back, while I haven't done any hunting yet, I'm trying to diagnose what I need to fix with my form. First off my shoulder hurts and I haven't been slinging much (less than 300 shots over the past week), and I've been experiment with different styles, but mainly what feels right rather than copying.

I'm getting my elevation down now and can generally have the stone fly in front of me, but I still have flyers which I guess is timing, also I'm using whatever I can find around the bush so there is no consistency with ammo (I could buy blocks of clay and fire them). What I've found is that I can not sling vertically, my style that I'm best with right now is either a slow helicopter and release on the first or second rotation, or a slanted helicopter that I try to release downwards, or if I'm making a 45 degree chop with an axe for reference. I tried Greek style and it's got a lot of power when I do it right, but I can't hit anything.

I also tried Balearic style and this would be my style for hurling rocks far, but it always releases into the trees, never towards the ground, which I want since I plan on hunting for squirrels, rabbits, possum n' coons with spotlight, turkey and waterfowl (I read in a book about California Indian survival skills that for geese the Chumash liked heavy stones, but for ducks and mud hens they liked lighter clay bullets that could skip on the water easier can potentially get multiple hits.)

I'm mainly concerned with accuracy and keeping my stones flying towards the ground and not into the sky. (If I remember I'll post pictures of my 25" hemp sling)