Bill Skinner
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What Jaegoor said.
His guards from that time would be watching for just exactly what you are suggesting, which is an attack with some form of ranged weapon like a sling, crossbow, bow and arrow or some sort of spring loaded device. Or even an early gun.
Slings are not really all that good as a covert weapon because they require too much movement and that will attract attention. And there's the crack of the tip in there, when one gets a good throw in.
As another person who attempted hunting with them in woods, there are lots better weapons than a sling. Even in fairly open, mature hardwood creek bottoms, there were lots of times when my sling tangled on the throw. (Several 5 gallon buckets of clay glandes expended, no squirrels were injured in the experiment. I did manage to scare the crap out of a rabbit once, though.)
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