Here is the video, enjoy!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJfABZ-D-U


Hey! So One thing that I saw years ago was a guy doing a kinda trolling thing, talking about being an Appalachian sling hunter and talking about how they were slinging razor glandes at bears, and it was very dumb and funny.

And I wanted to sling the turkey style as I have only seen 1 video on it from Kick Slinging (Who I am sure is here).

No I am not trolling I swear, but I do actually quite like the style! i have a video uploaded here for folks to see that I did whilst at a local tennis court. I gotta say the power was great and it was easy to launch these balls well over 25 meters (something I struggle with on other styles when compared to stones). Accuracy is really good too, I was able to consistently hit about the same 2 square meter area with most of the shots in the video... even if it can't be seen, sorry not many good places to set up a phone in the court.

Anywho be well! I haven't seen many videos of this style, perhaps because it kinda looks dumb, came from a meme, but it definitely isn't terrible.

joe_meadmaker wrote on Sep 27^th, 2023 at 11:32pm:


Yeah! I agree its a lot like Apache, one problem I've had with apache style does seem to get addressed with this one. Namely, that I can't really get apache style to work with any remotely long sling, I don't know the science behind but being able to pull the sling taught before throwing makes long slings work so much better. I suppose I could just use a plenty heavy rock in the pouch to stretch the sling out so it works right but I tend to make my slings for a specific size stone thats common around here in Idaho (Granite cobbles between 1 1/2- 2 1/2)

IronGoober wrote on Oct 1^st, 2023 at 1:29am:


Yeah! I have experimented with a few lengths of slings. I have found that slings that are too short are clunky. You can make it work but its probably better to just throw it apache style once it's short enough.

I do wanna fiddle with longer slings to see that upper limit. I figure it may be as long a sling as you can reasonably hold with the (very very clunky) method but I dunno, I find it interesting and kinda fun so ill probably fiddle with sling length in my freetime away from the job and whatnot

Check out Tombelaine's discussion not long ago of the Greek "hunting" style without any wind-up.  Similar, but doesn't involve holding the pouch -- maybe better (or at least less finicky) for a variety of sling lengths.  Joe Meadmaker did a video of that style too I recall.

A couple guys here have always said the turkey style is not that bad. I think a lot of the stigma is just the fact so much of what RS said was so outlandish it tainted the idea of the turkey style as well. It looks ok to me. The only issue I have with styles where you hold the pouch and pull against it before throwing is you tend to release with varying resistance from one shot to the next which can be difficult for pinpoint accuracy. It's not the worst problem in the world but something to think about.

That being said I think the name fits. Everything Ive heard about turkey hunting is they have great eyesight and you would probably need a style that lets you get the shot off with very little movement and very quickly.

Well then you're really not going to like the newest style Ive come up with. The Drunken Wombat style. I will go to Ibizia next year and win with it.

When you behold the power of the Drunken Wombat you will change your mind. All you need is a properly made feather sling and razor glandes. I'll teach you the style if you want.

But I only drink German beer while doing it.