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It's a practice thing. I know three folks who can hit a 1" target, every time, with a sling, at anything from 20 to 80 feet.
It's just having good hand eye co-ordination, and lots of practice.
One's an archaeologist who had watched a laddie in Portugal, a shepherd out on the hills all day long, and thought it such a perfect example of a simple tool that survived the test of time. So, he had a go at it, and he got very good at it.
Incidentally, that shepherd boy had a hand gun tucked into the waistband of his trousers, but ammunition is expensive, while wee stones are literally just there for the picking up.
I suspect that the art survives mostly among those with few resources to waste, and enthusiasts.
One of the others is my brother. He always was accurate, with anything, and it's the same with a sling.
He says a blowpipe (which is illegal in the UK now) is a really accurate tool, especially for birds. He pinched an entire bag of my beads years ago to make up darts for his. The beads were the perfect size apparently
It's just having good hand eye co-ordination, and lots of practice.
One's an archaeologist who had watched a laddie in Portugal, a shepherd out on the hills all day long, and thought it such a perfect example of a simple tool that survived the test of time. So, he had a go at it, and he got very good at it.
Incidentally, that shepherd boy had a hand gun tucked into the waistband of his trousers, but ammunition is expensive, while wee stones are literally just there for the picking up.
I suspect that the art survives mostly among those with few resources to waste, and enthusiasts.
One of the others is my brother. He always was accurate, with anything, and it's the same with a sling.
He says a blowpipe (which is illegal in the UK now) is a really accurate tool, especially for birds. He pinched an entire bag of my beads years ago to make up darts for his. The beads were the perfect size apparently
Blowpipes are laser accurateIt's a practice thing. I know three folks who can hit a 1" target, every time, with a sling, at anything from 20 to 80 feet.
It's just having good hand eye co-ordination, and lots of practice.
One's an archaeologist who had watched a laddie in Portugal, a shepherd out on the hills all day long, and thought it such a perfect example of a simple tool that survived the test of time. So, he had a go at it, and he got very good at it.
Incidentally, that shepherd boy had a hand gun tucked into the waistband of his trousers, but ammunition is expensive, while wee stones are literally just there for the picking up.
I suspect that the art survives mostly among those with few resources to waste, and enthusiasts.
One of the others is my brother. He always was accurate, with anything, and it's the same with a sling.
He says a blowpipe (which is illegal in the UK now) is a really accurate tool, especially for birds. He pinched an entire bag of my beads years ago to make up darts for his. The beads were the perfect size apparently
Hitting moving targets with 1 consistently is a different story small game would be obliterated by a Shepard’s sling anyway the power is more than a 44 magnum ,it’s doable but I’d rather make snares with the cord .It's a practice thing. I know three folks who can hit a 1" target, every time, with a sling, at anything from 20 to 80 feet.
It's just having good hand eye co-ordination, and lots of practice.
One's an archaeologist who had watched a laddie in Portugal, a shepherd out on the hills all day long, and thought it such a perfect example of a simple tool that survived the test of time. So, he had a go at it, and he got very good at it.
Incidentally, that shepherd boy had a hand gun tucked into the waistband of his trousers, but ammunition is expensive, while wee stones are literally just there for the picking up.
I suspect that the art survives mostly among those with few resources to waste, and enthusiasts.
One of the others is my brother. He always was accurate, with anything, and it's the same with a sling.
He says a blowpipe (which is illegal in the UK now) is a really accurate tool, especially for birds. He pinched an entire bag of my beads years ago to make up darts for his. The beads were the perfect size apparently
Small game; rabbits, pheasants, duck, and the like, the sling is very effective.
In the days when you could the other fellow, the one I didn't talk about, regularly provided for dinner, day after day after day. Just using a sling. He and his dog used to have a competition to see who brought home something first.
That's illegal now though, and the dog is long time dead.
I think that all too often skill and practice with small hunting methods is much overlooked and poorly considered. Yet those fed people for millennia. Look at the boomerang for instance. Brilliant tool in the right hands.
In the days when you could the other fellow, the one I didn't talk about, regularly provided for dinner, day after day after day. Just using a sling. He and his dog used to have a competition to see who brought home something first.
That's illegal now though, and the dog is long time dead.
I think that all too often skill and practice with small hunting methods is much overlooked and poorly considered. Yet those fed people for millennia. Look at the boomerang for instance. Brilliant tool in the right hands.
Or even the rabbit stick - something we used to practice with as kids (and later). Designed to take moving game and very effective in the right hands.
Be aware, it is illegal in the UK to 'stone to death' a wild animal. I'll leave you decide if using a sling is 'stoning to death' - it's a grey area!
As for traps, there are plenty of stories of very experienced trappers failing night after night - it's not as guaranteed as people think.
Be aware, it is illegal in the UK to 'stone to death' a wild animal. I'll leave you decide if using a sling is 'stoning to death' - it's a grey area!
As for traps, there are plenty of stories of very experienced trappers failing night after night - it's not as guaranteed as people think.
Measured velocity of a sling @ 10’ in the hand of an expert 180 FPS with a bearing @ .40 - an associate who does Experimental Archaeology.
Muzzle velocity of a .429/ .44 Magnum from six inch Model 29
With 240 grain jacketed lead semi wadcutter 1140fps-me
Both measured via chronograph.
“ I know what your thinking’ Did he throw six ball bearings, or only five?’ Well to tell you the truth, in all the excitement. I kind of lost track myself. But being this sling is from the missus’ knickers and can take your head clean off, you have to ask yourself. Do I feel lucky? Well,
DO YOU Rabbit?”
Muzzle velocity of a .429/ .44 Magnum from six inch Model 29
With 240 grain jacketed lead semi wadcutter 1140fps-me
Both measured via chronograph.
“ I know what your thinking’ Did he throw six ball bearings, or only five?’ Well to tell you the truth, in all the excitement. I kind of lost track myself. But being this sling is from the missus’ knickers and can take your head clean off, you have to ask yourself. Do I feel lucky? Well,
DO YOU Rabbit?”
I had this article shared with me by a forum member who has a great working knowledge of using a shepherds sling and regularly teaches the subject at the Bushmoot.
The article's by a gentleman who had lessons from a 75 yo Mescalaro Apache who had used a sling his entire life to put food on the table. Hunger is a great teacher of accuracy...
The article's by a gentleman who had lessons from a 75 yo Mescalaro Apache who had used a sling his entire life to put food on the table. Hunger is a great teacher of accuracy...
You mean pics of the 75yo putting food on the table? Are you doubting that these skilled hunters could feed their families?
Did you bother to actually read the article?Game took by the guy who got lessons off the Apache
If you had of you'd have realised the writer of it doesn't mention he used it to hunt with and therefore your question is redundant. The majority of it is about what he was taught by the old gentleman on how to make and use a sling that was used by his tribe.
Oh, I agree, and I count my grandfather as one. But he could also come home empty handed on the wrong night
I haven't seen Glen Walter's book - do you have a title pls?
Professional rabbit snaring.Oh, I agree, and I count my grandfather as one. But he could also come home empty handed on the wrong night
I haven't seen Glen Walter's book - do you have a title pls?
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