Hunting with a slingshot

[FLHTCUI]

I thought at one point there was something against use of single projectile for migratory birds.

There is, but an exception is made for archery...
You can use a single projectile for emergency situations though.
So that survival backpack .22 just might come in handy if one flips their canoe and becomes stranded and of course can retrieve said backpack from flipped canoe.
Rob

 

[Bonefish]

Don't worry, I'm sure the Libs will soon ban slingshots as well. lol

 

[KodiakHntr]

I thought at one point there was something against use of single projectile for migratory birds.

As has been noted already; A) exception made for archery, B) grouse aren’t migratory….

 

[jlovie]

I was always a fan of the Barnett Diablo with 3/8 ball bearings. Killed a lot of grouse over the years with rhat slingshot.

Thanks, that one is on my look into list. I like the simple shot scout's too.

 

[jacpor]

I thought the sling shot was going to be used for geese.

 

[bcsteve]

I always liked the idea of a slingshot but I can't hit $hit with one!

 

[memaquay]

I lived on a fly in rez for a couple of years, about 30 years ago. In September, the ruffies and spruce grouse were thick in the bush, and everyone, and I mean everyone, was out hunting them. Only thing allowed was a slingshot, no guns, as every kid over the age of two was running around killing birds.

I had an old wrist rocket, and thought I would be pretty good, as I had done a lot of slingshot hunting as a kid. My first time out, there was a four year old beside me with and old handmade slingshot, looked like underwear elastic tied to it, and he picked off a sprucie in the head about 40 feet up in a tree. Humbled me on the spot, lol.

Anyway, on the weekend, we would head down the lake and hunt all day, usually come back with a boat load of birds. The boys would throw them in a wheelbarrow when we got back, and take them to all the elders' houses to distribute. It was quite a time!

 

[jlovie]

I always liked the idea of a slingshot but I can't hit $hit with one!

With the cheapie I found at home today, I couldn't hit the barn door even standing in the barn. I'm blaming the ammo ofcourse.

 

[linux99]

It does get me wondering if we'll ever get to a place where we need effective strategies for effective control of "urbanized" animals...I read in the OFAH magazine last year there are places in the usa considering bow hunts in city parks because deer hang out there and get aggressive during the rut. I live in a suburban area and I've seen or heard stories from reliable sources that make me think it's almost time. My aunt came face to face with a big coyote in her front yard and it was not afraid of her. For my part, I've got probably 100 or more rabbits living under my deck at those of my neighbours (30x100 lots so close quarters). Where I live I'd say they make up 80% of the roadkill I see. Yes they are all cute and cuddly but they sh*t everywhere...come spring I've got to make the kids wait a week or so for it all to kind of settle down into the lawn. I insist on extra safety in this environment but I know that I could get those numbers down pretty quick and safely with a 1000fps air rifle.

Ferrets, nets and a stick.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

When I was a kid, my dad and I made an actual slingshot. The kind with just a leather pouch and two strings. Like David killed Golliath with. I could fling a stone pretty far with it. But, and i was quite surprised, my dad who grew up using one, was surprisingly accurate with it.

 

[DFarmer]

When I was a kid, my dad and I made an actual slingshot. The kind with just a leather pouch and two strings. Like David killed Golliath with. I could fling a stone pretty far with it. But, and i was quite surprised, my dad who grew up using one, was surprisingly accurate with it.

That is a sling not a sling shot.
We made our own slingshots out or 1/4 inch rod. Bent them into shape, tied on surgical tubing and a leather pouch. A little tape for the handle and away you go.
We got a lot of grouse with them while deer hunting. Mainly blues and fool hens, but the odd stupid ruffie also. Ruffies tended to be more flighty than the others.
We rarely used ball bearings, 3/4 inch round rocks were our ammo, although my brother did get one with a small pinecone when he ran out of rocks one day.