anybody hunt with catapults/slingshots

[jacob 28]

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/3/Squirrel-Catapult-260348.html

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Edited November 19, 2009 by jacob

[jacob 28]

well ithought it was funny

[sambam 8]

funny as feck that vid

[RicW 67]

Fish hunter is definantly better than a barnett the flatbands can put out 13 pounds per foot of power. Takes a bit of getting used to especially if you're used to a wrist brace but afterwards its easy.

 

ATB

Jordan

 

13ft.lbs? That's FAC level in an air rifle!

 

Ric

[sambam 8]

yea iv heard they can go up to 18 ft.lbs which is amazing

[paddywack 3]

can you give me some tips on using a catty, I cant hit a barn door if I was standing inside it, have been using marbles for ammo, what is best to use and where can I get some? not saying its the ammo that makes me such a crap shot

 

thanks

Edited November 24, 2009 by paddywack

[sambam 8]

hi paddywack

 

marbles shud be ok for ammo mabey a bit to big but dont worry about it

 

what catty are you using as different types might need a different style of shootin

 

as for tips on how to use a catty ill tell you how i do it and im no expert at all

 

hold the catty in your weak hand and hold on the side then keep your weak arm locked

 

use your strong hand to pull back, line the top fork onto the target and i try and move my wrist slightly to line the band up to the top fork

 

as always you need practice and more practice

 

mabey someone might tell us a different and better way but thats what has worked for me in the past

 

hope that helps

sam

Edited November 24, 2009 by sambam

[paddywack 3]

thanks for that Sam, could not tell you what make it is I brought it from a game fair, that is the sort of method I try to use however I proberly need to practice more, just thought I would be able to hit anything straight away,what kind of distance is acceptable to be fairly accurate but still leathal

[sambam 8]

what style of catty is it paddywack as if its a hunter catty there apparently realy powerful so range and kill ability would be better than my widow

 

i dont realy know about range but would imagin it would be about the same as n air rifle so say about 35 yard or so. but i try and get as close as possible

 

only had a squirrel since iv been taking it out with the pup but in my youth id try and take anything and was alot better shot

[yeeharr 41]

Keep your range to 10 yards and then push it to 15 yards. 20 yards is doable but you can't hit and kill consistantley at airgun ranges. Sure people pull off shots at silly ranges but we're talking about hunting and grouping well. If you can hit the bottom of a coke can at a given range 8 times out of 10 then that's your hunting range. Even the best miss but you'll hit more game if you keep things close.

[paddywack 3]

thanks for the advice, i just found a massive post (50 pages!) in the gamekeeping section which has plenty of info in it.