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03-31-2006, 11:17 PM
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throwing sticks and rocks
hellow,there is an endless number of birds and squirrels and rats in my granpas feild. would a 3 foot hardwood stick sharpend at both ends bring down a rabbit or dove, or a half a brick for the same
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04-04-2006, 09:07 AM
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Mkay. Short answer = yes. Long answer = Unless you are just a VERY good shot you are not going to get a clean kill, and even then you are going to have to be VERY close. I have hunted small game with throwing knives and with throwing sticks (Sharpened on one end using a 1/2 rotation throw) My suggestion? Build and learn to use a sling. It isn't hard, once you get accurate with it you will be amazed at how effective it is, and there is a great deal of satisfaction in being able to effectively take a squirrel/rabbit/whatever from a good distance with a sling. GoodOlBoy
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04-04-2006, 09:13 AM
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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04-04-2006, 08:33 PM
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Last edited by catdaddy; 01-24-2011 at 02:14 AM.
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04-06-2006, 08:45 AM
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once you learn to use them properly yes by far. In ancient times the romans as well as other armies used slingers and archers. Slingers were considered by far more deadly, and had greater range than the archers of the day did. Plus they could improvise ammo at will. It became so poopular that many ancient armies forced me to learn the sling since one could be carried practially anywhere with nothing to speak off in weight. Then ammo could be gotten in an emergency. The romans even used, at one time, sling "towers" which where platforms that a few specially trained slingers would stand on. Their slings (per historical drawings and findings) ranged from 9' to 11' in length and they would sling rocks or cast "bullets" the size of a large grapefruit several hundred yards. Naturally there were not many of these "long" slingers since it took one man to load the sling and one to use it, but they were extremely effective since a "bullet" that size was more than capable of killing and wounding several men at once at a VERY long range.
Anyway back to the grind. GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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