Several studies about slings were done using replicated "bullets" made of lead. The 1oz football shaped (oval) projectiles hit as hard at medium/short range as a .45 handgun. ;)
Great video, and thanks for sharing! I just got started slinging a few weeks ago. For practice, I've been using tennis balls. I get practice, my dog gets a lot of exercise, and I don't have to worry about ammo, because she brings it back to me!
A sling isn't an easy weapon to use. Each rotation / release has to be the same to achieve accuracy. Your projectiles need to be around the same weight as well. Keep practicing. you're doing great.
Hi Lilly, part of the problem with rocks as ammo is that they are of different shapes and weights so they will change directions in flight. You should use lead fishing weights like egg style weights in the 3-4 oz. size. These weights have holes in them that you could attach a piece of yellow or bright green ribbon to. If you wrap the ribbon around the weight it will unravel and act as a rudder when you release it. If you use 3` of ribbon it will easily be found as you will know what to look for and all the animals will see is a little bit of yellow or green fluttering in the breeze looking like leaves and won`t run away, the fishing weights will have the same shape and weight perfect for accuracy. I hope you find this helpful, Peace and brother love to you and all.
That ruins the point of the video. It's a survival video with the aim to make a weapon and ammo with things you would have in a survival situation. She talks about different ammo towards the end.
@@mark_plays_games-p9c As an outdoorsy type person I always have fishing gear with me and have a fire starter on a cord around my neck. Every person who might find themselves away from home should always have some assortment of survival gear with them. If you must when your car breaks down use the nuts from your car tires as ammo, the weights are the same and a shirt sleeve can be used as a sling, if you would rather take off a pocket and use your laces for the cord and pouch. The best tool for survival is your brain and improvision skills. Your laces can be used as bow string or snares as well. Peace and brother love to you and all.
That's genius, split style fishing weights with ribbon clamped in it.... Better accurate, easy find, easy replace ribbon, but the tail slows just a bit I know but still I imagine the ribbon makes some slight flapping or slapping noise but not much Your awesome! For sharing! And more if you came up with that!
@@myspacemodulator Thank you for the comment and complement. I felt the sounds of the ribbon would be close to the flapping of birds or the rustling of leaves in the wind and wouldn`t alarm the wildlife and the yellow or green ribbon would blend in also. Although most animals are color blind I`m not so sure about birds and they would see the red and would be more difficult to hunt if that was the objective. Peace and brother love to you and all.
At about eleven years old, I was one of three girls who decided to compete to see who could "come closest" to a passing car, using our hand made slings and shooting a pebble UP, so that it would come back down at the car. I won. My parents had to pay for the windshield, and I couldn't sit down for about a week. I mostly gave up on sling "hunting" then. Yes, a sling is a great hunting tool!
She was hunting for Mustangs, Cougars, Cobras, and Barracudas, what`s so hard to figure about that. Since she was aiming high she may have been hunting Skylarks as well. Peace and brother love to you and all. @@owenthomas9863
I'm an 84 year old Missouri Ozark Hill Billy that grew up hunting small game up to turkey size with the typical forked sling shot, but history shows YES the sling your useing is an effective weapon.-
Just started slinging. Made two leather split pocket slings. One with soft leather and the other firmer leather. I love it. Getting better underhanded and breaking in with the helicopter.
Good video. In my youth I tried to become proficient with a sling and came to the conclusion that primitive traps would be more productive in a survival situation. Caches of the Mojave scissors trap have been found in the desert southwest. These traps were believed to have been used for harvesting rodents. Rodents would be difficult to hit with a sling.
I found a good alternative for a foldable pouch. Military ammo pouches that soldiers use to drop used frames into also come in foldable varieties and are just large enough to be useful. For a sling I prefer to use figure 8 motion because the hand motion is very simular to throwing a rock with your hand and you can get a really good trajectory and speed.
I exchanged e-mails with Lloyd from Lindybeige about the Hittites, Romans, Athenians, Spartans, and the Greeks possibly using fired clay "Bullets" with a sling. He agreed with me that it wasn't too labor intensive for an army in the field to make hundreds if not thousands of the hard fired clay bullets, however he disagreed that it was commonly done. As there is no recovered archeological evidence he didn't feel he could say that it was done commonly. He did say there were treatises and small bits of written records, of simple dried clay being used, but there was no way to verify if fired clay was used. If I was in a survival situation and I found a good lens of clay, I would take the time to make as many fired clay bullets as I could in addition to just dried clay ones. Lloyd stated that most recovered sling bullets are about the size of the last digit of a man's thumb and slightly american football shaped. About 3/4 of an inch to an inch long and between a 1/2 inch to 3/4 of an inch in diameter. And while no clay ones fired or not, have survived and been recovered, they have recovered cast lead and knapped stones bullets. So taking some time, you can make a few dozen bullets in about an hour if you find a stream with a clay bank. Allow them to dry at least a day or two then fire them and you can have consistent ammunition for your sling. Which should increase your accuracy.
This is brilliant, I love primitive tech. And this video shows how hard people must have worked to perfect their art! Just to kill a single animal would be so difficult..we would not have survived without dedication, skill and hard work! Thank you for showing how many attempts it takes to hit one static target lol
Stingers were an immensely important part of ancient combat , pretty much endless and free ammo , holes drilled in them emit a "scream" that demoralized enemies.
I love the slings. Easy to make, modify. Can carry it with you every where. A good skill to own. Excellent for small game. I like that pouch you have made. When slinging you can use visualisation techniques to pull your projectile in towards the target. Due to a animal being extremely reactive when using the sling you will slow the rhythm of the rotations, this is somewhat hypnotizing. 🙌 Good shot.
Clay bullets can help improve your aiming and you will be able to penetrate steel if they're fired. More alumina content in clay equals more capability of penetrating steel or heavy bone.
Wow, a sling can really wizz a rock. Practice, practice, practice, ... and then practice some more. Love the simplicity. "The more you know, the less you need."
The sling, so Clan of the Cavebear, COOL! We recently had some pretty tall trees cut down (over 120') and the arborist used a slingshot tool to launch their tie-off and climbing lines which was really impressive. Thanks Lilly, I wish you well there in Europe, strange times.
I've been slinging for years. To hit a squirrel would be very rare. However you can drive larger game in whatever direction you wish by using the sling to lob stones on whatever side of the animal is needed to steer that animal right into a trap or gully or even right towards yourself where you can then use your bow, spear or net. Or drop a bank safe or anvil on em like wylie coyote and the road runner if ya like.
@@greenwave819 she hit a target...a perfectly still target....at close range....at ground level....and not on the first cast. You couldn't be more wrong.
A bank safe or anvil are far too heavy to carry around in a survival situation. Some tins of paint and brushes are lighter. These provide for a more practical technique where you find a stretch of road that finishes at the side of a mountain and paint a false tunnel on the mountain. The prey animals then run along the road straight into the false tunnel and knock themselves unconscious against the mountain allowing for easy capture.
@@alexwade9921 or in the worst case they somehow make it through the painted tunnel but then when you try to follow, reality has set back in and splat.
Lilly, my daughter and I used to watch you a lot! When she was about 5 she made a little survival house in the driveway and wanted me to show you 😂. Anyway, coincidentally I have started to learn the sling and just found your video. Looking forward to it. Be well!
Its not luck. Its the height of instinctive shooting and so it feels just lucky but you just were in the zone. Repeating 'being in the zone' simply takes practice.
Imo Lilly, your snares and traps would be more productive against small game. However, that sling would be work well against threats like a bear or human.
always keep one in my pocket. Too much fun to throw. I prefer the figure eight throw, feels like a natural throwing motion and quick reloads, about a shot every three seconds, but sure does take a long time to get near accurate. Great fun with a friend too. He burned his shoulder out last time for a couple days, but he is new to it. Thanks for the great vids, Lily.
I started watching youre videos a year ago ..I moved to the countryside a few years ago and started growing my own food vegetables..I have bought 2 bows and I use catupults too as a bit of fun ...thanks for your videos ...❤ your very beautiful too😊😊
As a teenager I had a sling and I got good enough to hit a pie pan at 40 yards don't know if that is good or just average but it was a great summer fun activity in the Florida swamps .
Lilly , its still morning ( 11: 50 ) am in MONTANA USA I have been watching you for the last 3 years give or take.. I don't always comment but watching you with that sling you are AWESOME young lady. I am sure you heard of " David and Goliath " David had nothing on you !!!! I hope you read this THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA. USA .....
Great video. The technique you demonstrated is similar to that of David Morningstar. I've watched several of his videos, and think he is one of the better slingers on RUclips. Of course, he didn't develop his skill overnight, but practiced for a number of years.
Squirrels are pretty fast. I managed to hit one once with a sling, one with a bow, had one dodge a blowgun dart, but had almost 100% success with deadfall traps. In a survival situation I’d rely more on traps for small game. That being said I had to defend myself from a big dog once, I hit him in the side with a rock from a sling, and totally paralyzed him for about five minutes, so I wouldn’t disregard using it on medium to large game in a survival situation especially if team hunting! Of course as with other tools, the power generated by a sling is a reflection of the strength and skill of the operator.
My smile is ear to ear. I was sitting here LMAO watching this and your honesty about accuracy. Do not take this as a negative. I love watching your videos. I know you understand ballistics and the variations. Find me two rocks the same weight, shape, even clay made projectiles the same, and the SAME distance, same cord length, and the variance of your swing and throw. I am not saying don't try but know your odds. Where is your energy best used? Keep up the great videos. Wishing you a lasting recovery from covid.
My brother and I made slings when we were kids, and we got pretty darn proficient with them. How does one get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Nice to see you out in the woods again. Amy has grown into a beautiful dog! Cheers.
It just needs a lot of time and practice , you got to know where your release point is for the projectile your using is when twisting the sling round . Lilly.
Tried it once years back. Bad. Wow... For small game, I'll stick with a good hunting slingshot, or the blowgun I've been playing with. Lucky for me, we have plenty of fishing in my area of the country.
Dude I used to work with grew up in Mexico and would use these as a kid for fun. As an adult, he could shatter rocks agains brick and hit exactly what he was aiming for.
Actually, you would be more accurate if you overarm, so from high to low rather than around. It is because you can line up the shot more accurately, though you may be short or long on the shot. Hope this helps
Love you videos and that accent. You should see how we here in the US can use firearms to hunt and for sport freely. Not every state is firearm friendly but many are. My having grown up on a farm, I am very used to having and using firearms. I feel sorry for the citizens whose countries that won’t allow them. I hope you can one day visit the US and see how it really is, not the way the media is instructed to tell you. Good luck in your preparations for survival for you and family.
Well, if your airplane crashes in the middle of the jungle you'll probably have to survive and hunt without a firearm. Hunting in Austria, Germany, ... is required to be done with firearms, i think using bows, rocks, ... is forbidden. And it is relatively easy to obtain the permit to own a firearm, although things like automatic rifles i'm sure are illegal.
Great slinging. Have you ever heard of a staff sling? Here's one you can make that's 3,000 years old. Same as the staff sling but the stick is about 18 inches long. Drill a hole 3 inches down from the end of the stick, run one end of the sling through the hole and make a knot, the other end with the loop you throw off the end above the knot. More power and better accuracy. Try it.👍🌹
Put it on a stick and you've got a "staff sling". It's more accurate and more powerful. In fact it's believed David killed Goliath with a staff sling because he was a shepherd. shepherds carried a staff.
Your accuracy surpasses mine. Many years ago, I tried. Now, I wonder about extending your reach with a piece of branch, say, 24” long. If the line that you hang onto was not in your hand, but on the end of an extension, the release speed of the pouch and stone would be faster. The line that you let slip, would be the same length as the stick-line combination. With a higher release speed, you mat not have to whirl the sling. A straight cast from either side arm or over head could reach the same speed. Just a thought. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
I bet with plenty of practice it could be as accurate as throwing a stone. It needs to be muscle-memory, repeating the same movement and timing as when you're just throwing. The sling would be better utilised for flocks of birds, especially waterfowl on the water, where your odds of hitting something is greatly improved.
I'm actually far more accurate with the sling than throwing a stone. This is more a condemnation of my stone throwing skills rather than an endorsement of my slinging capacity thoigh😢
Thats just for a split sling. I use handmade pouches from leather or wide nylon strapping, like belt width. The way split slings misfire or drop ammo.... Just heat up a marble sized bearing and press it into center of leather pouch or nylon strap and it indents for ammo, good 2 go
I sling and release on the first movement too, most people dont. Swing sidearm for short strait fast targets and over shoulder for distance or at higher elevated targets That eas not a luck shot, it was skill. Just spend a hour slinging some while strolling in the woods I should show you my fast reload method
I had to watch this as soon as I saw the can I hit a squirrel text in the thumbnail, have to say I found that amusing and thought this should be interesting. Like your small canvas bag you made, I think I need something like this.
I think I'd have better luck with a slingshot. Same minimal movements, like a bow, and you can develop skill much more rapidly. Some slingshots have a lot of power too. Interesting to see a "ballistics comparison" on slings vs slingshot. You can make targets to "trap" your slingshot ammo, so you can reuse the same ammo over and over while you practice. Slingshots and ammo take up minimal space too. Just a better option IMO.
I´m not sure if it's a coincidence or on purpose? A similar scene - squirrel hunting using a sling appeared in a legendary film "The Clan of the Cave Bear" with Ayla, a girl from prehistoric times. You know it sure.
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Yes Lily we saw very good Shot 🔥
@@dalethompson5842gee thx 🙏
Just ask Goliath.
Or David, Goliath was the recipient.
Can't trust the media then and now
This is why slingers were deployed like archers, as volley troops. To disrupt enemy formations.
Everyone was saying Goliath is so big there’s no way David could win! David was thinking he’s so big I couldn’t miss! 😂
Or ask Big Mike !
Several studies about slings were done using replicated "bullets" made of lead. The 1oz football shaped (oval) projectiles hit as hard at medium/short range as a .45 handgun. ;)
Great video, and thanks for sharing! I just got started slinging a few weeks ago. For practice, I've been using tennis balls. I get practice, my dog gets a lot of exercise, and I don't have to worry about ammo, because she brings it back to me!
Appreciate you helping slinging reach more people 😊
I'm happy that you showed the missed shots so we can see how hard it is. Too many RUclipsrs want to look like they're perfect all the time.
A sling isn't an easy weapon to use. Each rotation / release has to be the same to achieve accuracy. Your projectiles need to be around the same weight as well. Keep practicing. you're doing great.
@@silverfern okay the comment was about a sling not a bow
@@silverferna sling is much more powerful tho. You can still walk with an arrow to the thigh, but you can walk with a shattered leg
The sling takes alot more skill then the bow.
Once you lear how to shoot it, muscle memory does the rest. But you really gotta think about aiming
I have taken Primitive Slings to heart. The "Figure 8" throw is my way of delivering stone to target. Good video 👍
A modern David. Great to see you out and about. As a recent recovery from long-covid, go slow. Good to see you outside and in the woods. Thanks Lilly.
Hi Lilly, part of the problem with rocks as ammo is that they are of different shapes and weights so they will change directions in flight. You should use lead fishing weights like egg style weights in the 3-4 oz. size. These weights have holes in them that you could attach a piece of yellow or bright green ribbon to. If you wrap the ribbon around the weight it will unravel and act as a rudder when you release it. If you use 3` of ribbon it will easily be found as you will know what to look for and all the animals will see is a little bit of yellow or green fluttering in the breeze looking like leaves and won`t run away, the fishing weights will have the same shape and weight perfect for accuracy. I hope you find this helpful, Peace and brother love to you and all.
That ruins the point of the video. It's a survival video with the aim to make a weapon and ammo with things you would have in a survival situation. She talks about different ammo towards the end.
@@mark_plays_games-p9c As an outdoorsy type person I always have fishing gear with me and have a fire starter on a cord around my neck. Every person who might find themselves away from home should always have some assortment of survival gear with them. If you must when your car breaks down use the nuts from your car tires as ammo, the weights are the same and a shirt sleeve can be used as a sling, if you would rather take off a pocket and use your laces for the cord and pouch. The best tool for survival is your brain and improvision skills. Your laces can be used as bow string or snares as well. Peace and brother love to you and all.
Brilliant idea
That's genius, split style fishing weights with ribbon clamped in it.... Better accurate, easy find, easy replace ribbon, but the tail slows just a bit I know but still
I imagine the ribbon makes some slight flapping or slapping noise but not much
Your awesome! For sharing! And more if you came up with that!
@@myspacemodulator Thank you for the comment and complement. I felt the sounds of the ribbon would be close to the flapping of birds or the rustling of leaves in the wind and wouldn`t alarm the wildlife and the yellow or green ribbon would blend in also. Although most animals are color blind I`m not so sure about birds and they would see the red and would be more difficult to hunt if that was the objective. Peace and brother love to you and all.
At about eleven years old, I was one of three girls who decided to compete to see who could "come closest" to a passing car, using our hand made slings and shooting a pebble UP, so that it would come back down at the car. I won. My parents had to pay for the windshield, and I couldn't sit down for about a week. I mostly gave up on sling "hunting" then. Yes, a sling is a great hunting tool!
Haha that's brilliant
what's this got to do with hunting?
@@owenthomas9863😐
She was hunting for Mustangs, Cougars, Cobras, and Barracudas, what`s so hard to figure about that. Since she was aiming high she may have been hunting Skylarks as well. Peace and brother love to you and all. @@owenthomas9863
@@owenthomas9863because if he can hit a moving car and smash the windshield with a sling he can hit a moving animal and smash it’s skull.
I'm an 84 year old Missouri Ozark Hill Billy that grew up hunting small game up to turkey size with the typical forked sling shot, but history shows YES the sling your useing is an effective weapon.-
Just started slinging.
Made two leather split pocket slings. One with soft leather and the other firmer leather.
I love it. Getting better underhanded and breaking in with the helicopter.
I like the canvas bag. I'm super impressed you hit that squirrel target!
Good video. In my youth I tried to become proficient with a sling and came to the conclusion that primitive traps would be more productive in a survival situation. Caches of the Mojave scissors trap have been found in the desert southwest. These traps were believed to have been used for harvesting rodents. Rodents would be difficult to hit with a sling.
I practice with a sling…and a staff sling. Lot of fun. But, Snares and traps are more “cost effective” calorie wise. Snares and traps win.
why not both? xD I watch post apocalypse shows and it's really inspiring to have a backup primitive tool just incase.
I found a good alternative for a foldable pouch. Military ammo pouches that soldiers use to drop used frames into also come in foldable varieties and are just large enough to be useful.
For a sling I prefer to use figure 8 motion because the hand motion is very simular to throwing a rock with your hand and you can get a really good trajectory and speed.
Keep practicing, and you'll get accurate enough, Lily! You're already getting much better!
Hello Lilly. I'm Jackie from Chattanooga Tennessee. I love the fact that you at least try things. Great job. 🎉😊❤
Awesome sling shots!! Practice makes perfect!! Cool video 📹 Lilly... Keep up the great work 👍
I exchanged e-mails with Lloyd from Lindybeige about the Hittites, Romans, Athenians, Spartans, and the Greeks possibly using fired clay "Bullets" with a sling. He agreed with me that it wasn't too labor intensive for an army in the field to make hundreds if not thousands of the hard fired clay bullets, however he disagreed that it was commonly done. As there is no recovered archeological evidence he didn't feel he could say that it was done commonly. He did say there were treatises and small bits of written records, of simple dried clay being used, but there was no way to verify if fired clay was used.
If I was in a survival situation and I found a good lens of clay, I would take the time to make as many fired clay bullets as I could in addition to just dried clay ones. Lloyd stated that most recovered sling bullets are about the size of the last digit of a man's thumb and slightly american football shaped. About 3/4 of an inch to an inch long and between a 1/2 inch to 3/4 of an inch in diameter. And while no clay ones fired or not, have survived and been recovered, they have recovered cast lead and knapped stones bullets.
So taking some time, you can make a few dozen bullets in about an hour if you find a stream with a clay bank. Allow them to dry at least a day or two then fire them and you can have consistent ammunition for your sling. Which should increase your accuracy.
This is brilliant, I love primitive tech. And this video shows how hard people must have worked to perfect their art! Just to kill a single animal would be so difficult..we would not have survived without dedication, skill and hard work! Thank you for showing how many attempts it takes to hit one static target lol
Ever heard of Clan of the Cave Bear?! Ayla was a pro!
It just takes practice. Thanks, Lilly.
Oh, that tip on hanging your backpack on the tree with a stick!!! So clever!!! One of my favorite woods tips ever!
Stingers were an immensely important part of ancient combat , pretty much endless and free ammo , holes drilled in them emit a "scream" that demoralized enemies.
I love the slings. Easy to make, modify. Can carry it with you every where. A good skill to own. Excellent for small game. I like that pouch you have made. When slinging you can use visualisation techniques to pull your projectile in towards the target. Due to a animal being extremely reactive when using the sling you will slow the rhythm of the rotations, this is somewhat hypnotizing. 🙌 Good shot.
Clay bullets can help improve your aiming and you will be able to penetrate steel if they're fired. More alumina content in clay equals more capability of penetrating steel or heavy bone.
Happy to see you outdoors and smiling. My how Amy has grown.
Wow, a sling can really wizz a rock. Practice, practice, practice, ... and then practice some more. Love the simplicity. "The more you know, the less you need."
That was a great demonstration. Great job
The sling, so Clan of the Cavebear, COOL! We recently had some pretty tall trees cut down (over 120') and the arborist used a slingshot tool to launch their tie-off and climbing lines which was really impressive. Thanks Lilly, I wish you well there in Europe, strange times.
Ayla! I was mesmerized by those stories. Great books.
I've been slinging for years. To hit a squirrel would be very rare. However you can drive larger game in whatever direction you wish by using the sling to lob stones on whatever side of the animal is needed to steer that animal right into a trap or gully or even right towards yourself where you can then use your bow, spear or net. Or drop a bank safe or anvil on em like wylie coyote and the road runner if ya like.
and yet she just did hit one
@@greenwave819 she hit a target...a perfectly still target....at close range....at ground level....and not on the first cast. You couldn't be more wrong.
Beep Beep😂
A bank safe or anvil are far too heavy to carry around in a survival situation. Some tins of paint and brushes are lighter. These provide for a more practical technique where you find a stretch of road that finishes at the side of a mountain and paint a false tunnel on the mountain. The prey animals then run along the road straight into the false tunnel and knock themselves unconscious against the mountain allowing for easy capture.
@@alexwade9921 or in the worst case they somehow make it through the painted tunnel but then when you try to follow, reality has set back in and splat.
Lilly, my daughter and I used to watch you a lot! When she was about 5 she made a little survival house in the driveway and wanted me to show you 😂. Anyway, coincidentally I have started to learn the sling and just found your video. Looking forward to it. Be well!
Its not luck. Its the height of instinctive shooting and so it feels just lucky but you just were in the zone. Repeating 'being in the zone' simply takes practice.
The humble sling can be very deadly if you have the practice to back it up. It carries about as much kinetic energy as a .45acp.
Imo Lilly, your snares and traps would be more productive against small game. However, that sling would be work well against threats like a bear or human.
always keep one in my pocket. Too much fun to throw. I prefer the figure eight throw, feels like a natural throwing motion and quick reloads, about a shot every three seconds, but sure does take a long time to get near accurate. Great fun with a friend too. He burned his shoulder out last time for a couple days, but he is new to it. Thanks for the great vids, Lily.
Excelente vídeo Lili! Obrigado por compartilhar.
great video. i am motivated to learn this and i appreciate your approach to this skill set.
I started watching youre videos a year ago ..I moved to the countryside a few years ago and started growing my own food vegetables..I have bought 2 bows and I use catupults too as a bit of fun ...thanks for your videos ...❤ your very beautiful too😊😊
Keep practicing. You’re getting better. Practice makes progress.
You might have it a bit easier if you tried a staff sling. Same basic idea, but the sling goes on a stick. Release might be more consistent
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As a teenager I had a sling and I got good enough to hit a pie pan at 40 yards don't know if that is good or just average but it was a great summer fun activity in the Florida swamps .
Lilly , its still morning ( 11: 50 ) am in MONTANA USA I have been watching you for the last 3 years give or take.. I don't always comment but watching you with that sling you are AWESOME young lady. I am sure you heard of " David and Goliath " David had nothing on you !!!! I hope you read this THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA. USA .....
Great video. The technique you demonstrated is similar to that of David Morningstar. I've watched several of his videos, and think he is one of the better slingers on RUclips. Of course, he didn't develop his skill overnight, but practiced for a number of years.
Awesome vid Lilly! 😁 Love slinging!
Squirrels are pretty fast. I managed to hit one once with a sling, one with a bow, had one dodge a blowgun dart, but had almost 100% success with deadfall traps. In a survival situation I’d rely more on traps for small game. That being said I had to defend myself from a big dog once, I hit him in the side with a rock from a sling, and totally paralyzed him for about five minutes, so I wouldn’t disregard using it on medium to large game in a survival situation especially if team hunting! Of course as with other tools, the power generated by a sling is a reflection of the strength and skill of the operator.
The squirrel did not deserve that ! 😂
My smile is ear to ear. I was sitting here LMAO watching this and your honesty about accuracy. Do not take this as a negative. I love watching your videos. I know you understand ballistics and the variations. Find me two rocks the same weight, shape, even clay made projectiles the same, and the SAME distance, same cord length, and the variance of your swing and throw. I am not saying don't try but know your odds. Where is your energy best used? Keep up the great videos. Wishing you a lasting recovery from covid.
Cool episode Lily, thanks!
My brother and I made slings when we were kids, and we got pretty darn proficient with them. How does one get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Nice to see you out in the woods again. Amy has grown into a beautiful dog! Cheers.
Another outstanding video! I really like the bag. That would be super handy. You should try a shepherd sling next.
Thanks for the video, good information, in case of desperate situations. Graham.
It just needs a lot of time and practice , you got to know where your release point is for the projectile your using is when twisting the sling round .
Lilly.
Tried it once years back. Bad. Wow... For small game, I'll stick with a good hunting slingshot, or the blowgun I've been playing with. Lucky for me, we have plenty of fishing in my area of the country.
Very impressive that you got it so quick and sure that time Lilly. I don't see it as "just luck".
I used tennis balls to sling in my bedroom, made with two rachet strap and two rope i made from kumihimo braiding. It's fun
You did great! Slinging is tough!
Dude I used to work with grew up in Mexico and would use these as a kid for fun. As an adult, he could shatter rocks agains brick and hit exactly what he was aiming for.
Few things are as satisfying as a hitting your target with a sling. Nice hit! 👍
Actually, you would be more accurate if you overarm, so from high to low rather than around.
It is because you can line up the shot more accurately, though you may be short or long on the shot.
Hope this helps
I found that's true for throwing, I'm sure the principle holds true.
You need an army of twenty thousand to aim at. Bring some friends and some knicker elastic or whatever you use.
Survival Lilly rocks!
It takes a lot of practice and proper technique. Look at other RUclips videos showing how and add to your practice. I think you did good.
I equipped all our backpacks with good sling shots. Always find ammo for them.
Love you videos and that accent. You should see how we here in the US can use firearms to hunt and for sport freely. Not every state is firearm friendly but many are. My having grown up on a farm, I am very used to having and using firearms. I feel sorry for the citizens whose countries that won’t allow them.
I hope you can one day visit the US and see how it really is, not the way the media is instructed to tell you.
Good luck in your preparations for survival for you and family.
Well, if your airplane crashes in the middle of the jungle you'll probably have to survive and hunt without a firearm.
Hunting in Austria, Germany, ... is required to be done with firearms, i think using bows, rocks, ... is forbidden. And it is relatively easy to obtain the permit to own a firearm, although things like automatic rifles i'm sure are illegal.
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Great slinging. Have you ever heard of a staff sling? Here's one you can make that's 3,000 years old. Same as the staff sling but the stick is about 18 inches long. Drill a hole 3 inches down from the end of the stick, run one end of the sling through the hole and make a knot, the other end with the loop you throw off the end above the knot. More power and better accuracy. Try it.👍🌹
Lilly lovely video, that pouch is amazing, would love to come hunting and wild camping with you. great stuff thank you.
Many Thxs for this “Option!” Very Cool!😊👍🏼
That was fun... thanks Lilly 😎👍
You're always so cute when you get excited❤
Amy ist doch ncht etwa müde😂😂😂, wieder ein sehr schönes Video. Danke
As with any new skill…practice, practice, practice. Good presentation. All new to me.
am looking forward to an update on the European situation especially Austria. We are heading your way in September/October
Excellent video
Put it on a stick and you've got a "staff sling". It's more accurate and more powerful. In fact it's believed David killed Goliath with a staff sling because he was a shepherd. shepherds carried a staff.
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Your accuracy surpasses mine. Many years ago, I tried. Now, I wonder about extending your reach with a piece of branch, say, 24” long.
If the line that you hang onto was not in your hand, but on the end of an extension, the release speed of the pouch and stone would be faster. The line that you let slip, would be the same length as the stick-line combination. With a higher release speed, you mat not have to whirl the sling. A straight cast from either side arm or over head could reach the same speed. Just a thought.
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That shot wasn’t luck. My grandfather used to tell me “if you were aiming for it, it wasn’t luck!” So great shot. I love your accent btw
I don't know if you have ever done a video on an Atlatl or not. But I would be interested in seeing you try.
I bet with plenty of practice it could be as accurate as throwing a stone. It needs to be muscle-memory, repeating the same movement and timing as when you're just throwing.
The sling would be better utilised for flocks of birds, especially waterfowl on the water, where your odds of hitting something is greatly improved.
I’m about two months into using and making slings. Accuracy definitely improved but not nearly as accurate as you need to be with hunting.
I'm actually far more accurate with the sling than throwing a stone. This is more a condemnation of my stone throwing skills rather than an endorsement of my slinging capacity thoigh😢
Awesome, Lilly! Is it possible to make small adjustments in release to hone in on the target while practicing, or is it just hit or miss?
The key to precision and accuracy with a sling is consistency. You can practice that. Do not forget that you aim with your feet too.
Thats just for a split sling. I use handmade pouches from leather or wide nylon strapping, like belt width. The way split slings misfire or drop ammo.... Just heat up a marble sized bearing and press it into center of leather pouch or nylon strap and it indents for ammo, good 2 go
I would love to see you whack a garden gnome with that sling... haha. I love the smile you have when you're killing a plastic squirrel!
Ptcheee, break the Peterson's back window. Whoops now I'm in for it. LOL A good baseball pitcher could do that! Fun video.
I sling and release on the first movement too, most people dont. Swing sidearm for short strait fast targets and over shoulder for distance or at higher elevated targets
That eas not a luck shot, it was skill. Just spend a hour slinging some while strolling in the woods
I should show you my fast reload method
Ami is a brave bear going rock slinging with you. 🤣 love your show great sling work. 👍
Don’t slingers shape their stones more smooth and round? Maybe that would help with aim.
You'll have to eat 20 squirrels to have a full meal and a bit more. I'd go with larger traps.
That’s my Lilly. Running naked through the forest clobbering targets with prehistoric devices and grinning from ear to ear.
Consistent form and technique is crucial with this weapon I think.
That is a VERY fat looking squirrel compared to the ones we have in the UK.
a sling can easily kill a man, what kills a man kills a deer. The sling is a dangerous weapon you can make from one of your shoes
WoW ! Great shoot !
Awesome job Lilly! Love Amy, she’s beautiful!
I had to watch this as soon as I saw the can I hit a squirrel text in the thumbnail, have to say I found that amusing and thought this should be interesting. Like your small canvas bag you made, I think I need something like this.
I think I'd have better luck with a slingshot. Same minimal movements, like a bow, and you can develop skill much more rapidly. Some slingshots have a lot of power too. Interesting to see a "ballistics comparison" on slings vs slingshot.
You can make targets to "trap" your slingshot ammo, so you can reuse the same ammo over and over while you practice. Slingshots and ammo take up minimal space too. Just a better option IMO.
A slingshot may be more accurate, but a rock sling is more rewarding
I think if I saw a Squirrel that big in the woods I would run.
I´m not sure if it's a coincidence or on purpose? A similar scene - squirrel hunting using a sling appeared in a legendary film "The Clan of the Cave Bear" with Ayla, a girl from prehistoric times. You know it sure.
Great skill Lilly! 😁👍