Mr Majyk Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Anyone on here know if its legal to hunt with a slingshot? I'm pretty sure it is but i thought id just check? I've got a slingshot and have always wanted to go hunting with it just as a challenge to stalk close enough to my quarry to actually use it. of course i know you'd have to be pretty damn good to use it humanely, think i need a bit more practise, can bowel a can over at 20yds with relative ease these days but would still want a bit more practise before trying it on something like a treed pigeon or rabbit. so, anyone else ever tried it? if its legal that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I think its legal too. An old boy i know still shoots pigeons in his barns with a catapult to good effect ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 It is legal, but if you're not competent it might be regarded as cruelty. Then you could be in trouble.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Out of interest do you mean a slingshot or a catapult? I have just ordered a catapult for me and the lad to have a bit of fun with in the garden and was wondering if I could get competent enough to use it for hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I used one many, many years ago and you don't need to rely on a headshot even killing bigish birds from trees. If the range is short enough a big marble size projectile carries a heck of a lot of kinetic energy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Majyk Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Out of interest do you mean a slingshot or a catapult? I have just ordered a catapult for me and the lad to have a bit of fun with in the garden and was wondering if I could get competent enough to use it for hunting. Is there a difference? always thought of them as the same thing? (queue someone describing the difference between the two ) I used one many, many years ago and you don't need to rely on a headshot even killing bigish birds from trees. If the range is short enough a big marble size projectile carries a heck of a lot of kinetic energy thats another question, ammo, I've just relied on wandering round selecting the right kinda feeling stones, bout 20mm as round as i can find them. and I'm not surprised you don't need a head shot for a kill, put a few stones through full cans and it really does do a lot of damage! id still aim for head that way i get either a clean kill or a clean miss (in theory) im hitting my can 50/50 at 20yd but that differs day to day. id want to be hitting my can 90% before i considered using it on live quarry as i have NO interest in injuring or maiming anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 shot a fox with a slingshot blackwidow when I was a lad ,right between the eyes with a steel ball at about 30 ft was poking his head out under a barn ,hell of a shot stone dead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have always thought of a slingshot as a strip of material (usually leather) with a cup for the bearing that you swing round before letting go of one end. They are a very old method of hunting. http://ziomania.com/images2008/aug/palestine509.jpg A catapult is your standard y shaped stick with rubber bands and a cup (and all variants inbetween as they have got very technologically advanced). Can I ask what make you have? I got this one as it was relatively cheap but looked OK and got decent reviews http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230777782843?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 i've always called them a gadder,same as suspender are called gadders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 i've always called them a gadder,same as suspender are called gadders. Now your talking,lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I used the 9mm ball bearings from my pocket money and many a rat met instant death, same as squigs. A green keep friend of the family used a modified cat to fire golf balls and regularly had rabbit and pheasants on his back door. He was like the terminator with it though. Legal I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropemunky Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 i've always called them a gadder,same as suspender are called gadders.Yes! Gadders!! Must be an Annesley thing we all still call them gadders too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Have a look at gamekeeper john on youtube... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yes! Gadders!! Must be an Annesley thing we all still call them gadders too. well we talk rate'n proper round are way dunt we! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 For ammo try these... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEAD-CATAPULT-AMMO-LEAD-BALLS-200-X-36-9-1mm-/281220367870?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item417a0a45fe The guy who makes them doesnt live far from me and i love these lead balls. Pack a reall heavy wallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soother223 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 seen the warraner shooting rabbits with one... then using his lurcher to gather them up! have a look on youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Friend of mine is fiendish with one. He saw me out practicing, tried to teach me to shoot one better but it didn't stick. At first i couldn't hit a 6 pint milk bottle at twenty yards, got to so i could hit a tin can with one at 20 but have only ever got two rabbits with it, half inch lead balls at 7 and 10 yards, certainly works but i had to practice a lot to even hit a can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 I still have some Milbro aluminium catties frames in the workshop we used to buy marbles and they were as good as any pebbles / ball bearing my mate used to put dust shot in his pouch and it took years to find out how he never missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 I still have a Catapult in my cupboard, and every now and then it gets a day out! I use glass marbles "liggies" as Ammo. Had the Diablo in the 80s with the counter weights and sighting system. Had some fun with that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Majyk Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 For ammo try these... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEAD-CATAPULT-AMMO-LEAD-BALLS-200-X-36-9-1mm-/281220367870?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item417a0a45fe The guy who makes them doesnt live far from me and i love these lead balls. Pack a reall heavy wallop. thanks for that, followed a link and found a lead shot maker, I've got access to a good supply of lead so casting them would be easiest. its a form of hunting I'm quite keen to try and get the hang of it just as a challenge. if it was legal id bow hunt, but i can't so i'll just use my slingshot. gone take plenty of practise though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Majyk Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 quick update, got a 12mm lead shot caster from my other half for x-mas (she gave me a funny look when i said that what id like ) produces good enough shot and gives what ever it hits the thwack of its life, smacked a rat in my wood shed with a shot last night…………………. was a tad messy……………... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Well done, my wrist rocket used to flirt 1/2 inch ball bearings straight through 3/8 inch plywood, and the back of my dad's garage didn't fare much better. Everything else was shot to bits with airguns. Thinking back now, I'm surprised he never said anything about it. We also used to fry his spare batteries by putting wire coat hangers across the terminals. The things we used to do as kids eh? But my dad told me that he used to make cordite bombs when he was a kid, and blow peoples dustbins up with them. Imagine that nowadays, it'd make the news, lol...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Majyk Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Well done, my wrist rocket used to flirt 1/2 inch ball bearings straight through 3/8 inch plywood, and the back of my dad's garage didn't fare much better. Everything else was shot to bits with airguns. Thinking back now, I'm surprised he never said anything about it. We also used to fry his spare batteries by putting wire coat hangers across the terminals. The things we used to do as kids eh? But my dad told me that he used to make cordite bombs when he was a kid, and blow peoples dustbins up with them. Imagine that nowadays, it'd make the news, lol...... Yes that really would make the news!! hell, anything makes the news these days, everyones so paranoid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Day Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 I've spent ages practicing in the garden with my catapult as I quite like the portability and indiscretion of the old 'pocket poacher'. There's a lot to be learnt from archery when shooting a catty, such as anchor points on the body and visualising trajectory line. This video taught me a lot about aiming: I use the 12mm steel bearings sold on eBay for £4/100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Majyk Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I've spent ages practicing in the garden with my catapult as I quite like the portability and indiscretion of the old 'pocket poacher'. There's a lot to be learnt from archery when shooting a catty, such as anchor points on the body and visualising trajectory line. This video taught me a lot about aiming: I use the 12mm steel bearings sold on eBay for £4/100. thats quite a good video! cheers for putting it on the thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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