Well spoken BB.. I think that these words should be printed and posted on the wall of any budding hunters out there. Think about these words before you start talking numbers and weights or spouting theories about velocity or types of bands you think are better, as they are true words of wisdom from an experienced man..
Hunting Competency Test
Hey guys, before anyone goes hunting I recommend that they practice on these excellent targets first:
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I would suggest that you attempt to take your quarry from no further than you can successfully hit all four targets in a row, and would recommend that you use metallic, spherical, projectiles with a mass of no less than 7 grams. With a minimum draw length of 28" and weight of 15lb... What do you guys think?
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Here are some more from the same website, this time they imitate specific species:
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Rabbit
Corvid
An extremely talented of mine is even working on similar targets, made from high-resolution photographs of real animals, with the area of vital organs highlighted in red for me, and I may distribute them, pro bono, as per request.
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I would suggest that you attempt to take your quarry from no further than you can successfully hit all four targets in a row, and would recommend that you use metallic, spherical, projectiles with a mass of no less than 7 grams. With a minimum draw length of 28" and weight of 15lb... What do you guys think?
Here are some more from the same website, this time they imitate specific species:
Squirrel
Rabbit
Corvid
An extremely talented of mine is even working on similar targets, made from high-resolution photographs of real animals, with the area of vital organs highlighted in red for me, and I may distribute them, pro bono, as per request.
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Nick, I have been having problems for years with groundhogs eating my veggies and racoons causing damage. This year, I decided that maybe a powerful slingshot might be the answer.
. . . Strangely enough, though, we haven't seen hide nor hair of either one all season??? So now here I am with a serious slingshot jones and nothing to shoot at but tin cans.
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[/quote]I wish I were close by to you DH I'd help you with the raccoon and ground hog problems![]()
Nick, I have been having problems for years with groundhogs eating my veggies and racoons causing damage. This year, I decided that maybe a powerful slingshot might be the answer.
. . . Strangely enough, though, we haven't seen hide nor hair of either one all season??? So now here I am with a serious slingshot jones and nothing to shoot at but tin cans.
Dan, it is really weird. I actually had that thought too. Been living here 40 years and this is the first year without these critters -- and skunks, too: not a one this year. Are they all that afraid of slingshots? Or are they tapped in here?
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Dan, it is really weird. I actually had that thought too. Been living here 40 years and this is the first year without these critters -- and skunks, too: not a one this year. Are they all that afraid of slingshots? Or are they tapped in here?
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I'm 100% sure that pests can develop a fear of slingshots through operant conditioning, they've probably seen you in you yard shooting at cans and put 2 & 2 together! I used to have a big problem with feral pigeons in my garden, I killed one a few weeks ago and haven't seen one in my garden - or even the surrounding gardens - since!
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Way I figure it, the little freaks have eaten so many hundreds of my nice McIntosh apples I owe them nothin'!!
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It's in their nature, the squirrel who eats my strawberries frustrates me; but I'm still going to kill him humanely.Way I figure it, the little freaks have eaten so many hundreds of my nice McIntosh apples I owe them nothin'!!![]()
.... Just you wait you audacious little b******!
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Sam - do you get many red squirrels round your way ? Never seen one here, except in the zoo...My policy on squirrels is: If it ain't red shoot it dead!![]()
Sam - do you get many red squirrels round your way ? Never seen one here, except in the zoo...My policy on squirrels is: If it ain't red shoot it dead!![]()
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I've never seen a wild one in the UK - which is exactly why I shoot the grey ones!
Other way round...
(PS/ to avoid ambiguity, I meant reds vs greys, not them shooting you.)
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LOL, how could one possibly infer that, squirrel terrorists?
And L-O-L!
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