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Hello!
I am sorry if anyone takes offense to see the picture ...


I shot a seagull today at work with an M8 hex nut on about 20 meters (65 feet) away.
It died immediately, and will now become food for the fox.
In terms of size of my slingshot, it is 15cm long and 6cm wide between fork. I shoot hammer grip style with 1745 in four strands.

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The only thing i shoot what you cant eat is rats because there a pest, a few from the other day , jeff
Yikes!

Rats are not nice at all! Do they often die on the first shot? I heard that rats are tough to kill
What do you shoot them with...
Seagulls are terrible at our factory, they are attacking people and screaming so we want to get them to calm down a bit...
 

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The only thing i shoot what you cant eat is rats because there a pest, a few from the other day , jeff
Yikes!

Rats are not nice at all! Do they often die on the first shot? I heard that rats are tough to kill
What do you shoot them with...
Seagulls are terrible at our factory, they are attacking people and screaming so we want to get them to calm down a bit...
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I use any of my slingshots fitted with the thin tubes, find them easyer for fast action, they dont always die with the 1st shot, they sometime spin a bit, but when i go ratting i always have these little darlings with me and the finish the job, ha ha jeff,
 

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The only thing i shoot what you cant eat is rats because there a pest, a few from the other day , jeff
Yikes! :blink:Rats are not nice at all! Do they often die on the first shot? I heard that rats are tough to kill
What do you shoot them with...Seagulls are terrible at our factory, they are attacking people and screaming so we want to get them to calm down a bit...[/quote]I use any of my slingshots fitted with the thin tubes, find them easyer for fast action, they dont always die with the 1st shot, they sometime spin a bit, but when i go ratting i always have these little darlings with me and the finish the job, ha ha jeff,

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Nice dogs Jeff heres a picture of my lab she's from a gundog family but just wants to play when she sees game not a gun dog wont kill anything,not even a rat.she has her uses though and will pick up the post for you.
 

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I can't understand anyone who kills an innocent animal,
just for the second of joy you archive,

get yourself a paper target or something,
not a living animal!
I do it for pest control, rats pee all over the place and can cause blindness they are horrible, and all the other things i kill cause a lot of damage to the crops and cost money, slingshot are not a toy they were not made to shoot at targets, if you dont like hunting dont click on the post, it says Went hunting today, its a good job your not a member of my hunting site ha ha, jeff
 

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If you want to stay alive something has to die for you to eat whether animal or plant. Those same innocent animals have to kill to stay alive too. Just because you let the grocer do it for you does not make it any less true. War is the real tragedy in this world we live in. Men and women killing men and women.
 

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Absolutely Shot in the Foot, and great reasoning Smitty!!! We really need to get back to the land and our roots as much as possible. I believe it's healthy and makes sense. Hunting, gathering, simple farming, and don't tell me you live in the city and can't. I live in the city and we are doing quite a bit of what's called "Urban Homesteading". We transformed our backyard into mostly garden with a section for 5 hens (for eggs) and a pygmy goat (for some milk or cheese later) and two small functioning barrel "aquaponic systems" that we have grown edible fish and veggies in as well. I also hunt and fish whenever I can.
 

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Absolutely Shot in the Foot, and great reasoning Smitty!!! We really need to get back to the land and our roots as much as possible. I believe it's healthy and makes sense. Hunting, gathering, simple farming, and don't tell me you live in the city and can't. I live in the city and we are doing quite a bit of what's called "Urban Homesteading". We transformed our backyard into mostly garden with a section for 5 hens (for eggs) and a pygmy goat (for some milk or cheese later) and two small functioning barrel "aquaponic systems" that we have grown edible fish and veggies in as well. I also hunt and fish whenever I can.
Is'nt it funny what is a pest over were you live is a pet over here, this one go's round the schools with all my daughters other animals to give wildlife takes,
me and Rocco, ha ha, jeff
 

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Absolutely Shot in the Foot, and great reasoning Smitty!!! We really need to get back to the land and our roots as much as possible. I believe it's healthy and makes sense. Hunting, gathering, simple farming, and don't tell me you live in the city and can't. I live in the city and we are doing quite a bit of what's called "Urban Homesteading". We transformed our backyard into mostly garden with a section for 5 hens (for eggs) and a pygmy goat (for some milk or cheese later) and two small functioning barrel "aquaponic systems" that we have grown edible fish and veggies in as well. I also hunt and fish whenever I can.
Is'nt it funny what is a pest over were you live is a pet over here, this one go's round the schools with all my daughters other animals to give wildlife takes,
me and Rocco, ha ha, jeff
 

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I've noticed it's not the catapult, homemade wooden ones can kill just like the professional metal ones, it's all in knowing your bands to ammo ratio and knowing your equipment well. I suggest you just have fun at first, playing around with what you can get hold of and don't try killing until you have a good target hit percentage ... say 6/7 out of 10 at about 20-30 ft, this should be good enough to get good shots off under pressure, after some practice, you should be able to tell a strong hit from a soft one.
 
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