Boarhunter,
Glad to hear I stirred some fond memories.
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Re: Aiming.
Folks have posted, and other in private have asked me about aiming.
Slingshot are pointed - not aimed *grin*
As I have shared in regard to shotguns: "fit", correct basic fundamentals, and allowing the human body to do its thing in regard to eye-to-hand coordination, figuring out distance, angles, speed of flight - etc.
Get a sling shot that fits you, or whomever one is homemade for.
Try a variety of other homemade ones, for not only the size of the fork, also comfort, and the amount of "tug" it requires to pull back -akin to archery, and just like shotguns.
Shotguns are mounted to the face. Gun goes out, then back into pocket.
All the time the eyes are watching the target, not the gun, as one has a fitted gun and the correct basics instilled and quality time with dry time and live fire, getting that shotgun to become a body part.
Eyes on target, let the human computer figure everything out, eye-to-hand coordination kicks in, Slingshot that fits, comes up and is "mounted in relation to eyes" and the "tug" allows a smooth pull back, release, and follow through.
Pointing at a light switch across the room, folks don't aim, they point.
Pointing at the family dawg running across the back yard, folks point, not aim.
Once a kid, gets the correct basics, with a homemade that fits them, "tug" and all.
Time and doing instills more of the skill sets.
They get bigger, hands get bigger, and they get stronger, increase "tug pull" and make a bigger fork from the fork of a branch.
-Funny.
WE snuck up and very lightly lobbed Chocolate, ( little bags of M&Ms), and Gum into a gathering of gals, indoors and outdoors.
We had some other knick-knicks too...
Just lob one, wait.
They would hear a 'light thud'.
"Mom, I found a wittle bag of M&Ms, can I keep it?"
Then a grandma would find some gum...
A mom the candy...
Small stuffed giraffe that fits on a key ring comes sailing in ...
This drove them nuts! Gals gathering and guys night to come fix them eats.
Just we arrived early to drive them nuts first.
Finally we just bombarded them and it was funny watching these gals.
Like a Easter Egg hunt, - everyone scurrying to get the treats.
Medical deal with gals of all ages that had been through a bad deal, and other gals in the family in attendance.
Staying in cabins, and doing horseback and other outdoor stuff.
We "attacked" the main cabin, and the gals got a big kick out of us guys messing with them.
Dawgs & Treats-
Oh it is funny to have dawg out on the property, on their back and lob a treat.
They hear it, go looking and just grin when they find it, and realize you are there.
Big deal, them all excited, load a big dawg biscuit, treat, or even steak bone and launch it!
They will take off in a dead run and get these.
Slingshots are like any other tool, intent of user defines and clarifies the tool results - not the tool itself.
