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El Destructo:
Yeah....gas was .34 a gallon...Smokes were .49 a pack...and the ones in the Vending Machines had a Penny in the cellophane pack....because the Machines didn't give change....now thats telling my age too.... :P

Justin Snyder:
I never bought a slingshot in my life. We used to cut a forked ash branch that we could shape then bake it in the oven to harden it. We used 1/2" wide rubber bands and the shoe from an old shoe and tied them to the stick with string. It takes a lot less practice than a bow to be proficient. I killed lots of birds and small animals with it using marble sized rocks as ammo. I even killed a Canadian goose at the golf course with one.

The Gopher:
here is one i made from european buckthorn, yes that buckthorn, that aweful noxious stuff, but it is a beatuiful wood, might as well utilize it.

Daisy (as in bb guns) sells slingshot bands, in order of weakest to strongest they are: red, cream, yellow, blue, black. I haven't seen black ones for sale but have seen a slingshot with them, I could hardly pull it back. for hunting, the yellow bands are the way to go i think.

A friend of mine is a slingshot guru, he even pours his own lead shot for ammo and hunts rabbits with them (successfully) all the time. we put a lead ball through a chrono with a "blue banded" slingshot and it registered a bit under 200 fps.

The Gopher:
to answer your questions, yes they can be used for hunting small game, rabbits are pretty easy to kill, especially with a lead ball. squirrels are a bit tougher (smaller heads  ;D)

lead balls are better than the steel balls (in my opinion).

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