# Slingshots **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Hobbies\ **Created:** [January 25, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125 "2017-01-25T00:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris/32/227_2.png) [@Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/1 "2017-01-25T00:12:38Z")
I make and shoot slingshots, maybe weird for a 50 year old but oh well, it is fun. šŸ˜ƒ ![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/1X/bae42548b4f1b1a19964b07814a1f4a38ed268e3.jpg) ![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/1X/bddba98501ea01f820931342b35910c880f3ca9d.jpg) ![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/1X/a6e01fa529d3091357a22e2a2b1610da5518569b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PanfishOnTheFly](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/panfishonthefly/32/215_2.png) [@PanfishOnTheFly](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/PanfishOnTheFly)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/2 "2017-01-25T05:15:45Z")
Some of those are gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![dwalker](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/dwalker/32/56_2.png) [@dwalker](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/dwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/3 "2017-01-25T06:52:30Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > maybe weird for a 50 year old but Not weird at all, older boy still like toys. Thatā€™s why we like Tenkara. I remember seeing Rufus Hussey at the end of some news show years ago. At the time he was fifty + another 15. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UU9Lg-ZcQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UU9Lg-ZcQ) Twenty-five or 30 years ago I was in New Haven, Ct. attending a company training class when I learned that weekend was the annual Boomerang Day at Yale. Went out to their old football field to check it out. A guy from the Smithsonian was the star of the event. For several years afterward I made a few boomerangs. But had to pick the right day to go to the park and try out my latest creation or spend an hour tossing ones that were known to work well. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris/32/227_2.png) [@Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/4 "2017-01-25T10:09:28Z")
I love that video. Asheboro NC is not far from where I live, I would love to have one of Rufusā€™ slingshots. HMMM boomerangs sound like a lot of fun!!! šŸ™‚ I am for sure no Rufus but here is a vid of me shooting. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zczpCM1xv8) ---
**Author:** ![TenkaraGandolf](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/tenkaragandolf/32/3359_2.png) [@TenkaraGandolf](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/TenkaraGandolf)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/5 "2017-01-25T17:03:12Z")
National and state parks do not allow gunfire during the regular use time of year, so I have a nice slingshot for racoon control, especially at Wisconsin Governor Dodge State Park. These racoons have been fed by cancers for so long that they come right to your campfire and picnic tableā€¦while you are using them! They really donā€™t like body shots from 5mm ball bearings. ---
**Author:** ![Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Gressak)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/6 "2017-01-25T19:13:29Z")
I am digging itā€¦your slingshots, the Rufus Hussey vidā€¦and this thread. Awesome!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/kookagee/32/108_2.png) [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/7 "2017-01-26T00:38:29Z")
This guy is amazing.at 65 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris/32/227_2.png) [@Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/8 "2017-01-26T01:10:09Z")
Thanks but Iā€™m only 50. šŸ˜‰šŸ˜„ Rufus was one of a kind for sure, his tonight show with Johnny Carson was great. I will try to find the vid and post it. ---
**Author:** ![Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/kookagee/32/108_2.png) [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/9 "2017-01-26T01:14:24Z")
Thanks šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/kookagee/32/108_2.png) [@Kookagee](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Kookagee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/10 "2017-01-26T01:16:39Z")
Chris, Have you thought about making and selling slingshots? They are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris/32/227_2.png) [@Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/11 "2017-01-26T01:20:22Z")
I travel a lot with my current job and just donā€™t have time, thanks for the compliment though. Here is the tonight show clip. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kTqTRQaYLWI/hqdefault.jpg "Rufus Hussey on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTqTRQaYLWI) ---
**Author:** ![todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/todoroki34/32/98_2.png) [@todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/todoroki34)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/12 "2017-01-26T02:05:46Z")
What a beautiful slingshot When I was a child, I was making the same thing as the picture I am using now falcon slingshot ![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/1X/7ddaf845d380113f8b9f7d4fd0750e0eb839784c.JPG) To protect orchard from damage of crow Bullets are mud balls šŸ˜Œ It is a big childrenā€™s toy Japan name ------------------- patinko = ćƒ‘ćƒćƒ³ć‚³ ---
**Author:** ![CoffeeKohei](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/coffeekohei/32/177_2.png) [@CoffeeKohei](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/CoffeeKohei)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/13 "2017-01-26T02:44:44Z")
Todoroki-san I also have the falcon. However itā€™s difficult to aim to the targets. ---
**Author:** ![todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/todoroki34/32/98_2.png) [@todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/todoroki34)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/14 "2017-01-26T02:46:33Z")
Me, too šŸ˜­ ---
**Author:** ![dwalker](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/dwalker/32/56_2.png) [@dwalker](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/dwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/15 "2017-01-26T04:09:07Z")
In recent years the only thing I have used a sling shot for is to throw a salt water sinker attached to a fishing line over a high tree branch to pull up an Amateur Radio antenna. But I have not done that for several years now. You ever make Slings? I made several when I was teen aged. [http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl](http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl) ---
**Author:** ![tvdavisid](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/tvdavisid/32/32_2.png) [@tvdavisid](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/tvdavisid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/16 "2017-01-26T04:15:24Z")
Hereā€™s mine. A [Hathcock Target Sniper](http://www.pocketpredator.com/two.html). ![](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/1X/d1739ae77196bb7a1416017a1a5f1b4afd288102.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/todoroki34/32/98_2.png) [@todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/todoroki34)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/17 "2017-01-26T04:28:24Z")
Sorry for bringing weapons to pastoral articles ---
**Author:** ![tvdavisid](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/tvdavisid/32/32_2.png) [@tvdavisid](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/tvdavisid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/18 "2017-01-26T04:31:55Z")
Iā€™m purely a target shooter ā€“ for relaxation. I havenā€™t hunted or killed anything with my slingshot. -Tom ---
**Author:** ![todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/todoroki34/32/98_2.png) [@todoroki34](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/todoroki34)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/19 "2017-01-26T04:34:48Z")
me too šŸ˜ŠJust have fun. It was an Asian way of thinking ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/chris/32/227_2.png) [@Chris](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125/20 "2017-01-26T22:35:29Z")
I have hunted with mine. It was legal when I lived in Arizona to hunt rabbits year round and the slingshot was the perfect tool for a lot of areas. [Next page](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/slingshots/125.md?page=2)