Simpleshot is a spectacular company. They make all sorts of great gear, don't they? .. I'm glad this video was useful for you. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it. the slingshot videos are easy because they're fun to do. I've added a couple more slingshot frames to my collection this winter and I think I'll do at least a few more videos like this one when I find some time.

Thanks! I'm glad this information was useful!

that's a bummer you broke a fork but very cool your repair was effective. - I've kept the tubes on this one and I hunt mice in and around the shop with it. I exclusively use 3/8 steel outside and I go with a #0 50 grain lead ball inside (because the steel ricochets a lot and the lead doesn't very much... there are a few breakable things inside the shop). I can't remember the last fork hit I had.

Dennis O'Brien your torque broke?

@@mamajen1000 thought they were polycarbonate

Its expected with the fork gap being so small.

You will be very happy with The Scout. It's the easiest slingshot/catapult to get consistent and accurate with. And, the flip clips make band management simple. i really am very fond of the Scout.

I'm glad that tip was useful for you! I wish I could remember the user who mentioned it on the slingshot forums, but it sure helped me too.

does the direction of the tweak matter?I use my right hand to hold the sling shot, and left for the tube, should I tweak clockwise or counterclockwise? thanx!

Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for watching! I appreciate your time.

I hesitate to call either one of them "my favorite" but the truth is that they are the ones I use the most. I've gotten so comfortable shooting either one of them that I can keep high confidence when after live prey like field mice.

Essential Gear & Useful Skills I'm with ya there...I have found that different frames for different things and what I'm doing...loving both these ones!

I appreciate the kind words. Thank you for taking the time to watch!

Thanks!

The Scout sure is easy to shoot well. It just has such a natural feel in the palm and is so easy to align. Even though I own a bunch of different slingshots now, the Scout is my favorite.

Essential Gear & Useful Skills Yeah. ..I hear ya...I own 15 slingshots; a few of which are high quality customs, and the two scouts are my dedicated shooters for hunting...just because I am so accurate with them...

The torque sure is easy to carry around. I have been carrying two slingshots every day since a week after I shot this video. My torque has been in my pocket most of the time, and The Hammer has been in my day bag. I'll note that I've been shooting The Hammer every chance I get and getting a lot of video (I've been putting that one through its paces and hunting with it as often as possible for over a month now) for my next review. Around work and around the house, I'm shooting the Torque a lot too just plinking and killing the occasional field mouse because it's just no big deal to have it in my shirt pocket and a couple dozen 3/8 steel bearings in my watch pocket. It's nice to have such a thin, light slingshot as part of the EDC.

75 feet with 3/8 steel isn't as high of a hold over as one might think. I hit that peanut can in the center by aiming about 3 inches above it. The trajectory with 3/8 steel and the stock tubes stays flat for a long way.

I'm going to say something that lots of other people will disagree with, but I believe it strongly: Being consistent is everything -->even when you do something that isn't necessarily "proper". Lots of people will tell you to try to perfect your form and your pouch hold and your stance etc. I'm going to tell you to try to do everything about each shot exactly the same every time even if part of what you do might be technically wrong. Try to hold the frame exactly the same every time. Try to hold the pouch the same every time. Try to get your "sight picture" the same every time. Try to get your stance the same and try to release your shot in exactly the same part of your inhale or exhale of breath.... even if any of the things you do aren't perfect. … Some folks will say I'm encouraging bad habits and you'll have a hard time breaking them if you train your muscle memory to doing something "wrong". There's a lot to be said for "perfect form" and for breathing control and everything else regarding shooting. But the most important thing is consistency because you'll create repeatable results. Once you have repeatable, consistent results, then you can try to fine tune each individual aspect of your form and shooting action to improve those already repeatable consistent results.

Thanks!

Yeah... Just one more item in the varmint gettin' arsenal ;) Thanks for watching another one, Drew!

that sounds familiar. Thanks!

I have and I like them. It's winter here in SW Montana, and they perform better in the cold.. or are at least faster to warm up with a couple of stretches and a shot or two.

just ordered some

black bands hold up great i have about 60bands sets made up but still useing the same set that i put on a year ago must have shot 8oo hundred shots with them and they are powerfull

BLACK BANDS FROM SIMPLE SHOT LAST A LOLG TIME GREAT PRICE I HAVE TO SCOUTS

I couldn't agree more. I was hunting field mice in the shop with the torque after work. I got 5. Any slingshot that is easy enough to shoot and fast enough to kill mice at 20-50 feet has my seal of approval. I haven't had the scout out in a little while, but the snow is melting so I'll be out in the woods more soon.

Good for you brother, but I make my own slingshots.

They do work fine with the clips. It's a little hard to find the exact right spot and pick an aiming reference, but with a little tinkering, it works.

I thought about my reply a little bit... I guess it was probably worth mentioning that I have not mastered aiming down the bands yet. After doing some shooting, I just figure out the spot on the upper fork that gets the horizontal plane correct to the flight of the projectile. Then, I just judge distance for the vertical considering the trajectory I expect. The only thing that tends to cause me to have "big misses" is when I don't pay attention to where/how my feet are placed. If and when I master leaning my head over the bands and doing the "One Line" aiming, I think I'll be a lot more comfortable with looped tubes on the scout... and I think the placement of my feet will become a little less important.

My problem seems to be having 2 working brain cells.

I'm hoping to get the Peerless Poly for Christmas. The other one that has been on my mind since I got the Torque is the Classic Catapults Slimline. That one also looks very pocketable.

Thanks for reply I will look forward to see what you put up after Xmas take care and enjoy your holidays mate

It sounds like you need better neighbors. And, a catch box might be a good idea for you. I have lots of places around home, work, and out at my dads farm that I can shoot without ever worrying about any of my shot reaching any neighbors property. If I didn't, I'd get my practice in with a catch box.

Whats a catch box? I'm going to guess it's a wooden or cardboard box with a heavy piece of cloth draped in front of it? BTW, can you make an instructional video on how to aim your slingshot? I really have no idea what I'm doing.

Yes. About the best idea I have seen is to convert a plastic storage tub using some old tee-shirts, glue, and a wooden dowel. If your projectiles are caught, your neighbors won't have anything to complain about. I'll have to think on an aiming video. I'm not sure if I'm a good enough teacher to explain that on camera. I will suggest that you find the youtube channel Gamekeeper John. He has some aiming videos that are very well thought out and make sense.

Thanks for the dual tips! I snuck a few shots in my backyard I simply clothes pinned a beach towel to my clothes line and it work pretty good. Will definitely check out Gamekeeper John.

Absolutely. I've taken several cotton tails with my scout. Larger/heavier ammunition requires different bands than I have mounted on it in this video, though.

Essential Gear & Useful Skills good evening. That’s useful to know as I am interested in potentially buying this product to help source food for the table. Thank you for getting back to me Kind regards James

It's honestly not the frame that makes it good for hunting. All the power comes from the bands. The frame is there to hold. You could have the scout and a Y fork from a tree and if you use the same bands on them the power/speed should be the same. The big caveat is this. Frames are different so what's comfortable to shoot is dependant on the frame. But the power and consently hitting target is bands and you. Not the frame.. So for long answer. But so many peoe seem to think a frame is what adds power and its the bands. Best way to explain is sort of like a rifle.. The rifle doesn't make ammo go faster. All things the same. Ie barrel length etc.. It's the ammo and powder load. The bands are like that. Bands are like the rifle ammo. The rifle and frame are just the delivery system. So find a frame you find is comfortable and you trust and practice then practice more. Good hunting ammo is 7/16 to 1/2 inch. Or 38 to 50 cal lead. I personally like 44 cal round lead ball. Smashes though a rabbit at 10-15 yards. Remeber. Head shots. For most part sling shots kill by blunt force. A 50 cal round lead in head or neck area is devastating to rabbit sized game . Even a bad shot will kill it, but it will probably be traumatizing to the rabbit and you.. Ie alot of screams and flopping from the rabbit and you will have to walk up and finish it off. God iv rambled on sorry folks.

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thanks! And thanks for watching!

I take about a half hour every day after work to target shoot and I've been hunting gophers, pack rats, and field mice around my dad's farm about once a week for the last 2 1/2 months or so. I was hitting pop can sized targets out to 60 feet with the Scout in the first few days of shooting. Lately, I've been trying to hone my skills by shooting at smaller targets and sometimes at greater distances. 75 feet seems to be the longest distance I can remain consistent, but I've been taking a few shots at 100' every day and I'm getting better.

Thanks!

You'll enjoy that slingshot. It's a lot of fun to shoot and easy to have in the pocket.

They are pretty easy, but I'm working on a way to make them even easier and produce a pretty much perfectly round ball every time. Thanks for watching!

thats what i use clay 3/8 clay balls they go to dust when you hit a can no damage to the earth

I can't imagine what it's like to be subject to a government that doesn't trust you with a slingshot.

Anti-gun people in USA say , " Guns Kills People". I say , "People Kill People." Let us remember the mother of (5) children , in Texas whom drown them all in the bathtub ! A gun is a " tool" as are scissors , a knife, an ice pick, a axe, tire iron , hammer, and more . Hmmm, a small man in the Bible - named David killed a giant with a sheppard's sling and a stone. ( "People kill People" , duh.) . Mtn Mel , Ret. USN SERE-POW Inst. . Note - We have the " Make My Day Law " here in Colorado. Do NOT break into my home.

Mel Deweese lets not forget the deadliest weapon of all, an idiot with a car. I'll be honest though, I do support no automatic firearms in civilian hands.

wot country u in

CRAZY A KID CAN MAKE ONE NOW WHAT

Absolutely these are capable of taking grouse, pheasant, quail, ducks, etc. As long as you get the head or neck shot, anyway. Wing feathers on most birds are pretty good armor and even a direct hit with 44-50 cal lead might be more or less shrugged off by a duck or pheasant wing. I think a turkey would require a pretty perfect head shot. Turkey is a durable critter and I've seen more than a couple come out with the upper hand in a coyote fight after having their necks bitten and shaken. ... I have killed several gophers with slingshots now, so I can say first hand that they will kill squirrel and you don't necessarily have to get the neck or head. The blunt force on important organs is enough... I don't hunt squirrels and I won't kill a chipmonk. Here's something personal I don't mind sharing: I was 12 years old the last time I killed a chipmonk. It was the one and only time in my life I ever killed a critter for no reason. 35 years later I still feel a little bad about it. I could take you right to the tree he was on, in fact... I remember that little critter every time I walk through that part of the woods on dad's farm.

Hey, I once hit a chipmunk too, and the BB that I hit him with just bounced off, and he ran away, apparently no worse for wear. The one and only time that I ever hit a chipmunk, and yes, just a kid hunting for no good reason, other than to develop prowess with the slingshot.

Did you take a break from youtube? I haven't heard from you in a while. I thought for sure you might have some information to add to the yukon outfitters walkabout tarp video. ... And, as I've told you before, when I visit your youtube page, there's no way to send you a message, so I couldn't check on your well being. ... And I do hope all is well.

Well, no real break, actually I have been watching videos from Ben of Living Survival, Feral Woodcraft, Gideon's Tactical, High Carbon Steel Love, Prepared Mind 101, Ramblings of a Prepared Mind, Mantis Outdoors, Wingman 115, Kevin's Adventures, Adventure, Trail and Mountain, Bushcraft Barton's, Dave Canterbury, Black Owl Outdoors, Black Scout Survival, Black Rifle Survival, and Blacktiph (boy, that's a lot of black in those channel names) just to name a few, and of course your videos. I did watch the entire video on the Yukon-Outfitters tarp, and I was actually going to comment, and had the page open, when my Firefox browser crashed. It does that sometimes when I have too many tabs open at one time. I was reminding myself to go back and review the video again, but had not yet gotten back to it. Let me watch it again, and I will send you my thoughts. Obviously that YO tarp was not going to give the DD Tarp 3x3 a run for the money, but for the low cost, it will probably be good enough for occasional use. I have some new gear purchases, and other potential purchases to run by you soon, and by the way, following are a few links to gear on sale at Woot, including some Max[edition gear that you seem to like. sellout.woot.com/plus/maxpedition-packs-and-bags-3?ref=sp_gh_so_11_wp_8 sport.woot.com/plus/build-your-own-survival-kit-1?ref=sp_gh_sp_6_wp_2

You are a dedicated youtube viewer... Let me suggest another good channel to fit the theme: Black Warrior Lures. About half of his videos are about modifications he makes to his boat, but the other half are full of all sorts of info about living and obtaining food in the wet climate South.