Catapult hunting

[dawnbreaker]

Anyone else hunt with a catty

 

[Smellydog]

I just use mine to scare pests out the garden now.
I use to get the odd rabbit.
Funny thing is, no one batted an eye if I showed a rabbit taken with catties but if I took one with an air pistol all hell broke loose!

 

[dawnbreaker]

I just use mine to scare pests out the garden now.
I use to get the odd rabbit.
Funny thing is, no one batted an eye if I showed a rabbit taken with catties but if I took one with an air pistol all hell broke loose!
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Nice shooting aye plod would be all over me if I got caught shooting a catty but no problem with the rifle over here in northern Ireland weird

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

Poachers tool that

 

[dawnbreaker]

Poachers tool that

Aye sssshhh

 

[dawnbreaker]

A good friend of mine made me this out of an apple fork

 

[Nimrod1960]

Not sure what you are doing as a member of this site.
Hardly a responsible humane method of hunting.
The local travelling community use them to kill birds in our pens , leaving the bodies lying round.
I believe they have bets on how many heads they can bring back.
Sick scum.

 

[Smellydog]

Poachers tool that

So are air rifles.

 

[Smellydog]

Not sure what you are doing as a member of this site.

Because he can maybe.

 

[deerstalker.308]

So are air rifles.

As are lurchers, in the right hands catapults can be very accurate and effective. I’d wager most on here probably had one as a kid, doesn’t make us all pikies or inhumane

 

[dawnbreaker]

Clean miss or a clean kill its that simple, also I have been shooting catty for 12 yrs

 

[VSS]

Not sure what you are doing as a member of this site.
Hardly a responsible humane method of hunting.
The local travelling community use them to kill birds in our pens , leaving the bodies lying round.
I believe they have bets on how many heads they can bring back.
Sick scum.

Vinnie Jones has been featured catapult hunting on Fieldsports Channel on several occasions. Pretty impressive accuracy I thought. I've never met the man myself, but he seems to be quite popular. I guess he must be sick scum too?

Anyone who didn't spend part of their childhood hunting with catapults and other home-made implements had a pretty poor upbringing, imo. My dad made me my first catty. Made one for himself at the same time. We never did get a pheasant with one, but we spent many happy hours trying!

 

[dawnbreaker]

Not sure what you are doing as a member of this site.
Hardly a responsible humane method of hunting.
The local travelling community use them to kill birds in our pens , leaving the bodies lying round.
I believe they have bets on how many heads they can bring back.
Sick scum.

First off you don't know me so please don't assume that you do, im not a traveller I dont kill for fun i eat what I kill, if I can't get a head shot I dont take the shot.

 

[Jamouk]

Was always using a catapult as a kid ! When I wasn't making bows and arrows of course !

 

[dawnbreaker]

Was always using a catapult as a kid ! When I wasn't making bows and arrows of course !

Standard

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Boys starting weapon in Africa. Catty, then air rifle, then 22rf,then 303 when you're a big boy of 14/15 years old. Teaches you fiedcraft, stalking skills, noticing wind direction. And all for free if you use stones

 

[VSS]

I think it should be made a requirement for joining this site:
Before the age of 10 years you must have hunted game illegally using a home-made catapult or bow-and-arrow.

 

[User00036]

Used to know an old poacher who would lay on his back & knock pheasants off their perch at night, now that's skill!, the Head butler at a certain hall in Norfolk used to set off at dusk on a penny farthing with a longbow over his back at dusk, he'd come back with a clutch of pheasants for the Kitchen maids, made a nice change from rabbits, was told this by one of the women who used to work there just after the war.

 

[dawnbreaker]

Used to know an old poacher who would lay on his back & knock pheasants off their perch at night, now that's skill!, the Head butler at a certain hall in Norfolk used to set off at dusk on a penny farthing with a longbow over his back at dusk, he'd come back with a clutch of pheasants for the Kitchen maids, made a nice change from rabbits, was told this by one of the women who used to work there just after the war.

Its an excellent weapon for a mooch walking the dog to take an opportune go at a squirrel or woodie

 

[Foxyboy43]

Not sure what you are doing as a member of this site.
Hardly a responsible humane method of hunting.
The local travelling community use them to kill birds in our pens , leaving the bodies lying round.
I believe they have bets on how many heads they can bring back.
Sick scum.

He is doing exactly what a lot of other members are doing - relaying his differing experiences in the field - many of which are very interesting. Get a hold of yourself man - maybe you should re-read your post and reflect on the tone and content?