![]() ![]() ![]() This wrist brace really helps to maintain accuracy and reduce strain on the arm. The catapult I have owned for many years is an extremely powerful manufactured model with a wrist brace. How to use a catapult, the wrist brace helps with accuracy This devastating power makes a catapult a humane weapon for small game. Despite their short range a good catapult with the correct ammunition packs a lot of punch, and in terms of energy delivered to the target this can be several times more power than the legal 12Ft Lbs legal limit for air rifles in the UK. The effective range of a catapult is fairly limited, so for practical purposes they should really only be used for hunting ranges of around 15-20 metres maximum. However, unlike an air rifle the technique for shooting a catapult is more spontaneous, requiring many hours of practice to become proficient enough to hunt effectively and humanely, in this respect it has more in common with archery. These include the ability to stalk and walk quietly, camouflage and concealment and tracking. I wrote about Hunting with an air rifle, and many of aspects of Air Rifle Hunting could equally be applied to hunting with a catapult. This makes it an ideal choice for “opportunist” hunting, while going about your other business like setting traps and foraging. The real beauty of the catapult is its compact size which allows it to be tucked away in a pocket, belt, or up ones sleeve until it’s required. Provided that all game regulations are complied with, and you have permission to shoot over land, then hunting with a catapult is still a valid hunting method for the modern day bushcrafter, or for anyone surviving in the wild. A forked stick becomes a whittled catapult The catapult was considered a good learning tool for novice hunters to hone their stalking skills and accuracy, before they could be trusted to use a blow pipe, or more commonly these days, a shotgun. While staying with The Orang Asli people of the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, I watched youngsters using catapults to hunt birds, lizards and small mammals. In the minds of many people a catapult is nothing more than a child’s toy, or one of the weapons used by the “Beano’s” Dennis the Menace to terrorise the softies (for those of us old enough to remember). Few people these days would ever consider using a catapult for hunting, but not too many years ago catapults were the tool of choice for poachers and anyone else who wanted to “discreetly” hunt small game animals and birds for food.
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