Big Shot

[MasterBlaster]

I got my Big Shot today and its pretty neat-o. I can't believe how easy it is to aim.

I lost my brand-new 10oz throwbag. I shot it perfectly only I need to finesse the pull I put behind it. It went perfectly through the limb I was aiming at, only it kept going another 75' or so and got hung up in the next tree. Har!

Cool tool!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Cool. A 14oz is the only bag I've got right now, and I bet the extra weight will reduce overshooting.
I thought I NEEDED a lighter bag, I see now I probably don't.

I launched a golf ball almost straight up, that sucker went almost out of sight! It hit the concrete and bounced back up 100 feet.
Do they still sell Super Balls?

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I launched a golf ball out of mine. It hit the arm of the Big Shot and came directly back at me and hit me square in the head. The ball bounced off my head and went about 300 yards farther onto the hood of a 2002 Jaguar.
$2000 later the hood was fine, but ever since that day I can't do simple math...

 

[Tree Machine]

tracing your line and bag back down to earth

Mike Maas....... you are a beautiful man.

I gave up on the dinky 10oz bag and went to 14 and 16. The overshot is reduced and it's easier to swing it around and get it to drop where you want it.

What he said. -TM-

 

[MasterBlaster]

HA! Big Shot golf - I was thinking the same thing, only club you would need would be a putter!

You could adapt one to fit on the 4ft ferrel.

 

[MasterBlaster]

When I shoot my BS, I orient the slingshot like a normal slingshot, with the 'Y' facing me.
When I look at a pic in Sherrill, the guy shooting his has the 'Y' facing away from him.

Which way is the correct way? Does it matter?




Also, has anybody ordered the expensive release snap? Since I'm made out of money(see my new red oak movie) I think I will order it just for the hallibut.

 

[seanlarkin]

The correct way to shot the Big Shot is as shown in our catalogs and instructions. When you shoot it with the "y" facing you, the shot has to travel over it along with the line. However, when you shoot it with the "Y" facing out, the shot and line sail off without any interuption.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Meaning less drag and less chance of catching on your pinkey or a button.

 

[MasterBlaster]

OK, cool. I guess I just instinctively used it like a regular slingshot. Thanks for the tip, guys.

What about the release gizmo?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I think the consensus is that the QR works best on very high shots.

Tom D. does a lot of SRT where he will use multiple high crotches to support the line, some peple are entering +90 ft trees on a regular basis.

I'm rarely going for a 60ft crotch, so don't see the need for it.

Also it works best with a single section, so those of us who use a 2 part pole don't use it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by John Paul Sanborn


Also it works best with a single section, so those of us who use a 2 part pole don't use it.

Thats the part about that that I like - I would like to try the 'shotgun' method. Most of my shots won't be all that high, just higher then I would normally throw. And more accurate.

I thunk...

 

[Lumberjack]

I shoot it like a sling shot and I just throw the bag over the y and put the bag in the pouch. It goes off normally and I think that it is easier to aim. I will post about the Ness tommorow after I use it. Right now my hands are stiff from the cold/

Carl

 

[Lumberjack]

Rocky

Are you a natural, or did you take classes?


Carl

 

[Stumper]

Brian is a PhD candidate in the school of hard knocks. Snotty freshmen irritate him but he can't quite bear to leave them floundering in the mire of their ignorance.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

i think all the work is tough; i still remeber what it was like to fumble with some things, as i do with newer ones now. i think invocation of Rule # 121 is more proper....

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel


Why don't I just shut up...

Would you?

PLEASE?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Another problem I have found with shooting the BS "overslung" vs "undreslung" is that the line can run across the pouch or rubber tubing and cause damage. I loned mine to someone while in CA , whithout instructing in use, and he "Nicked" the pouch attatchment

 

[Tree Machine]

Yes, if you continue shooting per 'Traditional slingshot' you're gonna have problems that go beyond poor accuracy. Next thing, we'll find you out in your jack yard backing off.

I've tried 4 foot pole, 6 foot pole, 8 foot pole, 4 foot pole on a 6 foot pole, with quick-release, without quick-release, using the rubber pole boot, pole base on ground, pole base on my hip, and shotgun style. I would try these different methods for 2 days, so as to give them fair trial. Then the slickline trials: 2mm polypro slick, 3 mm slick, monofilament 80 lb test, and spectra. Then the shotbag trials. When ZingIt came on, it was an impressive improvement.

I got my first (and only) bigshot at TCI Expo, Indianapolis, 5 years ago (or was it 6?) and it was so new to the industry, there were just no bigshot 'teachers'. The bigshot has not really changed in that time, because it was a perfect, awesome device to begin with; if you use it properly. Thanks, Tobe. -TM-

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm seeing a lot of you using a biner to attach the throwbag with, I've always just tied the throwline directly to the bag.
Why is this? To remove the bag easier? Why untie the bag? To free up that end of the throwline?

I tie to the bag with a bowline, and if I EVER untie it, I just untie it.
I'm just curious. The BS is new to me, but not throwlines.

I'm glad I shot the BS only a few times wrong. I can see how that would put a hurting on the sling over time. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I like the slipknot, it can be tied in either direction, in real messy trees where there is a good (bad?) chance of getting stuck I may tie it so that a yank on the line will untie the sack in the tree. The bag may still be caught , bu the line comes down. (Usually)

Otherwise the slipknot is just to make it quicker to remove the bag.

Another thing I've learned recently is to not have the line tied to the rope end, but have a foot or so of rope that can be flipped ove the crotch.