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[fatboy]

I couldn't pass this up when I saw it in the woods where I use to swing on vines around 45 years ago.
We called them grape vines but they did not bear any fruit but me and my buddies. We would swing over a hill drop down in the leaves several feet below. It seemed like 20' but I am sure it was less but it was enough to get hurt if we did not roll when we landed.
So I am still playing with them after all of these years.

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[Faithie]

I like it, makes me wanna go out and find a fork in the vines..

[Btoon84]

sweet little shooter. good job

[Karok01]

I'm jealous......simply jealous. Makes me wish I still had my old job. We cleared vines like that by the ton. Good times....is that wisteria by chance? Those vines grow thick as small trees!

[SlingGal]

That's awesome! From a vine? Makes me want to go looking for thick vines.

-Restita

[cedar hunter]

Good job FB!

[Jesus Freak]

Cool I have to go find me a vine!

[Rayshot]

after all these years you now know why you kept getting that extremely itchy rash. You were swinging on poison ivy vines.

just kidding. we did the same in the woods where I grew up. Hey! maybe that is where I got the rashes from.

Edited by Rayshot, 02 February 2012 - 07:38 AM.

[fatboy]

Thanks fellow shooters. While it was raining yesterday afternoon I had to get my shooting fix with BB's while standing in our garage. With this vine frame I could get regular hits at 45' and 66'. It just took a little while to "zero" it in but when I figured it out it was as consistent as any other solid frame.

Shoot'em straight,
David

[Dayhiker]

That's a sweet vine!

[Sean]

Super looking catty, you were wise to check out the vine potential.

Yeah don't overlook brush and smaller bush for potential slingshot material guys, it can yield
amazing stuff. I don't want to highjack the thread but I've harvested a lot of
good things from not tree's but brush, I'll post somewhere else at a later date.

[Big Sandy]

Thats pretty sweet, naturals are so beautiful

[Jaxter]

Cool

[Bob Fionda]

It's very nice, good work.