Paracord Hunting Sling

My first Instructable!

I've always wanted one of these, so I signed on here to figure out how to make one and this is what I ended up with.

This Instructable uses roughly nine feet of paracord. If you can't find any animals to kill with it, or you just plain suck at hunting, you can always unravel it and make a pretty nifty snare. And if you don't catch anything or just plain suck at that, you can always just call it quits and go to McDonalds.

I started off with twelve feet of cord from following another instructable but decided the sling needed to be shorter to give me more control. The pouch I felt was too thin as well, so I made it wider. I ended up using about nine feet total.

Make a knot in one end of the cord. Pinch it between your thumb and forefinger. Relax your arm by your side and at about knee length, tie a knot. This is where your pouch starts.

Make three "loops" and start weaving as shown. I made mine roughly 2 1/2" long.

Bring the end of the cord with the knot in it through the top of the middle loop. Then pull it so that the starter knot for the pouch comes through.

Just keep weaving, pulling everything tight as you go.

When you get to the end, pull the cord through the outside loop, weave over the middle, through the opposite side outside loop, then through the middle loop.

If you've done it right, you'll end up with a nice little pouch that looks like this.

Tie a slip knot in the free end of the cord. This is for your middle finger.

Hold as shown:
Slip knot over middle finger.
Pinch the other knot between your thumb and forefinger.

Load up the pouch with a rock, let it dangle next to you, then throw it forward with an overhand motion. At eye level, just let go.

Have fun!