Carolina Camera: The Sling Shot Man

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  • čas přidán 28. 04. 2008
  • This is the story of a man who makes sling shots and shoots them like an expert marksman.
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  • @buzzsaw301
    @buzzsaw301 Před 9 lety +405

    It's people like this that makes life interesting

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Před rokem

      Indeed. I also approve of this method of bug smashing.

    • @techontesla5284
      @techontesla5284 Před 3 měsíci

      I would’ve loved to hung out with him. He seemed like a nice old man.♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @musicandcoffee2853
    @musicandcoffee2853 Před 5 lety +484

    He was a friend of mine. He made me many different slingshots when I was a kid. He was fun to be around, I miss him.

    • @foretell6819
      @foretell6819 Před 4 lety +3

      Music And Coffee u still have them?

    • @muffa9125
      @muffa9125 Před 4 lety +21

      sir , the way you stated , he is a friend of mine , hit me like Walter Brennan singing about Old Rivers, , and watching this video makes me wish he was a friend of mine also , 🍻

    • @flammenengel2002
      @flammenengel2002 Před 4 lety +2

      Is he dead?

    • @foretell6819
      @foretell6819 Před 4 lety +8

      flammenengel2002 sadly, yes. In 1994

    • @silverwiskers7371
      @silverwiskers7371 Před 4 lety +7

      beats all I ever saw

  • @WV591
    @WV591 Před 2 lety +75

    That's what's called a gifted natural. No 100 dollar aluminum slingshot. No draw length calculations and special rubber bands or ammo. Just Pure talent.

    • @on_the_mooch2708
      @on_the_mooch2708 Před rokem +7

      Too much tech begins it these days instead of just getting out and getting good.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Před rokem +1

      You only need 50$ really for a decent on. Also you’re still calculating your draw lengths since elastic is used regardless. More power gets you better hits when hunting.

    • @disband_thebbc5933
      @disband_thebbc5933 Před rokem +1

      Technique over technology, grip, anchor points, reference points, consistency and repetition. The most impressive part for me was that he used natural rocks as ammo that alone introduces a ton of variables that can effect accuracy.

    • @karantikoo9302
      @karantikoo9302 Před rokem +1

      @@disband_thebbc5933 we overthink things and follow physics as if under ''ideal'' conditions.
      Rocks work as good as round projectiles at that size

    • @hb6747
      @hb6747 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Not just "pure talent". Years and years of practice. Don't dismiss that

  • @robertrobb7776
    @robertrobb7776 Před 5 lety +167

    The most humble
    "World Champion" I have ever seen.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday Před 14 lety +187

    Speaks softly and carries a forked stick

    • @gromburt
      @gromburt Před 3 lety +10

      Ha! And what a find this comment is

    • @joeljose182
      @joeljose182 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gromburt we are very lucky then.

    • @rev_ares8680
      @rev_ares8680 Před 3 lety

      @@joeljose182 yup

    • @teddytac253
      @teddytac253 Před 3 lety +3

      Destin from 11 years ago on this slingshotter video?? 😲

    • @qwe.2739
      @qwe.2739 Před 3 lety

      hello

  • @Nick215NY
    @Nick215NY Před 12 lety +42

    An old man who can hit a quarter in mid-air with a sling shot. There are untold numbers of skeet shooters who could not do that with a shotgun. Just incredible. Genius-level shooting. Rufus is now one of my all-time favorite people.

  • @locksmithmuggle
    @locksmithmuggle Před 11 lety +26

    The fact that this man is using rocks and not steel bearings or marbles or something makes this 10x more amazing.

  • @doddgarger6806
    @doddgarger6806 Před 4 lety +104

    Priceless
    These old timers sadly passing are leaving us with a lesser place without them

    • @quantumleap4023
      @quantumleap4023 Před 4 lety +6

      Well said. The world is losing men with character everyday, and fewer are being produced. Certainly makes you want to cherish the old timers and learn a thing or two while we've got them.

    • @ViolentGamerOfficial
      @ViolentGamerOfficial Před 4 lety +1

      Now we're the old timers

    • @get_your_mood_right_
      @get_your_mood_right_ Před 4 lety +9

      It's a shame that the old generation of the Greatest Generation is being replaced by the baby boomers. Incomparable

    • @morganm3362
      @morganm3362 Před 3 lety +1

      @@quantumleap4023 similar sentiments have been said since man was able to express them.

    • @rigobertovillalobos3614
      @rigobertovillalobos3614 Před 2 lety

      I still use the chain whip sword technique

  • @thejoeyz
    @thejoeyz Před 15 lety +34

    Country folks like Rufus are getting more rare with each passing year. To have someone like him as a friend would mean a life long friend that you could be depended on for anything. Rufus reminds me of my Grandfather, simple but smart, hardworking and honest. Not too many people like him around anymore...live long Rufus....keep them Japanese Beetles at bay!!

  • @miken7382
    @miken7382 Před 4 lety +111

    This is how we were raised before media . Honest humble and frugal.

  • @CADWALLATER
    @CADWALLATER Před 8 lety +146

    Never underestimate a kid with a sling, said the Philistine.

    • @Pbs-xs4xk
      @Pbs-xs4xk Před 5 lety +3

      grumpy old fart Actually he did slay him with Goliaths own sword.

    • @georgewashingtonrockwell3355
      @georgewashingtonrockwell3355 Před 5 lety +4

      @grumpy old fart lol two really smart Christian old men calling each other names and having a pissing contest online... boomers get off the internet and reread your Bibles, pride comes before the fall

    • @georgewashingtonrockwell3355
      @georgewashingtonrockwell3355 Před 5 lety +3

      @grumpy old fart let's not start being dishonest, too... you're not proudly boasting of Christ or your faith, you are shamelessly boasting of and using as a bludgeoning tool your "superior intelligence" and career choices... it's kind of pathetic on both sides.

    • @eastwood111
      @eastwood111 Před 4 lety

      So good hahahahaha

    • @colarguns
      @colarguns Před 4 lety

      grumpy old fart Do you even know who the 144,000 are? They are the 12 tribes of Israel, and 12,000 Jews from each tribe will spread the gospel to all corners of the earth. This will happen shortly after Tribulation begins, and then they will be martyrs later, as the beast will order them killed. You know very little of our Lords teaching, and I can only assume you are a Jehovah witness, as they believe in the annointed 144,000, which is just untrue. Quit spreading your BS, because I have a pretty strong BS sniffer on me!

  • @aznmarty256
    @aznmarty256 Před 4 lety +207

    Joerg Sprave brought me here.

  • @jacobsnead1050
    @jacobsnead1050 Před 3 lety +5

    This man is so North Carolina. It is people like him that made me decide to stay here after I left the Army. Meeting my wife and her family here didn't hurt. She passed away young but I have still never considered moving.

  • @rickvanman
    @rickvanman Před 14 lety +57

    WOW! this guy has a gift for certain.

    • @CCPwillfall01
      @CCPwillfall01 Před 2 lety +1

      Hell yea

    • @armandoguerra7658
      @armandoguerra7658 Před 2 lety +1

      Practice something for 500.000 hours and you’ll be halfway of mastering that skill

    • @nocapitals9833
      @nocapitals9833 Před 2 lety

      @@armandoguerra7658 so 114.15 years of non stop practice will equal mastery.

    • @FilosophicalPharmer
      @FilosophicalPharmer Před 2 lety

      "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice."

  • @zacchcanavan5390
    @zacchcanavan5390 Před 4 lety +20

    Amazed 11 years ago and im still amazed now

  • @gj1234567899999
    @gj1234567899999 Před 4 lety +23

    I’m here because my man jeorge sprave gave this gentlemen a shoutout! Rufus was like the casual assassin!

  • @baldbeardedbassist
    @baldbeardedbassist Před 8 lety +87

    This man is a real-life Jedi knight.

    • @Psilomuscimol
      @Psilomuscimol Před 3 měsíci

      Well. Maybe like Cal Kestis. He uses ranged weapons. But most jedi wouldn't touch anything but a Saber.

  • @rileymccord3777
    @rileymccord3777 Před 10 měsíci +5

    This was one of the very first CZcams videos I ever watched. It gives me so much more nostalgia than I anticipated it would. I was a kid and life was more simple.

  • @iancanham4023
    @iancanham4023 Před 4 lety +21

    For anyone wondering how he actually aims without looking, it's a very simple but honed technique. He's what's known as a "Gunslinger" and he has never forgotten the name of his father.

    • @darkmagician319
      @darkmagician319 Před 2 lety +1

      Dark tower eh 😁 love that movie

    • @josephscriven5454
      @josephscriven5454 Před rokem +2

      That would explain a lot actually. A gunslinger lost in another world.

    • @ossem1
      @ossem1 Před rokem +1

      Thankee-sai you speak true.

  • @farmers2630
    @farmers2630 Před 5 lety +29

    He's like an operator he doesn't aim, he points.

  • @stegil56
    @stegil56 Před 9 lety +65

    I have my Paw-Paws first slingshot that he made me from dogwood when he retired in 1977 after working 46 years at JP Stephens in Boger City, NC. His story was similar, but not quite as skilled. That slingshot is my most prized possession that money can't buy!

    • @buckwise1583
      @buckwise1583 Před 5 lety

      Steve Gilbert small world... I'm from Lincolnton too..

    • @Psilomuscimol
      @Psilomuscimol Před 3 měsíci +1

      My grandpa and I made a rambone style slingshot out of thick heavy duty black plastic together. And If I can find it, I'll keep it forever

    • @Psilomuscimol
      @Psilomuscimol Před 3 měsíci

      It was thick enough to grip properly. Very nice plastic with a soft feel to the touch but tough enough to stop smaller bullets

  • @chriscarrothers1543
    @chriscarrothers1543 Před 3 lety +7

    Remember Mr. Rufus well. He would come to Bennett to have corn ground at the feed mill my uncle owned. I worked there part time in the summer and on weekends and whenever he came in it was a real treat. The old guys would set around drinking coffee and telling tales. Some of the farmers would bring children and grandchildren to the mill. Rufus would bring out his bean shooter and everyone was in awe at what he could do with something so simple. It was a special time and place. Blessed to have been a part of that time and place.

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Před 9 měsíci

      Thank you for sharing. That makes me excited to go to our local mill this year - it will be my first time. I'm so honored to be getting into farming community and all I can say is I'm ashamed I didn't see how precious it was sooner.

  • @recheveste31
    @recheveste31 Před 13 lety +16

    "i aint a showoff. . i just give you the fact"
    DAMNNN lol

    • @techontesla5284
      @techontesla5284 Před 3 měsíci

      I am reading your comment in 2024 watching this bean shooter. Are you still alive and kicking?

  • @1219magnum
    @1219magnum Před 2 lety +2

    At 67, I took my first wood carving lesson today. The first thing I thought about making was a slingshot. I got the idea after watching this vid several years ago. God, would u tell Rufus he left a legacy? Thank u. And thank u Rufus.

  • @donaldsavage3699
    @donaldsavage3699 Před 5 lety +19

    What A Gifted Man!... God bless him.

  • @NorthernTint
    @NorthernTint Před 13 lety +56

    "See the Japanese beetle's ( doin it doggy style ) there on the leaf?"
    Yep
    "Watch me get 'em"

    • @blainwilson7937
      @blainwilson7937 Před 4 lety +2

      😂😂😂

    • @donlitos
      @donlitos Před 4 lety +7

      That's how I want to go out

    • @chrisgil4594
      @chrisgil4594 Před 4 lety +1

      @@donlitos you the best bro..lol

    • @dwcoffey
      @dwcoffey Před 4 lety +4

      @@donlitos humping a Japanese beetle while some guy hits you with a rock? LOL!!

    • @americasurvival6335
      @americasurvival6335 Před 4 lety +1

      "Where's you want me too hit'em"?

  • @xavieralvarado988
    @xavieralvarado988 Před 4 lety +5

    I don't think there's anybody else better than this guy

    • @deltafour1212
      @deltafour1212 Před 3 lety

      @@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 Well, of course you are.

    • @deltafour1212
      @deltafour1212 Před 3 lety

      @@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 I know there are people 10x better. I totally agree with you

    • @deltafour1212
      @deltafour1212 Před 3 lety +1

      @@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 How cool! Can't wait to see your video you doing all those things you described using random stones as your ammo and duplicating everything Rufus did in the video. Let me know when you put your video out.

  • @juans6639
    @juans6639 Před 4 lety +5

    We used to make our own as kids back in the 1950's The red rubber inner tire tubes (before the advent of tubeless tires) was the preference. Back when life was simple and beautiful, (No internet, cellphones, video games, tablets etc). I remember those times very well.

    • @willingsubject389
      @willingsubject389 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah but it wasn’t for the internet I would have never learned about this dude . People can say what they like but technology has made the world a better place .

    • @LymanBear
      @LymanBear Před 3 lety

      @@willingsubject389 go read the unabomber manifesto

  • @peteforce
    @peteforce Před 8 lety +38

    "i just give ya the facts"

  • @TotalMishap
    @TotalMishap Před 5 lety +23

    Amazing how accurate he was with odd shaped rocks. I've tried rocks but they seem to curve a lot.

    • @usernamemykel
      @usernamemykel Před 4 lety +1

      You're shooting at too great a distance, that's why.

    • @TheFireGoose
      @TheFireGoose Před 2 lety +2

      I know this is a bit late but one reason they are probably curving is if they are flat or flatish, if they are then they will curve like a boomerang or frisbee and they also make a really cool noise as they crack the air. They’re good for making cool sounds or hitting something round a corner I suppose but are just a bit too inaccurate for most other things.

  • @sicilianjiu-jitsu2984
    @sicilianjiu-jitsu2984 Před 4 lety +32

    Can you imagine how much fun he would of had on the sling shot channel!

    • @victorious276
      @victorious276 Před 2 lety

      The Sling Shot Channel?

    • @George_kickass
      @George_kickass Před 2 lety +4

      @@victorious276 yea he means jorg sprave

    • @wesselsi3791
      @wesselsi3791 Před rokem +1

      damnn as a kid i used to watch him, still have dents in my walls because of it🤣

  • @GawgaCracka
    @GawgaCracka Před 4 lety +5

    He reminds me a lot of my Grandaddy, I miss him every day. Grew up shooting slingshots just like them never was that good though, yes Mr. Rufus U were the best sir.✌

  • @pixelpatter01
    @pixelpatter01 Před 4 lety +20

    "It ain't braggin if you can do it"- Dizzy Dean

  • @widgeonslayer
    @widgeonslayer Před 11 lety +32

    Amazing how good you can get at something when your belly is rumbling lol.

    • @grarglejobber7941
      @grarglejobber7941 Před 3 lety

      Nah man I guarantee that he did it for fun 99% of the time.

  • @TheJhaley12
    @TheJhaley12 Před 5 lety +2

    I just love this gentlemen. There are a lot of folks like this where I live in Ky. thank God. We need times like these again.

  • @sophiadaqween
    @sophiadaqween Před 10 lety +20

    amazing guy.not many left like him.sadly

  • @Luvamoose
    @Luvamoose Před 15 lety +3

    I am in complete awe. What a cool guy. So polite, so modest, so genuine. Awesome to have seen this talent. His family was lucky to have a shot like him when times were hard. How disrespectful of the rude commenter(s)--this is a genuine gentleman--rich, poor, or speaking with perfect diction or not.

  • @jesseboyone
    @jesseboyone Před 6 lety +23

    This old timer is the real deal

  • @chubbethsthunder
    @chubbethsthunder Před 5 lety +23

    No dumb phone or idiot box. Very interesting man that would have been awesome to meet. RIP Mr. Rufus Taft Hussey!!!

    • @mjkrbjcw
      @mjkrbjcw Před 5 lety +2

      Chubbeth's Thunder but a child in a room with a phone & tv and a child in a room with a slingshot & see who comes out smarter, you wouldn’t even know who he was if you wasn’t on your phone watching your idiot box

    • @chubbethsthunder
      @chubbethsthunder Před 5 lety +1

      @@mjkrbjcw The kid with the slingshot comes out the room smarter. You're wrong I wasn't watching on my phone or idiot box..

    • @foretell6819
      @foretell6819 Před 5 lety +1

      PROUD_BRIT who would survive out in the real world tho? Most likely the kid with the slingshot

    • @TotalMishap
      @TotalMishap Před 5 lety +1

      A tv isn't necessarily an idiot box. It depends on what you watch. Cell phones on the other hand are annoying as hell. Everyone's a damn zombie walking around with those fucking things.

    • @nwodmf
      @nwodmf Před 5 lety

      @@foretell6819 seeing as most of the real world now days is communicating through emails and phone calls id put my money on the kid with the phone.... plus having a slingshot does not mean you know how to actually use it...hell even if you did does knowing how to use a slingshot actually make you smarter?......no it does not having a slingshots not gonna teach you how to fielddress a rabbit to eat it let alone cook it safetly its not gonna teach you how to sew to make a pounch out of the fur but you know what can? a fucking cell phone with acssess to every book known to man

  • @mattwoolley
    @mattwoolley Před 4 lety +20

    This is “the zone” or being “on fire” athletes talk about. He is constantly in the zone.

    • @BiblicallyAccurateToaster
      @BiblicallyAccurateToaster Před 3 lety

      Very true. Based on my own experiences it's a state of mind like no other & feels incredible, almost narcotic-like yet the complete opposite of impared. You are aware of everything you need to be. This man has used slingshots for so many decades he can comfortably relax into "the zone" & let his subconscious do most of the work while he focuses on the target. He is absolutely incredible & I'm really happy this news team took the initiative to find & record this man for posterity.

    • @grarglejobber7941
      @grarglejobber7941 Před 3 lety

      Not really. This is called intuitive aiming and some people can just do it better than most. When I was a kid, I just sort of figured out that I was crazy accurate with rubber bands. I would shoot flies that got into the house, make little targets for myself, that kind of thing. Never once did I practice.
      Being in the zone is just being in the zone. You don't know it until you've felt it and it's really hard to describe to other people. X-factor, pizazz, brain fire, and a whole slew of other names are getting at the same hard-to-describe feel.

  • @megatfaizarif690
    @megatfaizarif690 Před 3 lety +3

    I have seen competitive slingshots, but this man is truly gifted. His eyesight must have been perfect. I hope he had a great life and is happy where he is now.

  • @victorious276
    @victorious276 Před 2 lety +5

    Rufus Hussey, the beanshooter man; fastest slingshot in the East! R.I.P. 1994

  • @paulfitzgerald7513
    @paulfitzgerald7513 Před 5 lety +1

    That man is unbelievable! I could watch him all day and still be just as amazed.

  • @guitarzrawsome
    @guitarzrawsome Před 5 lety +4

    The greatest generation right there. Man I wish I grew up with these guys

  • @Delticola
    @Delticola Před 15 lety +6

    There is something to be said about this kind of mastery. I've mastered one or two things, but not quite to this degree. What I've mastered others could likely duplicate. However, very few people in the world would ever be this good at a slingshot. Amazing.

  • @bamadeadhead
    @bamadeadhead Před 5 lety +8

    I bet he had loads of fun with the mail man👍🏼😂👍🏼

  • @robertdean1276
    @robertdean1276 Před rokem

    I grew up about an hour away from this man. My grandpa and I drove down to his house, had to be about 1986-87. My grandpa must have seen him on this show or Carson. He bought me and himself a beanshooter. I still have it. Serial # 6413.

  • @Samuel-I
    @Samuel-I Před 5 lety

    I watched this as a youngster when it aired the very first time on WBTV in Charlotte.
    Chris Clackum and Carolina Camera.
    Damn , I'm getting old !

  • @clobbyhops
    @clobbyhops Před 5 lety +6

    25 years resting with the father 🙏👌👍

  • @williamquire2115
    @williamquire2115 Před 5 lety +29

    I guess that 169 haters jusr are unable to appreciate much at all

  • @waynegraham143
    @waynegraham143 Před 4 lety +2

    Practice makes perfect 👍 well done Rufus 👏

  • @erod4489
    @erod4489 Před 4 lety

    Great interview, i like hearing about colorful characters, I used to shoot pool and heard stories and once seen an old interview of a guy named Utly puckett of fort worth tx. Crazy how these folks come from humble beginnings and made it this long into a quite sordid society

  • @WolfHeart98
    @WolfHeart98 Před 8 lety +14

    This guy looks awesome

  • @garethh6962
    @garethh6962 Před 7 lety +3

    Boy that is some skill and with rocks I take my hat off to him RIP Beanshooter man...

  • @victorjeffers1993
    @victorjeffers1993 Před 5 lety +2

    Simple man & simple ways an I'd say he's the best with a sling shot ! 👍👍

  • @delholford987
    @delholford987 Před 5 lety +2

    Just watched him again. I also saw his clip with Johnny Carson. That was a true talent.

  • @zacheagle7522
    @zacheagle7522 Před 5 lety +4

    I'm from Salisbury NC my grandpaw use to make the same exact slingshot and would dare to say he was just as good. I have one in my drawer right now.

    • @dangerdork718
      @dangerdork718 Před 5 lety

      What kind of bands do you use?

    • @foretell6819
      @foretell6819 Před 5 lety

      Zach Eagle he might be good but I doubt he would be able to hit a nut in the air let alone a quarter

    • @HerrTysinger
      @HerrTysinger Před 3 lety

      He couldn't hold a light to rufus hussey that's why your grandpa isn't famous

  • @stevenvanheel3932
    @stevenvanheel3932 Před 7 lety +6

    This guy is a slingshot legend.

  • @Bill30273
    @Bill30273 Před 11 lety

    I enjoyed watching this. He is the best!

  • @jeehoondevil
    @jeehoondevil Před 10 lety +9

    fucking real life aimbot.

  • @3lilbirds12103
    @3lilbirds12103 Před 4 lety +6

    When I was growing up I hunted cotten tail, dove and quail with a slingshot.
    I never went hungry...

  • @TMB3BB
    @TMB3BB Před 6 lety +16

    Rewatching in 2018 😁

  • @dmackler58
    @dmackler58 Před 12 lety

    i enjoy watching a genius at work, no matter what the trade!

  • @craigwolfe2221
    @craigwolfe2221 Před 5 lety

    God Bless you Rufus. One of a kind.

  • @hal900x
    @hal900x Před 7 lety +9

    Now that's a good ol' boy.

  • @indica77
    @indica77 Před 5 lety +61

    This goes to show you that SMARTPHONES and TELEVISION is a big distraction in our lives.

    • @nickvaughn2824
      @nickvaughn2824 Před 5 lety +1

      @a1seus big distractions like you-tube lol really I think they're trying to say people need to get outside more often.

    • @nickvaughn2824
      @nickvaughn2824 Před 5 lety

      @a1seus lol I do believe you are correct, that was about as much fun as they could have back then , lol hoop and stick , I had to ask my grandpa about that

    • @nickvaughn2824
      @nickvaughn2824 Před 5 lety

      @a1seus yes sir, agreed

  • @shakeandbaked1
    @shakeandbaked1 Před 4 lety

    My favorite CZcams video of all time.

  • @frankieryan2840
    @frankieryan2840 Před 10 měsíci

    Outstanding young man 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  •  Před 4 lety +12

    Poor guy could have been rich if he had grown up with his own you tube channel.

  • @painsettomusic
    @painsettomusic Před 7 lety +3

    For a split second at 3:56 there is an image of a dog that flashes on the screen. It scared the ever loving piss out of me!

  • @cbslide4954
    @cbslide4954 Před rokem

    I still come back to this video at least once a month

  • @leminigabian1856
    @leminigabian1856 Před 2 lety

    Meilleure vidéo de yt, je l ai regardé 20 fois !!! Le type est sacrément doué

  • @darguil351
    @darguil351 Před 10 lety +5

    In his first shot you can well see how Rufus Turned The Pouch with his thumb nail facing the ground. I credit my friend Ryan for discovering this important fact for accurate safe shooting. The fellow doing the interview says that Rufus does not aim the sling shot.

  • @donjo6975
    @donjo6975 Před 9 lety +49

    anybody else see the dog @ the end of the video? 3:56

  • @challes2000
    @challes2000 Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing shooter.....no one would even attempt doing accuracy shots using rocks instead of the perfectly round ammo we have today. Very inspirational to watch him do his magic.

  • @heretohear8662
    @heretohear8662 Před 4 lety

    I have no idea how I got here, but it reminds me of my childhood. We used to search out the perfect branch, cut a slit on both top sides, use old inner tubes for the rubber and an old piece of belt for the pocket to put stones in. I could hit nearly everything ...lots of practice with an endless supply of rocks!

  • @SteveSabbai
    @SteveSabbai Před 8 lety +5

    This guy is perfect for the Zombie Apocalypse.

  • @gary121664
    @gary121664 Před 8 lety +14

    Legend is that the dog at the end is a dog that he accidentally killed, thinking it was a coyote trying to kill his family's chickens, when he was a kid. Every time he's been videoed it shows up somewhere in the footage.

  • @pyromaniac1491
    @pyromaniac1491 Před 5 lety

    R.I.P. R. Hussey. You truly are one of a kind natural! The OG Bean Shooter Man!! Simply awesome!

  • @MrDeleon9999
    @MrDeleon9999 Před 13 lety

    God Bless this man. Cheers to him from west texas!!

  • @haydenalberes6599
    @haydenalberes6599 Před 4 lety +3

    Makes me want to go out and buy a “bean shooter”

    • @cheffjeffB
      @cheffjeffB Před 4 lety

      Or cut you a branch and make one. I make them out of branches, melted and formed plastic, glued-up thin plywood, all sorts of hardwoods.... it’s almost as fun as shooting them. Give it a try, or buy one if you must (I do that, too)

  • @bogey19018
    @bogey19018 Před 4 lety +10

    Just think he'd be in prison if he lived in new jersey.

    • @juans6639
      @juans6639 Před 4 lety +5

      In Commie-Fornia he would have been sentenced to death in the Gas Chamber.

    • @Blue1Sapphire
      @Blue1Sapphire Před 4 lety +2

      It was by the blood of patriots the Constitution was formed and if necessary it will be by the blood of patriots it will be defended. Think 2nd Amendment.

    • @nobodynamedme6963
      @nobodynamedme6963 Před 4 lety +1

      @@juans6639 commie-fornia? Thats a good one i haven't heard that one yet. Im gonna start using it

    • @juans6639
      @juans6639 Před 4 lety

      @@nobodynamedme6963Thanks, I think it is appropriate considering it is full of Liberal, Socialist Communists DEMOC-RATS.

  • @AMRHAMDYSigpro
    @AMRHAMDYSigpro Před 13 lety

    Wow!! Naturally gifted, he is using the simple way of shooting with direction

  • @letsgobrandon136
    @letsgobrandon136 Před 3 lety

    A true expert at his best with such a simple tool to work with

  • @6stringgunner511
    @6stringgunner511 Před 4 lety +5

    He said, " I'm the Slingshot Man!!! Who the hell are you?" Ha ha ha ha ha 😉

  • @victorsr6708
    @victorsr6708 Před 4 lety +3

    When I was a kid my older brother and I would find an old inner tube for the rubber and also to make a rubber band to hold the rubber on the wood fork. We would take an old razor blade put tape on one side so we wouldn’t cut ourselves and cut the inner tube into the strips we needed. We would go out the the hills and find the fork on a branch cut it and clean it up. Then we would find an old leather shoe and cut out the tongue and use it to make the pouch to hold the rock. We shot just about anything that would move hahaha. I recall one time my brother even killed a fish in shallow water with it. That was what seems like another lifetime ago.

  • @HuntinwithHattaway
    @HuntinwithHattaway Před 5 lety +1

    An American gem, Mr. Rufus!

  • @pidner
    @pidner Před 14 lety

    I used to hang out with an old guy when I was a teen,we would hunt an fish,target practice,and somtimes get drunk,but that guy was every bit as good with a "grit shooter"as this guy.I can shoot fair but not as good as this guy,and no where near as good as my ole buddy.
    People like this deserve alot of respect,they are treasures full of knowledge and are just plain fun to hang around and learn from..

  • @someonesomeone934
    @someonesomeone934 Před 5 lety +4

    2019 anyone?

  • @schlooonginator1227
    @schlooonginator1227 Před 5 lety +4

    Seriously, anyone have an explanation of how he can hit with such precision without aiming?
    The physics seems to lack a significant variable.
    Pretty incredible. more imressive than sniper records.

    • @chrise4994
      @chrise4994 Před 5 lety +1

      schlooonginator muscle memory.

    • @captainTubes
      @captainTubes Před 5 lety +2

      He can feel the tensile force vector along the bands very precisely without looking, the eyes are then free to perform target acquisition without manual reference. His accurate kinesthetic sense was further developed as a childhood survival mechanism.

    • @martystamey3894
      @martystamey3894 Před 4 lety

      I had a buddy i use to shoot. 22s with you could flip a aspirin in the air and he could hit it. He always told me to point not aim!! But that was back when 22 shell's were 50cents a box

  • @bjorker40
    @bjorker40 Před 6 lety

    Simply amazing......I love this guy!

  • @someoldguy109
    @someoldguy109 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you for this.

  • @ubelmensch
    @ubelmensch Před 4 lety +10

    Let me shov you its features

  • @chipsammich2078
    @chipsammich2078 Před 4 lety +6

    Should of told him to drop that weed to the left

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 Před 4 lety

      Should have, not of. Unfuck yourself.

    • @chipsammich2078
      @chipsammich2078 Před 4 lety

      @@slappy8941 lol.. your an idiot

    • @Blue1Sapphire
      @Blue1Sapphire Před 4 lety

      Either way .. . Dont matter to him.

    • @chipsammich2078
      @chipsammich2078 Před 4 lety

      @@Blue1Sapphire it would of been impossible

    • @donlitos
      @donlitos Před 4 lety

      @@chipsammich2078 You're, not your. Unfuck yourself.

  • @ronniholt25
    @ronniholt25 Před 4 lety

    A fellow Carolinian with incredible talent. I think it takes a lot more skill to hit your target with a slingshot than a gun. And strength as well.

  • @bigbensarrowheadchannel2739

    Great video. Reminded me of my granddad. He wasn't a sling shot guy. But he grew up in a poor farm family with 14 brothers and sisters.

  • @markross7385
    @markross7385 Před 4 lety +3

    "He doesnt have a TV or a telephone "
    Thats the secret right there..

  • @pigslayer106
    @pigslayer106 Před 4 lety +3

    did he ever call it a wrist rocket? every time I used a slingshot I hurt myself, broke windows, dented metal, killed/wounded birds, made people cry etc

  • @mmore
    @mmore Před 11 lety

    How can someone dislike this video its beyond me!!!!!
    He is a legend and the living Master of slingshot

  • @Mr.Studer
    @Mr.Studer Před 4 lety

    Instinctive aiming is how he does it. Not by actual aiming but by practice and it becoming instinctive. Works the same with a recurve bow. Great shooting!