John Ferrell wrote in
:

I am still open to all leads. I did a Google on "dog ball shooter" and
found a lot of interesting posts. I don't think any of them are up to
carrying a monofilament line over a 100 foot tree but they are still
interesting. My Black Lab enjoys chasing a genuine bowling pin when I
throw it but we are both getting too old for that game! It has given
her very strong neck muscles.

The Hyper dog launcher looks to be effective and inexpensive for the
intended purpose.

I met a fellow at Home Depot that does a lot of surf fishing in the
ocean. He is considering a similar device as my launcher to place his
bait further from the beach...

Rainy day (flood warnings) in North Carolina today... antenna play on
computer today.

John Ferrell W8CCW


One thing I didn't catch was how often you might need to relaunch.. If lots,
then for consistency your gadget will win easily. I'd still try the inner-
tube elastic and 3 foot stick wheeze though. I also tried making bows and
arrows as a kid and was hopeless, but the straight-stick catapult really
scored.. (I'm surrounded by 4-floor buildings though so this is sort of
rhetorical, I couldn't actually do it on anything but a short trajectory to
ground here without breaking something).