If you can, manufacture/fabricate a catapult 6" in front of a fishing
reel that has a closed faced spool that has 100 Yards of 6Lb
monofilament line on the spool.
You might be able to get the local kid to sell you his catapult.

Fix them to a piece of wood with the reel at the rear of your lenght of
wood "upside down" to the catapult. The reel can be fixed on the wood
with insulting tape on the reel feet. The catapult needs fixing on the
wood, at the end. Make a fixing to steady it up on the wooden bar. The
catapult hand grip goes below the wooden bar.

If you use a lenght of wood long enough to support a stock piece that
you can pull into your shoulder, this will help in making the target
alot easier to "hit" and will give support at the rear, the catapult
handle giving support at the front, thus enableing your other hand to
pull the catapult rubber back.

After tying the line to the weight, (use a pear shaped lead) place the
weight in the catapult pouch, release the bail pin and the lead weight
is shot over the tree limb. After reaching and acheiving the desired
target!! remove the lead weight, tie a nylon cord to it and "reel the
line back in"

Remove line after reeling back in, put assembly away. Tie your dogbone
or insulating piece that's on the end of your wire to the cord, pull
your nylon cord back and anchor to anything usable. Jobs a good un. ezy
pezy
Sounds dead long winded, but simple really. Dave
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