

The handle is threaded to hold all bow attachments. The Elite Sling Bow can be used for shooting balls, rocks, full-length hunting arrows, and more. Hunters can choose between different power bands and the product ships with an extra set of them. The product also comes with the company’s BAP (Ball and Arrow Pouch) with D-loop. It has a finger grooved handle, an ambidextrous fold-down arrow rest, and a built-in folding wrist brace. Today, the Elite Sling Bow is the best option for those looking to go hunting with a slingshot. To date, the initial prototypes of the Elite Sling Bow have bagged bucks, does, moose, caribou, white-tailed deer, black and grizzly bears, turkeys, a 450-pound red stag, and a 210-pound gator garfish. This got the attention of Tony Reaves who ordered one of AJ’s slingshots and then, four days later, harvested a deer. On the first attempt, with full-length hunting arrows tipped with Muzzy broadhead points, Chief AJ bagged a deer at 30 yards in Ohio. The result was the creation of the precursor to the Elite Sling Bow. It was then that he had his big idea to put an arrow rest on the slingshot frame to take down animals. Chief AJ took the metallic slingshot to hunt pheasant on Anything Wild, a hunting show on the Pursuit Channel. The metallic frame was stronger and had the strength needed to hunt pheasants. He then turned to master craftsman Ray Priest and requested him to build a metal-framed slingshot. However, the wooden frame couldn’t withstand the shearing forces and repeatedly broke. He started by trying to put stronger bands on a wooden slingshot. Not wanting to rest on his laurels, the world record holder then focused his attention on improving his slingshot to be more effective against hunting prey in the wild. The exhibition of his skills on the show was so impressive that he also got invited to appear on the National Geographic Channel, where he won a shoot-off against a fully automatic, laser-guided machine gun. This feat got Chief AJ the attention of the producers from Top Shot, a show on the History Channel.

During the striking display of marksmanship, 6-inch disks were tossed into the air, and Chief AJ managed to splatter a paintball on the center of the bullseye, which was impressive as it remained in the air for only 1.5 seconds. The event had a large crowd of witnesses and it even drew the attention of 3 local television stations. He has distilled his expertise in slingshot shooting into the best hunting slingshot currently available on the market that is known for its high efficiency and shocking accuracy.Ĭhief AJ first showed his uncanny abilities with the slingshot in 2008 at the Big Red Barn in Tuscola, IL, at a two-day event and exhibition. John Huffer, better known to the country as “Chief AJ” and creator of the Elite Sling Bow, holds a record for shooting 1,500 flying targets in a row using paintballs as ammo.
