John "Chief A.J." Huffer enjoys stalking big game. And he likes to do it with a modified slingshot he says can fire arrows fast enough to take down deer. Huffer sells the device he calls a sling bow.

For the first time, sling bows will be legal for hunting deer, turkey and small game this season in Virginia — everything but bear and elk. Give Reaves, a South Boston resident, credit for introducing ...

The sling bow, a combination of a slingshot and a bow and arrow, is gaining popularity among hunters. But some wildlife authorities aren't biting. Photo: Benn Kesling/The Wall Street Journal ...

The sling bow, a combination of a slingshot and a bow and arrow, is gaining popularity among hunters. But some wildlife authorities aren’t biting. Photo: Ben Kesling/The Wall Street Journal MCARTHUR, ...

TUSCOLA — John "Chief A.J." Huffer enjoys stalking big game. And he likes to do it with a modified slingshot he says can fire arrows fast enough to take down deer. Huffer sells the device he calls a ...

“I understand though the sling bows are used to hunt deer in other states,” Fariss said. Brown, who said his agency does not have a position on the bill, pointed out that under that scenario, every ...

The clerk behind a gun display counter in a major Roanoke Valley outdoor store looked at me with puzzlement when I asked to see a slingbow. “A sling what?” was his reaction. Much the same happened at ...

RICHMOND — Virginia's wildlife are fair game for rifles, shotguns, pistols and bows, but a state lawmaker wants to add another weapon into the mix: slingshots. Del. Matt Fariss, R-Campbell, has filed ...