If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. I had a really nice slingshot as a kid. Not a Y-shaped stick with a rubber band on it, but a ...

MADISON PARKER IS a former U.S. Navy SEAL who now trains SEALs in wilderness skills—including how to make and wield the most wicked slingshots on the planet (primitivesupply.com ). How wicked?

If the simple slingshot is just not dangerous enough for you, an aerospace engineer from Texas has created one so powerful it can kill a wild animal. The Standard Survival Slingshot is fitted with two ...