I don't hunt much either. I will shoot a squirrel occasionally and I might see about getting a deer this year. I'm more likely to just pick up a roadkill deer though. I still get free meat and I don't even have to kill it myself.
The sling and atlatl talk reminded me of something else interesting. It's almost like a combination of the two and it's called the cestrosphendon. I haven't made one yet but it looks like it might be fun.
https://earlyworks.weebly.com/the-ce...ing-darts.html
There is also the staff sling. It's pretty much a regular one attached to the end of a stick. It's a lot easier to use without much experience.