Whistling Walnut!

[Del the cat]

Well, thanks a lot Mr. the Cat. My vaction day for New Year's is ruined. I can't imagine doing anything else but making nut whistlers now! I have a pack of young "merry men (and girls)" around the neighborhood they are going to have a blast with this one!

Mark

I've just updated the blog entry with some pics of a Pecan whistler... it flies a bit better and whistles harder than the walnut.
I haven't had a chance to shoot one over a distance. I'd love to hear a few going at once  .
Del

[toomanyknots]

I didn't get far into this thread before a small movie short began to play in my mind.  It was a combination of live action and cartoon, starring Del and Skrat, the saber-toothed squirrel from the Ice Age movies.  Needless to say, it was well worth the price of admission.

After the credits roll, there is an extra scene.  Picture Del's living room, Skrat's head on a polished walnut plaque hangs on the wall.  Del in his slippers, a velvet smoking jacket and pipe, sitting in an expansive wingback chair reading a posh English hunting magazine.  Enter his wife putting up some Christmas decorations.  She sets down a festive bowl of mixed nuts at his elbow.  Camera pans slowly to Skrat's mounted head.  The glass eyes widen slightly and the pupils expand slowly to cover the whole eye.....slow fade to black as ominous music swells.

HA! This is so awesome, I cannot wait to try this...

[stickbender]

     INCOMING!!!!!!  Hit the Deck!  You could also use small gourds. Pecans?  Cool!  Do you use a fore shaft for them?
     Pictures...... Pictures!
                                                                 
                                                                          Wayne

[Del the cat]

just done one with a Hazelnut too! A bit small and fiddly, higher pitched, I'll post some pics of it later.
Del

[Del the cat]

Here's a pic of all three side by side Walnut Pecan and Hazelnut
Del

[BowSlayer]

  could you imagine the reaction from a squirrel

belive me i was suprised. going to try this. and take um down the club.

[toomanyknots]

Really starting to do your quote some justice there Del,  .