Oh, yes. Slingshots were widely used across Europe and the Middle East in ancient times, well into medieval times.
Immer tubes must have been hard to come by.
The slingshot of today is of 2 types, one with an actual sling (rope and pouch, like they use in middle east, and which ,illed goliath the giant), a d the other type is a handheld y stick or or device with rubber stretch bands and a small pouch for smaller ammo. Both are deadly, and an awesome survival tool, thouhg i onky have experi3nce with the latter type. The ammo is 8 or 9 mm steel ammo or for practice clay ammo of same size whixh is biodegradeable, but s5ill can be used for hunting dmall game with. Videos on youtube show hunting ducks, geese, rabbits, squirrels etc.
The survivl contrst show featured one co testant who brought a slingshot with him... smart move as ammo is all over the place and youll never run out like you will with arrows or fishing line and hooks on the show. And the reach is ulwards of 40 yeards or better depe di g on skill. The fella that brought the s,ingshot was very very good with it. So good he did trick shots 9n his youtube channel.
Another fella on youtube goes by name of slingshotsniper is really good too. Hits a matchhead or even a fly at long distances- hkw he can even see them, i dunno, but he does. Shows the whole shot in slo mo to prove he hit it. He is scary good with a slingshot.
But for taking larger animals, the rope sling is very effective. Soome great videos on youtube about those too.