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rabbit sticks
stickbender:
Poor wittle bunny wabbits! You can also make one out of a tapering stick, and put large nuts from the hardware store on it.
just taper the stick, sorta like a baseball bat, and slide the large metal nuts on it till it gets to the thicker end, and just start threading them on, and when you can thread them on any further, just cut off the rest of the thick end, and you have a real Thumper thumper! You can also just use the stick without the steel nuts on it, and like they said put a bit of a curve in it. The Indians used one like that. Can't remember where I read that, at the moment. anyway, should really clobber anything it hits. I wouldn't want to get hit with any of the others either!
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bushytail:
The vidio Full Circle talks about it. He also shows how to use it,and he got a rabbet with it. I made one out of a piece of osage about 20 inches long,shaped like a baseball bat.I also put a leather laceing around the handle for decoration. I used it two times to finish of two squirrels i shoot with my bow last year.
son of massey:
actually a stick about a foot long is even pretty good, but 1.5-2 feet is probably a bit more accurate. a lawn game called kuub uses foot long rabbit sticks and would be great practice-except that the rules have you throwing underhand with the spin being vertical as opposed to helicoptering. the kuub sticks hit awfully hard too. SOM
65x55 swedis:
the stick need to be comfortable in your hand and feels right to you. if you want a challange make a sling. not hard to make but hard to be accurate with
Sparrow:
Rabbit sticks work for much more than just rabbits,My Grandpa taught me with a 2 foot piece of a tobacco stick (Oak) had a slight curve in it).Saw him nail a bobwhite out of a covey rise and hit a dove that came whizzing by at close range. He had the habit of carrying that stick anytime we took a walk.It was good for whacking dogs that come running up and got too close too.I used to walk with my boys down along the Yakima river in Wa. state.Whacked a few roosters with it and taught them how effective a stick could be. I have never actually killed a rabbit with one,scared a few ! Frank
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