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Hand thrown spear better than the Atlatl?
riverrat:
back when hunters used atl atls i believe they hunted in groups. one group moving spooking out game, others waiting in ambush. heck modern hunters still do that with guns.lets say you can only hit somethin with a atlatl at 25 yards. lets say it wont be pin point accurate. lets toss 20 darts at intended target all at once. how would you like to place a bet at least one of those 10 out of 20 darts that hit the animal, hit it in a vitals. ?:) group hunting, its what brought home dinner. ;) Tony
mullet:
You keep telling everyone to read about the Aboriginals, (plural) in Australia, but I've seen no evidence on your part that the aboriginal you base your whole argument on even knew what he was doing or spoke for all of the Aboriginals in Australia.
I'm starting to think you are one of those people that likes to throw a statement out like you are an authority and then when there are replies you excuse yourself and go to the bathroom.
John32r:
--- Quote from: mullet on December 04, 2015, 06:18:38 pm ---You keep telling everyone to read about the Aboriginals, (plural) in Australia, but I've seen no evidence on your part that the aboriginal you base your whole argument on even knew what he was doing or spoke for all of the Aboriginals in Australia.
I'm starting to think you are one of those people that likes to throw a statement out like you are an authority and then when there are replies you excuse yourself and go to the bathroom.
--- End quote ---
Lol.
The statement is from Baldwin Spencer, an ethnographer who lived among Australian Aboriginal tribes in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
Here's a link to the quote, you can read the entire book for free if you like.
"The end is fixed into the point of the spear-
thrower, and, aided by the leverage thus gained, he throws it
forward with all his strength. Different men vary much in
their skill in spear-throwing, but it takes an exceptionally
good man to kill or disable at more than twenty yards. "
https://archive.org/stream/nativetribescen01gillgoog#page/n43/mode/2up
JoJoDapyro:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/179510735124337270/
Here is a good answer.
JoJoDapyro:
Trolling is supposed to be done in an unassuming way. Being right about everything isn't cool. If you already know the answer, don't ask the question.
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