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New Atlatls
clewis:
Glad I can help, a good set on the wall makes for an impressive display. In a historical context a herd is hard to miss lol. Theres a wealth of knowledge that came out from the Yukon ice patches, several intact dart shafts were retrieved of various construction methods and materials as well. Look it up, there are some nice foreshafts with the binding and point intact that were recovered with several specimens that were hafted with an ochre and sap pitch mix, pretty interesting. When I return home ill post pics of my raw seasoned red oiser shafts and my completed ones if it helps.
Hawkdancer:
I think my darts are 72" x 1/2" with target points. I got them from Thunderbird Atlatls, Bob seems to be one of the gurus for the atlatl. I hope to be casting again soon. I am not sure of the spine on the darts but they do flex when cast. The wisdom seems to be your dart should be as tall as you are, but there are exceptions to every " rule"😀👹! I have been able to keep the darts in the target butts most of the time. The problem is I spend a lot of time explaining what I'm doing to the spectators! After all, that new technology has only been around 30, maybe 40 thousand years😂😀. Maybe we can get an atlatl emoji? Hint, hint
Hawkdancer
Hawkdancer:
Btw, there is an atlatl/spear season in Nebraska for big game, not sure of the dates
Hawkdancer
feathersnwood:
I have a friend who makes atlatis and took a deer in Nebraska last year I was really impressed to say the least
I think he had been trying for a couple of years.
Lucasade:
In the UK it is I believe legal (or at least not illegal) to hunt with an atlatl, simply because when they wrote the law banning hunting with bows the people who wrote it apparently weren't aware of them ::)
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