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bjrogg:
Nice job Willie and great way to spend some quality time with your hunting partner. Gives me some ideas for our next 4-H picnic.
Bjrogg

willie:

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LOL, good use for last years phone....


I thought I would post a few more pics of some of what I have been experimenting with. The icefield darts have rather small diameter nocks, and I found the nock was prone to skating off the side of the spur if the spur was pointed, so I made a "ball spur" from the tip of a car radio antenna that can remain engaged longer. With a good fit in the nock , an 1/8" engagement is all it needs.

I have tried throwers with the hammer grip, basketmaker grip, and the eskimo single hole style. My preference seems to be the single hole for the index finger type. Most of the authentic eskimo types I have looked at have some curvature near the finger hole, so that the wrist doesn't have to be bent as far back at the beginning of the throw.  If the thrower is bent a bit, or the handle built up on the underside, it also seems to help prevent the spur from hooking the nock at the follow through. The thrower shown is nothing more than a 1/2" x 1-1/2" x 20" ripping from a 2x4 with some padding in the yellow vet wrap help to create the "bend".

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