At latal hunting

gottafish · 01-11-2006, 03:48 AM

Could you use this in oregon?? Watch the clip , its pretty funny and clean But I would like to try it. Looks fun http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewid...l?itemId=42197

sliverpicker · 01-11-2006, 04:23 AM

Go out to the Glass Buttes(between Bend and Burns) Knapp-In in March. Somebody out there will show you how to toss a dart.

gottafish · 01-11-2006, 04:29 AM

Hey Ron Have you done It?? Looks like it would be pretty fun.

sliverpicker · 01-11-2006, 04:56 AM

No, but I watched some guy demonstrating an atlatl at the 1992 North American Longbow Safari. He was pretty accurate out to 100 yards!

My son found what we believe to be an atlatl point(2/3rds)5 years ago while we were pronghorn hunting south of Juntura.

There's some folks at the Knapp-In who know all the in's and out's of primitive weapons. But the weather can be brutal out there in mid March!

baltz526 · 01-11-2006, 06:23 AM

if you see a large point, laying in the field, it is probaly an atlatl spear point. i have seen several.

blacktail519 · 01-11-2006, 08:03 AM

My Uncle is an artifact collector, and spends months and months in the field searching and collecting just about everything form the indian past, and he has a few at-latals, and has demonstrated them to us, and he hi incredibly acurate. They are a neat thing to see shot by someone with skills.

oregonoutdoors · 01-11-2006, 08:42 AM

I have been trying to get one of my buddys to hunt with one of these for years now. He was the PAC 10 champ for javelin 4 years ago and is deadly accurate with a spear.

My dad has one from New Zealand, but it is to old to use now. They are pretty cool looking. I have seen them on ebay.

ehunter · 01-11-2006, 08:49 AM

Boy we should start a club that looks like fun

Ragnar · 01-11-2006, 04:09 PM

Just weighing in on the atlatl discussion here.
I have been known to go to "The Knapp-in" a time or two...
Yes, it can be very brutally cold there in March, but I have also seen it quite nice and sunny,
You just never know, you just pack for the cold and shed layers as need be.
I would say.. seek out a fellow known as "Atlatl Bob."
Stop in Bend on your way there and get him some McDonalds food (using the word "food" loosely)as an offering showing that you mean business.
Just for the record... To those of you who think you are picking up a "spear point" are more likely picking up a knife blade. At Glass Buttes you will see and understand what I'm talking about.
Atlatl points are usually no different than those that were used on regular size arrows. Atlatl "darts" (equivalent to an extra long arrow) as they are called, were reusable with small hardwood foreshaft (with stone point fastened to it) that fit into the hollow end of the dart. that way you'd only have to pack around 2 or 3 of these darts and a small bag with several pre-made ready to go foreshafts.
Atlatl technology is very old and preceeds that of the bow by thousands of years.
You will be blown away by the wealth of knowledge at this gathering. There's a few weirdos too, but hey.... the world needs goof-balls like me to make it interesting.
Sitting down to a big bowl of obsidian flakes,Mmmmmmmmmm
Ragnar

gottafish · 01-11-2006, 04:51 PM

I'd like to go to that. Anybody have dates?

Just Fish · 01-11-2006, 05:52 PM

I have a friend that made a modern one and uses 2419 full lenth xx75 arrows with 6 in barred feathers and has killed a number of animals the largest a pig it was a high fence hunt and he is deadly with it he takes it to bow camp at 30 yards is just as good as a good longbow shooter

sliverpicker · 01-11-2006, 06:27 PM

The Glass Buttes Knapp-in is usually mid-March about the time spring break starts.

I have a link to Paleoplanet, but i'm not sure if I can post it here without it getting pulled? Guess I'll PM the link to you. There's a ton of information about events, flintknapping, and all kinds of primitive skills.

sp

gottafish · 01-11-2006, 07:02 PM

thanks Ron

woolybuggerboy · 01-11-2006, 08:10 PM

i've done some survival stuff where i camp out in the woods with only a knife and a cell phone. First thing is make a shelter, then a fire, then an atlatl. they're fairly easy to make and accurate and powerful enough to kill things. I've killed squirrels and rabbits with a home-made atlatl with an obsidian point and my teacher (ex marine, friend of tom brown), has killed mule deer with them. He can hit a paper plate at 50 yards consistantly. This is like shooting a longbow... it takes practice to get good. I spent most of the summer playing around with atlatls and i'm good out to about 25 yards. getting consistant is tough though