9 years ago when I turned 60 I gained an interest in Spartan obstacle races. One of the obstacles was spear throwing, which I got quite proficient at. Of course one thing lead to another and I began knife and axe throwing. Then the atlatl gained my interest and I made a few variations of them and again, with much practice got quite good with them. Again, the last three years has taken me away from all the true enjoyments I was having with natural life skills. I am doing better now and if our society doesn’t completely fail, I have hopes of returning to practicing primitive skills. God bless
People made atlatls and they're darts from many different plant and animal parts ,and in much of the world at different times to the present,surely you must have some woods that will work and probably were utilized for that in the past if not you can make a good set from materials found at the better home improvement stores eg.
I don’t think it’s native but we’ve found it growing along the Clackamas river. We don’t really see it naturally growing out in the wild so it may have been washed down stream from someone’s back yard. Very useful plant.
A couple of my friends are hunters and I have asked them what they do with the bones, hide, and sinew when they get a kill and the tell me that they just throw them in the woods and it makes me cringe to hear that they throw such a valuable resource away. Anyway, I really glad that someone else uses bone to make tools too.
9 years ago when I turned 60 I gained an interest in Spartan obstacle races. One of the obstacles was spear throwing, which I got quite proficient at. Of course one thing lead to another and I began knife and axe throwing. Then the atlatl gained my interest and I made a few variations of them and again, with much practice got quite good with them. Again, the last three years has taken me away from all the true enjoyments I was having with natural life skills. I am doing better now and if our society doesn’t completely fail, I have hopes of returning to practicing primitive skills. God bless
Just found your channel. Great content. A lot that I haven’t seen elsewhere. Especially using natural materials.
Wow. Those feathers are so cool.
I've always wanted to learn more about atlatls. Unfortunately, they don't grow in the part of the country I live in. Great channel!
People made atlatls and they're darts from many different plant and animal parts ,and in much of the world at different times to the present,surely you must have some woods that will work and probably were utilized for that in the past if not you can make a good set from materials found at the better home improvement stores eg.
Lots of different materials can be used. I don't have river cane in my area either.
Nice! Glad I have a new bushcraft channel to watch!
Glad you’re on board! Thanks for watching.
I wasn't aware river cane grew in the PNW where did you find it out here ?
I don’t think it’s native but we’ve found it growing along the Clackamas river. We don’t really see it naturally growing out in the wild so it may have been washed down stream from someone’s back yard. Very useful plant.
A couple of my friends are hunters and I have asked them what they do with the bones, hide, and sinew when they get a kill and the tell me that they just throw them in the woods and it makes me cringe to hear that they throw such a valuable resource away. Anyway, I really glad that someone else uses bone to make tools too.
Hey good for you! We have quite the collection of bones in our offices. Some of our most valued resources for sure.
What's up, my man! Where is this?
Outdoor filming was done on the lower Clackamas River a few miles up from its confluence with the Willamette.
They are darts, not spears