Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: huntertrapper on December 30, 2007, 01:20:00 am
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if anyone knows what i mean, anyone use one for hunting
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......Its spelled atlatal. Its use is not allowed ta my knowledge except on private lands ta include game ranches ifn thats yer taste.
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nope aint in my taste at all no respect for that type of huntin i was just wondering
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i throw them but they are only allowed in a couple staes i think to hunt with. they're fun though
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This year they allowed them in Mo. for small game...like im gonna throw a 6" spear at a squirrel! ???....Brian
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I have a hard enough time hitting those buggers with my trusty ole 410, im sure i couldnt hit em hucking a spear in their direction....but it is a interesting idea.... ;D
Bishop
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Bob, Isn't it spelled atlatl (pronounced at-lattel). I know folks that are good enough with them to hunt with them but I don't know if most states allow them for hunting. Probably most state officials wouldn't even know what they are. ;) Pat
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There is a world atlatl association, complete with web page and info. Last spring I read an article where the author had contacted state game agencies checking the legality of hunting/ fishing with atlatls. Many of the contacted officials had no idea what an atlatl was. After interpeting their state regulations though an answer was recieved from most states. Totally not OK in some. OK for fishing just about every where that spear fishing is OK. And OK for small game, non game, private or feral species in several others. You will need to contact your own state agency before hunting! Oh and practice a lot. My own skills with an atlatl are truly pitiful, but some people are awesome with the things. Try checking youtube for atlatl videos. Ron
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.............Pat.I have seen it referred to and spelled both ways. Maybe your spellin' is the most accepted. Yes I agree, most state officials would not even know what they are. Amazin' huh ? I know they dont know down here when asked. >:(....bob
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There was somehting about having an atlat season in PA a few years back. Never got anywhere- not alot of people knew what it was.
And I only learned to spell it atlatl 'cause that's how I saw it the first time I read it ;D
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Kegan, Just a play off your tag line. There is a guy calls hisself Atlatl Bob, who often says that man's distancing from nature and general decline began when the bow was invented. Course then I think he's over looking the fact that most of the america's megafauna became extinct shortly after atlatl toting folks arrived on the continent. I mean there went the neighborhood. ;) ;) ;) Ron
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Used one at a rendezvous this summer and of course had to build one. Sent for a book and built an atlatl and a dart. Still have to put a leather strap on it but kind of lost interest.
It's of course made of osage but think I'll stick to bows!!
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..........................They are easier ta be more accurate with ifn ya good with a spear. At least thats been my experience. And OH YEAH they kill very efficiently ! :o.bob
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Sorry ,But it's spelled ," ATLATL" ,and in Florida if the point is 7/8" wide it can be used.And here's the catch,whichever Game Officer you happen to talk to. But you can stick hogs on private property with whatever you want.
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....SORRY ole' boy seen it spelled both ways. About the catch I would not wanna have one change his mind and reach fer handcuffs ifn ya on public land. :o Game offices will tell ya its up ta the officer in that area that sees ya. Too much ambiguity here fer me ifn I was on public land. The penalty ifn it goes against ya is BIG TIME as ya know. :o Course I hunt on private land most of the time so dont apply then as ya say......bob
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Minor disagreement in how it's spelled. The real problem is pronunciation. There's at least three different pronunciations and nobody's sure which is correct. Well, I suspect there are some Nahuatl (spelling?) speakers left somewhere, but they aren't speaking up. Ron
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How did the cavemen spell it ;D
Otoe
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oogah boogah! ;D Pat
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....................Hahahaha ! ;D ;D ;D ;D...bob
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"Big stick chucker" sounds more fun than atlat anyway :)!
But then again, that could apply to some of the peoiple around here, couldn't it ????
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Well, I had some fun in my youth with an Atlatl. When I was around 15 I made a very crude atlatl and one spear, a roughly four foot hickory salping with nothing but a notch in the back and a whittled point on the front. I chucked it at just about anything (remember, I was a teenager) and had an affinity for scaring the daylights out of the squirrels on our land. There was an occasion where the stars were aligned or something and I actually managed to thump a squirrel with it and almost sent the squirrel out of the tree, but I can imagine I would never be able to hit a squirrel again in a million shots!
My main interest was the simplicity of constructing my crude setup, I probably spent two hours on the "thrower" and an hour on the "spear". In a survival situation that seemed to be a remarkably short amount of time to create a ranged weapon with a lot of power.
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I think Alabama is the only state that allows them for hunting all species of big and small game. Atlatls are fun and pretty amazing, I've thrown darts over a hundred yards before, and those suckers have amazing penetration. Don't ask me how I know, for instance, that an atlatl dart will go completely through both walls of a metal storage building or stick about 6" through the hood of a Ford 4000 tractor ;D ;D
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.............Ya know I was wonderin' what that hole in hood was ! ;D.......bob
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on youtube theres a video of a kid younger than me probably 11 or 12 and he hits a doe with one. i was looking for primitive archery hunts and found it. just type in something of the sort and you should be able to find it.
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Bob, Isn't it spelled atlatl (pronounced at-lattel). I know folks that are good enough with them to hunt with them but I don't know if most states allow them for hunting. Probably most state officials wouldn't even know what they are. ;) Pat
yes it's spelled atlat and it's commonly pronounced as you say,l but the hyper-correct pronounciation would be atl-atl; it's a maya or aztec word, i believe.
frank