Hunt Primative !

[Bullheadtee]

Huntprimative is a YouTube channel dedicated to research and producing educational videos about primitive hunting lithics manufacture and game processing. using primitive stone lithics from taking bison with an atalatl to whitetail with a primitive bow and arrow realy cool !

[MondoLithic]

Thanks for the suggested viewing.

I like that he uses a rigid atlatl unlike the recommendations for flexible ones in some Primitive Tech books. They usually state that flexible ones will throw the darts farther, which I believe is often repeated mistaken information.

Sure wish I lived in PA where you can hunt with atlatls and stone tipped arrows.

[ApacheNDN]

From what I've read, the flex and energy comes from the spear. Time lapse photography shows the spear being bent momentarily before it explodes off the end of the Atl-Atl. Supposedly this was observed by ancient man at some point and the energy from the bending wood was switched over to the bow.

[MondoLithic]

These atlatl researchers have some Slow Mo videos of the dart releases, under resources.

https://basketmakeratlatl.com/

Thanks for your atlatl comments.

[sailorjoe]

Thanks for the tip about the You Tube channel. We use to have a regular member who made and used primitive tools. I forgot his named but I think he lived in one of the northeastern states.

[OnewiththewilD]

The guys name is Ryan Gill, really cool guy, really intelligent when it comes to this stuff. He just put out a really comprehensive book on primitive hunting, ive got to grab myself a copy as soon as i can! I follow him on Instagram too. I highly recommend anything by him

[SDhunter]

Good seeing you Jay

[Bullheadtee]

I made a dart out of green briar one time about 6' long worked great flexible and tough hard to find a section. long enough but great material for darts !!!!

[SDhunter]

Thanks for the information