Archaeologists say it s the atlatl, a simple handheld device with which 5- to 8-foot arrow-like darts are hurled at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Of course, that was thousands of years ago when woolly ...
A Missouri deer hunter harvested a trophy 15-point buck only four months after taking up one of hunting's most challenging methods. He used an atlatl. When Paul Gragg of Defiance, Mo., set out to bag ...
Atlatl construction has always taken advantage of local material, and the ones the novices use are no exception. They're made of PVC pipe. The darts are made of willow with metal or wooden tips and ...