World's oldest boomerang doesn't actually come back

BBC News ^ | June 25, 2025 | Helen Briggs

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Close. Throwing Sticks (non-returning boomerangs) are for hunting small to large game. They can be accurately thrown in a straight line. The spinning of the device ensures that the tips are moving faster than the forward motion and enhance the killing power.

Australian returning boomerangs are designed and used for hunting birds. When a flock of birds are on the ground the hunter can throw the boomerang in the direction of the flock, and as the rise increase their chances of hitting one or more birds.

the objective of a returning boomerang is not getting it back, or accuracy. Rather the objective is speed and coverage of an area.

As a side with returners, smaller equals faster and a shorter loop, bigger slower and a larger loop. The loops size in the Z axis also is affected by size. The best returners (IMHO) are smaller than 16” tip to tip and asymmetrical on the arms.