[SJackson]

World Atlatl Association

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this Upper Midwest outdoors list, please FRmail me.

[King Moonracer]

Gee, I'd rather hunt deer with a horse and lance, or failing that, a halberd. Or chase them into a pike formation...

[Cicero]

Here's my preferred weapon:

[southernerwithanattitude]

Wow, its all I can do to kill deer with my 30.06!

[Reaganesque]

Spare deer from spears, state panel urges

Spare deer? Spare us!

[mylife]

Looks like interesting sport

[saganite]

I read about these several years ago. A guy researching their use in prehistoric societies claimed he killed an elephant with one.

[Americanexpat]

What is the difference in hunting dear with a rifle, bow or spear?

[Ciexyz]

I'm in favor of allowing PA hunters to kill deer with the atlatl. What's the big whoop -- the aim is to trim the exploding deer population so we don't have to worry about them running out in front of our cars or damaging our gardens.

[Alas Babylon!]

Alabama has a season for hunting deer with a spear. We had this fight a few years back. It's not as big a deal as it's made out to be. First of all, the left opposes it 'cause they're against all hunting. Secondly, you've got to be real good with the spear to take down an animal with one. Lastly, since rifles, shotguns, and heck, even bows are so much easier to use, most people don't use spears for hunting.

MUZZELLOADER AND BOW AND ARROW (INCLUDING CROSSBOWS) AND SPEAR -STALK HUNTING ONLY (NO DOGS), two deer per day only one of which may be an antlered buck (Two unantlered deer or one unantlered deer and one antlered deer , except Spotted Fawns). See Special Antler Restriction For Barbour County.

[rampage8]

Better a spear than the front of my car. I pass at least a half a dozen dead deer a day near my house in PA.

[saganite]

Many sources have documented the chilling effect that the atlatl had on the conquistadors who accompanied Cortez on his trek through Mexico in 1520 A.D. The Spanish felt they were the better equipped, state of the art, military machine. The height of armored splendor and firearm technology for the times. And they were in a position to show the natives just what that machine could do. But they met with a terrifying stone-age technology. In the hands of an expert the atlatl could hit a target from up to a hundred yards away. Bad enough in itself but this weapon had the ability to pierce their armor and plow right on through and into their chests, effectively pinning them inside where they could die a slow and agonizing death. Points on the six-foot-long darts were barbed so that they had to be drawn out the other side in order to be removed. You can imagine the terror these things exacted on these men. The records they left vividly told of it. But hundreds of years later atlatls were a mystery and many scholars were doubtful that the stories told by the conquistadors could be true. Those who tried to make atlatls were somewhat disappointed in the performance and the secrets of the atlatl seemed lost in the past.

http://www.onagocag.com/atlatl.html

[D.P.Roberts]

Crikey, I've been mispronouncing the thing for forty years. (Of course, that only amounts to about twice.)

[Freedom_Fighter_2001]

Use spears, guns, bazookas, baseball bats, grenades, golf clubs, arrows, spitballs...I DON'T CARE

There are too many FREEKIN deer in PA

[The Red Zone]

The problem with atlatl is like the problem with banana. You can spell it but you don't know when to stop.