[Billthedrill]

Well, look at it this way. We're alive right now, so that means either our ancestors were tough enough to take on mastadon with an atlatl or smart enough to let Og give it a try first.

BTW, and it's a pretty strange story, but I actually used one of these things one time. The pictures don't show the most important piece - the thong that holds it to your wrist. You really heave on one of these thingies and it gets a little hard to hold onto.

[Sam Cree]

I made a couple of atlatls for my (college age) kids for Christmas a couple years ago. We were standing in front of the house on Christmas morning trying them out, when a whitetail doe just randomly walked right in front of us, in easy range, broad daylight. Nobody took a shot, we weren't too accurate with 'em yet and didn't want to stick one in the wrong part of the deer and have it go off injured, plus lose the dart.

Anyhow, I didn't know about the thong, sounds like a good idea, should perhaps even allow for a little more torque. Maybe I'll add that feature to them, see how it works out.

But what is the strange story?