Questions and Opinions

A Logical Look at Atlatl Hunting It's time to take a logical look at the debate to allow atlatls as legal hunting weapons in Pennsylvania. Much has been written by people who have no idea what an atlatl is capable of and some opinion is beginning to sound a lot like fact, when it isn't even close. The atlatl may be thousands of years old, but it is in no way a primitive weapon. In fact, it is used   More...

Creating a Federation of State Atlatl Associations Sometimes when you get a big idea, it is best to share it in small pieces… so the little bits can be taken one at a time. I want this idea to be read, absorbed, digested, contemplated and discussed with the intention of assisting the atlatl community to organize, grow and fulfill every need for every member. Hopefully you and others can help me with the details. I have talked with Gary, JoAnne, Bob   More...

Not Like Throwing A Softball It’s not the same as throwing a softball! When I first started giving demonstrations with the atlatl and dart, I used to tell people that the motion of the atlatl was similar to throwing a ball… a baseball, softball or football… but with an arm extension of 20 or so inches so that you could throw harder. “It’s definitely not anything like throwing a softball,” Christy told me after her first couple of lobs…   More...

GRASSROOTS MEMBERSHIP CRUSADE Grassroots Membership Crusade and Building Organizations State-by-State Do you think that one of the key issues facing the World Atlatl Association or the International Atlatl Association is a declining or barely-holding-steady membership base? Do you think that there should be active state atlatl associations in all fifty states… and numerous smaller associations in regions of those states? Do you think that state championships should be organized, grand affairs that mean something? Over the past couple of   More...