An atlatl can be constructed from any number of materials using a bit of ingenuity and patience. What's great about this survival tool is that it can be used over and over again.
If constructed properly, the same atlatl system will last you throughout your whole survival ordeal, providing food and defense over and over again. To learn how to construct and use this atlatl system, watch the video below.
Constructing an atlatl and using it with any amount of skill requires a great deal of patience and no small amount of trial and error. This is something you'll want to try before you need to rely on it. The reason is it can be very time and labor intensive, which is something you don't wish to try for the first time when you're starving for protein.
But the great thing about this system is that it has stood the test of time, and is still used by various tribesmen all over the world for their daily hunting needs. So get out there and start practicing today, because having this skill will be a serious notch in your belt once it's perfected.
Video courtesy of Discovery and the guys at Duel Survival.
easy to make to
Already made one out of things in my back yard, random turkey feathers for flights bamboo for the dart shaft and sharpened bone for the tips, and shaved a branch down for the atlatl.
Terran Messer
Great weapon just takes practice to get good with one
Brent Bush
Have one at the house.
Doesn’t really explain how to make the thrower, how to position the two together or a lot of other pertinent information.
We made these in middle school . We also went on a excavation of an Indian village.
Love the Atlatl
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I’ve made three. They are harder to use than they are to make. I am not skilled with the atlatl I am dissappint.
Good luck that$#%&!@*is an art
Takes plenty of practice
Get 2 work Taylor Scott
Lol one day
They just outlawed these for hunting in PA. not near dependable enough for a clean kill.
These are awesome but they fail to tell you the skill required to be accurate with one of these
Thomas Maier
Michael Hurst
That would be very nifty to know how to use