This story is a change of pace from what you might regularly expect from me for BLADE®. Since this is the bushcraft / survival issue, the subject is a very old tool used for hunting and defense: the atlatl.
Over 20 years ago I attended a primitive skills event in Michigan where the Michigan Atlatl Association was having its annual competition. I was amazed at how accurate the people could be using an atlatl, not to mention how much energy they could generate throwing one. However, I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself. For starters I want to explain why I’m discussing atlatls in the first place.
One of the key points to remember during a survival situation is efficiency, because efficiency saves
