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Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 1:38am

I was tuning up my trusty steed this evening, and I had an insane idea. So I grabbed my atlatl and a handful of darts, and . . . .

Keep in mind this is my first time trying this, the horse's first time, and the wife's first time using the video camera, and my first time sticking anything up on YouTube. Apologies for the bad acting, lousy dialogue, background noise, huge file size, and any extraneous horse poop. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever been done. At least for the last 30,000 years or so.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hIxJnJMl6YM&hl

This second video is with a different throw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf9IlHsQJ2s

In all honesty, my accuracy isn't much worse moving on the horse than it is standing on the ground. Embarrassed

It was kind of fun for a screwball experiment.

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 2:19am this is funny, i was just thinking about this today! glad we're on the same wavelength. great vid, kjev. you may just be the first mounted atlatlist ever! keep it up.
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 6:16am Great vid, K'jev! I agree with paleoarts that you are probably the first mounted atlatlist ever.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 8:20am 30,000 years ago horses were atlatl targets. By the time people had figured out how to ride them instead of eating them, the bow had already replaced the atlatl.
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Eoraptor Funditor Offline Aim small, miss small. Posts: 936 Great Lakes Region (USA) Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 11:58am Wicked. Next step, atl atl on a dogsled
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 12:09pm Eoraptor wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 11:58am: Next step, atl atl on a dogsled Well, we know someone with huskies...
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Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Reply #6 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:18pm

Kjev, not to complain, bot could you make another video, but with the horse in full gallop Wink

I guess a lot of us slingers would want (and really need) that target you use, it got a decent size. Is it an enormous pile of hay bales?

My single attempt at making an atlatl failed miserably, I am doomed to remain a slinger for now Sad

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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #7 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:28pm what a good idea and great vids! i need a target that big too..
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Knaight Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Tennis Balls! Posts: 1237 Colorado Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #8 - Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 8:42pm I like this. Have you tried mounted slinging yet?
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #9 - Aug 23^rd, 2009 at 4:12am timann wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:18pm: My single attempt at making an atlatl failed miserably, I am doomed to remain a slinger for now What was wrong with it? Post pics of the atlatl and the dart, and we will diagnose the problem
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Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Reply #10 - Aug 23^rd, 2009 at 4:34am

Well, it was not a wery seryous attempt, either. I just found this piece of wood that seemed promising, but it had a wrong sideway bend, and it ended as an rabbit stick anyway. My dart was simply an hazel sapling, and was thrown away, javelin style.
So the diagnose is simply lazyness, and lack of applying myself

Oddly, I think the Norwegian atlatl community is even smaller than the slinging community, wich appear to be basically #me#.
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Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Reply #11 - Aug 23^rd, 2009 at 2:29pm

timann wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:18pm:

Kjev, not to complain, bot could you make another video, but with the horse in full gallop Wink

Not yet, for a couple of reasons. First, he's not entirely broke (trained). He tends to have panic attacks for no apparent reason. Darts+atlatl+1,500-pound panic attack= Not something I want to experience. HOWEVER, I intend to keep after this, and work him into doing it on the run.

But yesterday I took him on a long ride in the hills, over really rough ground. He's pretty out of shape, and so sore now he can hardly move.

timann wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:18pm:

I guess a lot of us slingers would want (and really need) that target you use, it got a decent size. Is it an enormous pile of hay bales?

It is. It's half my first crop (the guys who cut and bale it get the other half)

timann wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 4:18pm:

My single attempt at making an atlatl failed miserably, I am doomed to remain a slinger for now Sad

My first one was awful, but I didn't know any better. It was only after I built it and saw some real ones that I could see how bad I did. I broke the next 3 or 4, and finally around 7-9, I came up with some that were halfway decent. It takes practice.

Knaight wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 8:42pm:

I like this. Have you tried mounted slinging yet?

Not yet. Over the years I have done bolos, ropes, bullwhips, shooting (not on this horse, though), bow and arrows (if you count a 20 lb recurve and willow switch arrows), and as kids, we used to race around and beat on each other with wooden swords. I'm a horrible slinger, so I'm still learning how to do it on the ground. Although mounted slinging sounds fun!

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing Reply #12 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 4:18pm kjev, have you posted this over on paleoplanet yet? i'm sure everyone on the atlatl forum would love to see it.
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Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Reply #13 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 11:57pm

Paleoarts wrote on Aug 29^th, 2009 at 4:18pm:

kjev, have you posted this over on paleoplanet yet? i'm sure everyone on the atlatl forum would love to see it.

I'd love to, but Paleoplanets' #*($%%!!! Angry

Yuku/Yucky/Whatever the Angry

it is forum let me register, but won't let me post anything. I'd be happy to, if they'd let me in. I plan on doing it again (faster) on a different horse (this one's still out of commission). I'm also trying to convince my wife to let me spray paint the outline of a wooly mammoth (or maybe an auroch would be more appropriate) on the side of the haystack for a target.

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Re: Mounted Atlatl Throwing
Reply #14 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 12:40pm

that would be awesome

as far as yuku, for pictures you have to download them into an album first on your yuku profile then you can copy and paste from there onto a posting. just go to your profile and click on the 'images' icon and go from there. it's also good to resize your pics first. for video, just post them on youtube and then copy the link to your paleoplanet post.

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