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Reply #15 - Nov 6th, 2020 at 9:12am
 
Is there a minimum time that you should wait between each applying of oil?
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Reply #16 - Nov 7th, 2020 at 5:13pm
 
There's all kinds of ways to make a atlatl you want a little flex in bot your atlatl and dart and when you make your shot don't throw it as hard as you can it about finesse and following through what some of Tom Mills video if you can find them

Dart   your dart needs to be about the size of your index finger at the bottom and taper up a good bit on the nock end of the dart about 6 to 7 feet long
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Reply #17 - Nov 7th, 2020 at 5:14pm
 
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Reply #18 - Nov 9th, 2020 at 7:30am
 
That's a nice clip!
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Reply #19 - Nov 9th, 2020 at 8:01am
 
Yeah using an Atlatl is definitely more technique than effort.
I snapped in half the first Atlatl dart I threw.
I man David knows me and did not say, ‘don’t give it proper welly’.
His fault Smiley

It’s very similar to using a staff sling, definitely more about technique than power.
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Reply #20 - Nov 9th, 2020 at 7:09pm
 
Here is a deer I took with the atlatl.
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Reply #21 - Nov 9th, 2020 at 7:10pm
 
Here is a deer I took with the atlatl.
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Reply #22 - Nov 10th, 2020 at 11:14am
 
Looks like your dart stayed whole? 

Every deer and hog I have hit always broke the dart by running next to a tree.  Or between two of them.

You in Alabama, too?
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Reply #23 - Nov 10th, 2020 at 2:31pm
 
Tell us more please.
How close where you to the beast when it was slain?
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