Archaeologists say it s the atlatl, a simple handheld device with which 5- to 8-foot arrow-like darts are hurled at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Of course, that was thousands of years ago when woolly ...

The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

A hunter stepped back in time when he decided to take on the challenge of harvesting an alligator with a stone age weapon known as an atlatl. "I've been kind of interested my entire life," said Ryan ...

Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...

Eons before Alabama spear hunter Gene Morris first headed for the tree stand, early man hunted bison, mammoth, saber-toothed tigers and other big game with blades and shafts. But a key technological ...

When it comes to primitive hunting, Ray Madden has the granddaddy of all projectile weapons in his arsenal. Madden, 74, already holds the distinction of being the first Missourian to kill a squirrel ...

Throwing the primitive dart from his self-carved atlatl, Jerry Nevins gains great satisfaction from using the tools he has made. Since growing up in the remote Mid-Missouri woods, Nevins has been fond ...

Should a mammoth or any other prehistoric or imaginary creature wander into the Fromm's backyard in Great Falls, Nolan, 10, and Aidan, 7, are ready. The boys have been practicing with their atlatls n ...

WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...