This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the Straw badge in
Traditional Skills.
People have thrown sticks at prey for millennia. Let's try to make an atlatl!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make an atlatl
- Including the thrower
- Fletched arrow body
- Replaceable arrow end
- The arrowhead doesn't need to be made for this BB
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The materials you're starting with
- Thrower under construction
- Arrow pieces under construction
- Finished weapon
- Video of hitting a target at 30'
- 3' diameter or smaller
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