Does anybody have a good pattern/ information for rabbit sticks?
All feedback will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Kindly,
buck

Oh! . . . Sorry! . . . Thought you were talkin' to me . . .

I've got so many new names, now, y'know . . . .

Rabbiteatin'sticks

Maybe I shoulda asked about squirel STICKS!
That would have gotten some discussion going!

buck

Buck! A rabbit stick is just that,a stick you throw at a rabbit.Pick one up off the ground,test it for weight,lenght and try it by throwing it a few times,if it works for you your in business.I read where the woman of the villages used them to get rabbits and other small animals for food.If you have someone playing off key on a fiddle and you throw it at them,well that's a whole different stick now!!!!!!!See you on the otherside,shinning times are coming.

Buck-I've got some info in a pile of stuff-It deals with mostly Navajo sticks...both "rabbit" sticks and the larger war club...basically, it's a curved stick similar to a boomerang-can be thrown a variety of ways, side arm seems to be fairly common...I've been looking at some scrub oak to build one myself..Have used atl-atls and bolas with some success on small game..if you ever get down to the Durango area, give me a shout,Mitch

I am going to a knap-in at the end of the month. Part of the festivities include rabbit stick blanket throws. It is stated that only traditional sticks will be allowed. No composites or plywood. This lead me to beleive that there was a common pattern to them. It is also stated in the rules that you must bring you're own "stick" to throw no borrowing. Another reason i was looking for a pattern. My plan now is to go/watch and come back with some measurements for next year. I will also try my hand at throwing/ just not in competition.

The true reason for going is to participate in the flint knapping. I went last year and had a grand time. Name of the Doins is ELK MOUNTAIN KNAP IN and primitive skills camp if any are intrested in looking for details. I am sure a google search will produce results.


Mitch,
I do not get to that part of the state much, but as my intrests grow in the hobby and related activities, I am sure I will run into you!

Thanks Kindly,
buck

Buck-just looked briefly at the elkmtn website/pics-if you look at the codger and curmugdeon page, top of page middle photo, that guy with the Scots bonnet is holding some "rabbit sticks"...Mitch

Buck, iffen you can find a copy of a out of print book called "A Sporting Chance" by Dan Mannix, he has a whole chapter on boomerrangs,which are basically the same thing...(and also chapters on archery, and crossbows and lots of other stuff..)

Well I finished a throwin stick. All them little creatures in the neighborhood is plane scared. I've been wavein it around and around and sing'en

MY BOOMERANG WONT COME BACK!!....

MY BOOMERANG WONT COME BACK!!....
I'VE BEEN WAVEN IT AROUND TILL IWAS BLUE IN THE FACE....
MY BOOMERANG WONT COME BACK..

My wife wont come back either till I promise to stop singing! Says I sound like a bull frog. Well in my opinion them bullfrogs sure can belt out a tune!

What do you call a boomerang that wont come back??

A STICK
HAW HAW HAW!

now don't you worry! Them pesky cats that get into my garbage wont be getten any slivers with my throwen stick! My aim is just plain BAD!

That's why I've taken up the singen!
HUZZAH!
Everybody now Myyyyyyyyyyy Boomerang....


hee hee hee

unclebuck

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MY BOOMER....man I can't get that tune outa my head now...dang you Buck!!!!

I just checked out the Elk Mountain site using Mitch's directions. I noticed the guy right about in the middle of the 'Curmudgeons' page holding that rather large 'axe' looking thing thrown over his shoulder. I believe that might be a rabbit stick as well...for some of those giant Jack Rabbits. You know, the ones that breed with Prong Horns to make Jack-A-Lopes.

Good throwing with you rabbit stick Buck. Keep us informed of your adventure.

L8R...Ken

You know before you hawk a stick at a game animal and successfully harvest it..., you might check the local game regs. Sounds a bit odd, but some states get right upset about taking game using an "unapproved" method. Like the guy who took the rat traps out that he'd modified with a wire lanyard so he could tie them onto a tree limb, then baited them with peanut butter in hopes of quietly getting a few squirrels while hunting deer. Well he got the squirrels alright, but they ain't listed on the "fur bearers" list of animals in his state legal for taking by traps. OOOPS (Hefty fine)

LD

Good point Dave...perhaps Deercop will give us some input from his neck of the desert..I've "hunted" prairie dogs(varmits!!)with an atl-atl,bolas,bow and throwing stick..throwing stick scored one, bow scored two..it ain't as easy as it would seem!! Hadn't thought of the legalities-I do remember a fellow in Arkansas that was fined for spearing a deer(he did kill it)from a tree stand-considered an illegal weapon...but you can hunt hogs with dang near anything..I'm going to check with Colorado DOW about hunting with primitive gear..

Yep it's like noodling a catfish..., it's only legal in four states, but after it was seen on PBS, lots of fellers got nailed in their states for tryin' it near their homes.

LD

Shoot Dave ,looks like we gotta connection,them boys ,stickin there arms down a catfishes throat ,was somethin Wooo haaa..
Not seen catfish up her that size,hardly get three fingers in(nother topic ).
No matter that,was mentioned here atlatls,them are somethin to throw catchin ain't much fun.They do go some far and ya kin git quite good at em too as far as accuracy,my friend plays with em,he's quite good.
From seein him throw a deer wouldna be a problem ,similar to bow ranges,only a lot more ooomph.
Pepete

never heard of a rabbit stick before,is it legal to put a nail in the front end???
I did kill a deer with a hammer once though,had a preety good ride afore she finally give up.

Walking Crow,
I am all but positive that Fiddlesticks missed your joke. You shouldn't have to be any more direct than yuo were. Maybe if we could get 'sticks to re-read your message...
Sparks

I seen it but it left me speechless . . . his'n is a'comin', though . . . some day . . .

Mum'sticks

Weeeellll!
Am I glad I kept on reading before shooting off my big mouth! I thought you were talking about a smaller version of cross sticks to rest your flinter on whilst firing at a rabbit. I know you don't need one if you're shooting a smoothbore loaded with shot. But if you were shooting one of them tiny .30 calibers you might want to lay down and take careful aim over miniature cross sticks, hhuuuummmmmnnn!
Oh! but then you were talking about a THROWING stick. Ouch, my aching elbow.
volatpluvia

I may be off point here, as far as the stick I am going to talk about being PC...I hope the means Period Correct....I read once in Backwoods Mag. about a rabbit stick used in the South by poor folks...I was a straight stick ...I guess as long as wanted...then a steel nut(very large) screwed to the top of it for weight.....it was thrown at the rabbit. I guess a rock on the stick would work if you could attach it well enough.

Pat Hillock