“The State Game Commission of Pennsylvania is drafting regulations to allow hunters to use atlatls, wooden spear throwers first utilized by early man.”
I love this story. It was also picked up by NPR and used as a limerick on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” As those of us who have read the Earth’s Children books by Jean Auel know, the atlatl, or “spear thrower” was invented by Jondalar, sexy, sensitive, pouty caveman guy, in between bouts of fantastic, satisfying sex. It will be interesting to see if the PA hunting community will be as successful with the spear thrower as Jondalar and prehistoric superwoman Alya are. I’m not a big hunting person, myself, but this seems a lot more sporting than a rifle.
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