Wound ballistics: The prey specific implications of penetrating trauma injuries from osseous, flaked stone, and composite inset microblade projectiles during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, Alaska U.S.A. by Janice Wood and Ben Fitzhugh Journal of Archaeological Science, January 2018 Highlights •Ballistic gel results predicted wound potential of points into soft tissues of the carcass. •The inset microblade point […]
Missouri woman uses atlatl to kill a deer
By WES JOHNSON, Springfield News-Leader SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — From her spot inside her family’s 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did what ancient hunters did 20,000 years ago to put meat on the fire. Wagner used an […]
Deer Hunting Report 2012
History of Efforts to Legalize Deerhunting in Missouri
INTRODUCTION Several people have suggested that I write an account of efforts leading to the decision by the Missouri Department of Conservation to legalize the atlatl and dart for deer hunting. In preparation for writing this report, I printed and review ed over 100 emails I had either sent or received related to these efforts […]