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Vermont Atlatl Happenings!

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This is the weekend to be in Vermont!

There will be atlatl competitions on June 14 at the North Country Sportsman Club – Williston, Vermont from 11 am – 3 pm Featured will be ISAC, IASAC, locals, Team Atlatl and Individual Qualifiers. Fully insured and sponsored by NYAA, Inc.Check www.shootncsc.com for an internet brochure with map and directions.
Contact Greg Maurer (802)877-2110.

Thunderbird Atlatl is working on two new instructional videos which we will post to You Tube in the next week or so. We will link to it from this website so you can find it easily.

Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl will show how to fletch a dart in one video. In the second video, Bob will describe how to make a primitive looking dart including hafting a stone point.

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Atlatl Musings

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Thunderbird Atlatl is working on two new instructional videos which we will post to You Tube in the next week or so. We will link to it from this website so you can find it easily.

Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl will show how to fletch a dart in one video. In the second video, Bob will describe how to make a primitive looking dart including hafting a stone point.

There will be a Living History Weekend June 6, 7 & 8 in Cuba, NY. This will be an atlatl, flintknapping & vendors weekend during the annual Dairy Days Festival in Cuba, New York.

There is a large area on site for RV’s & tent camping – all amenities. Featured will beISACs, IASACs, Locals, NYAA Team Atlatl League, NYAA Individual State and Hunters Animal Round Qualifiers. This is an NYAA sponsored & insured event. The event is hosted by the Genesee Valley Atlatl Assoc. & the Genesee Valley Flintknappers. For further information contact:
Atlatls – Douglas Basset at douglas.bassett@oprhp.state.ny.us Flintknappers and vendors – John Cappellini at – johncappellini@adelphia.net

There will be atlatl competitions on June 14 at the North Country Sportsman Club – Williston, Vermont from 11 am – 3 pm Featured will be ISAC, IASAC, locals, Team Atlatl and Individual Qualifiers. Fully insured and sponsored by NYAA, Inc.Check www.shootncsc.com for an internet brochure with map and directions.
Contact Greg Maurer (802)877-2110.

For those in the western part of the country, there is an event in Austin, Texas on June 8: Duncan Park, Austin, Texas ISAC Sunday 9 AM Contact roywenmo2000@yahoo.com

Not quite as far west, there is an event at the Henschels Artifact Museum, Wisconsin
Directions from Milwaukee, Hwy 43n to Green Bay, Hwy 57n Left exit #97 towards Plymouth, Left on cty.rd. J. Right on Hwy. 67, Left onto cty.rd.A. Straight onto cty.rd J, Left on Sexton Rd, Left on Holstein Rd. Follow road to parking area which will be along the left side of the road. Contact Lenny Riemersma, phone number (920)528-7454.

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Atlatls Becoming Popular with Camps & Other Youth Groups

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More and more young people are being introduced to the atlatl through camp programs, scout groups, museum and school programs.
We have definitely seen a growth in this area especially over the last few years. At Thunderbird Atlatl, we offer a wide variety of atlatls for those groups. We have found our atlatl kits very popular especially among scout groups.
We are happy to work with any groups interested in starting an atlatl program. Email us at contact@thunderbirdatlatl.com or call us at 1-800-836-4520 and we would be happy to work out a package for your group. Atlatls work well with youngsters from 5 or 6 years to teenagers.
The atlatl programs teach youth good archery safety rules and provide an enjoyable target sport that all youth can enjoy.

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Primitive Pursuits Day in Ithaca, NY

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Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl will be teaching traditional fish line and hook making at the 7th Annual Primitive Pursuits Day. He will have atlatls and darts available for those interested in the atlatl. Berg will also do a demonstration on the use of tree saps as traditional adhesives, finishes, fiber consoildants and other uses.

Primitive Pursuits Day is sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension featuring Ancestral Living Skills, Nature Awareness and Sustainable Living programs, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Road, Dryden.

The cost is $5 for youth, $8 for adults or $20 per family.

A chicken barbecue will be available at 11 a.m. for $8 per dinner or $5 for just a half chicken.

Workshops are hands-on and will run throughout the day. Workshop presenters will have information on upcoming programs as well as have primitive items for sale.

Workshops being offered are: campfire cooking and carving animal bone with Hawk Circle; dream catchers and finger weaving with Wilderness Way; traditional fish hooks and line with Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl; return of the fisher and tracking outings with Linda Spielman; native cooking with Tim Woods; and torches, bark baskets, coal burning, winter survival, awareness games, drilling stone, friction fires, spark based fire making and cattail tinder and tree identification.

Additional Programming to be announced with Camp Earth Connections.

Primitive Fire Making Competition to be held at 3:00. Bring your friction kits and enter at the sign in desk.