It has been three days since you have eaten the last can of mystery meat you had in that bug out bag of yours. You have actually resorted to chewing on twigs and grass in an attempt to quiet those hunger noises in your belly. You could try to forage for food but it's fall and anything you think you should eat has died off anyway. What do you do? Hunt! That sounds like a good idea but you don't have a gun or a bow. Not to mention it would be hard to take a deer down with that ripped up backpack /shield you've been carrying around with you. There are plenty of rabbits and squirrel around and you even have seen some birds pecking at the ground looking for their own food. Question is how do you catch them?
Practical Thing to Know #2 Hunting with a Throwing Stick
As long as man has been hunting small game the Throwing Stick has been utilized. Whether you call it a Throwing Stick, Rabbit Stick, Throwing club or Boomerang. The idea is still the same. It's easy to use and if you have been searching for kindling and fuel for your fire, it should be just as easy to find one as well.
Now the idea behind using the throwing stick is to get close enough to a small animal to be able to play a game of whack-a-mole with it. If you have ever taken a walk in your neighborhood, you have found yourself close enough to small woodland creatures to almost touch them. If you had a Throwing Stick you could do more than that.
You want your Throwing Stick to be between 12" to 24" long and for it to have a slight bend in it ,roughly 2" dia, and one end to be thicker and heavier then the other. It should be a harder type of wood. Try to stay away from soft woods like pine. A piece of wood this size should be able to generate enough force to take out small game no problem. When throwing this stick make sure to hold the lighter side and utilize an over hand side arm throwing motion. With a little practice you'll be having rabbit stew in no time.
Good luck..... You're going to need it.
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