I was looking over some pictures and have seen folks throwing all sort of things.
Through much experimentation and practice over the last 4 or 5 months, I think I have perfected my personal technique for throwing a rabbit stick. (sorry no pics)
My stick is made of red tip bushes.. mine are severely overgrown at about 30 feet high. My rabbit stick is about as long as my arm, almost long enough for walking stick. It's about 2" on the big end and I guess it weighs about 3 lbs.
I stand at approximately 45 degrees to my target, holding it in my right hand, left foot forward. I let the stick lay across my back, sort of, letting the end rest on my shoulders.
backspin and point at target with left hand, then let her rip. the twisting action and the arm radius extension really seems to put good spin on it.
That's about all I can say for throwing the stick and it'll probably work differently for anyone else, I just found what works for me.
The real question here is about other things. Things like hatchets, knives, hawks.. whatever you happen to have handy that you can use to procure a meal. Suppose you were out chopping a little wood or whatever other scenario you want to place yourself in. Most of us carry knives, What are the proper techniques for throwing these objects.
I don't know for sure, but I think Mel does a bit of hawk chucking, and I believe I read that a couple other guys here throw knives. I'm wanting to learn about these throwing techniques and keep the information on this board. I like having all my info in one place, don't you?
Things I've tried to throw with little or no success are knives, stars, axes, hatchets, and improvised umm... projectiles lol. I do okay with water balloons but they don't really get you any meat.. i'm thinking of stepping up to hand grenades, but apparently you need a license to buy that sort of thing so.. I'm asking for someone to tell us how to throw hawks and knives and perhaps try to translate that into hatchets, machetes, and knives... things we will likely have with us in the woods besides just a stick.
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