Jay Laber, an artist and teacher at Salish Kootenai College, demonstrates the use of an atlatl recently at Pablo. Laber’s own interest in the 30,000-year-old hunting technique used by his Blackfeet ...

Ancient, unusual and a tongue-twister — just a few words lawmakers are using to describe a prehistoric weapon that’s made its way onto the pages of proposed legislation at the state capitol. A ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — 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 ...

COLUMBIA — Dawn Wagner placed a pink-and-purple-feathered dart in a wooden contraption. She stretched her left arm forward, leaned her body back, and with a snap of her wrist, launched the dart into ...

An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters. The state Game Commission is drafting ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters.The state Game Commission ...

Hendershott said using the atlatl is a way to connect with one’s ancestors since the tool was once widely used. It’s an acquired skill. which comes with a sense of accomplishment once a person learns ...

Johnny Williams of De Soto, Missouri, downed a doe using an atlatl, a spear-launcher used in prehistoric times. Missouri Department of Conservation officials congratulated the hunter for his prowess ...

Mammoth hunting in Montana is not for the faint of heart. This past weekend, with temperatures hovering at 100 degrees, about two dozen atlatl enthusiasts from across the United States convened near ...

The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

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 ...