| It was a real privilege to meet Paul Campbell, author of Survival Skills of Native California. Paul is a recognized authority on survival and he was kind enough to teach us about rabbitsticks (also known as throwing sticks.) |
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Part of Paul's collection of rabbitsticks. |
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This was my first time meeting Paul Campbell. A real genuine person. A side note: After looking over his book I told Dude that it was very impressive and Dude said "If I had written that book, you wouldn't be allowed to talk to me." That's Dude-speak for "Yeah, nice book." (I think Dude would still let me talk to him, though he might not feel compelled to respond.) |
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Paul discusses the construction of a rabbitstick. Short version: split a curved stick in half and taper the top side of each to resemble an airplane wing. A rabbitstick is not intended to return like a boomerang, but to skim over the ground close to the surface. |
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Rabbitsticks come in all shapes... |
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...and sizes. |
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"Now that's a stick!" |
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The wise elder (Dude McLean) attempts to kill a stuffed toy rabbit. I was the worst at throwing! If you weren't directly behind me, then you were in danger of being hit. I thought I heard the toy rabbit snicker. |
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Vec's daughter shows me how it's done. |
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Brian aka Longrifle. |
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