Throwing Sticks For Wilderness Survival - Part 1

[s8jljohnson]

thanks, this video was really informative. i was clueless how to make a big stick into a small stick and throw it

[USMCmazac]

haha he said crotch!

[brandoncheese1]

dumb



[BiggerRecordsUs]

Thanks to this vid I knocked out a possum (for home prortection*) a while back. Keep up the good work.

[The831sider]

Above fire roasting is not as effective as coal cooking.

[cory18011801]

Finally a cool survival guy.

[shawtyshawts]

@ChromeDome, if you choose to throw a hatchet at small game, you would first need to be accustomed to the rotation of the hatchet head, with a throwing stick, you need not worry about which end hits your target.

[joeyismyname221]

i dig the sandals!

[samuelbaik89]

i am going to set it in this crotch

[hypnos315]

Would this take down my mother-in-law?

[Sheik06]

What's the smalles't lenght that a throwing stick can have to be effective?

[munchchewy0]

@darrinkelly14 first you chop off the head. Then you make a slit from its rump all the way up the belly and to the neck. you then, start pulling the skin off, you might have to use a blade if you want to keep the skin. then you start hacking at its joints with your blade to get separate pieces. you also have to pull its guts out, heart, intestines, lungs...etc. then you put a stick through its backside and shove it through the neck area, then cook it for a while. happy eating! XD

[TheBuddahBurner]

damn nature you scary!!

[ChromeDrome]

why not just throw your hatchet at small game

[Xfrond]

@ChromeDrome its not designed for throwing its designed for chopping

[ChromeDrome]

@Xfrond

I still think it would work better (if it hits that is,and it looks cool)

[Duuze33]

@ChromeDrome Its not blackops

[finishstrongdoc]

Thank you for sharing your expertise. You are an excellent teacher, and you obviously know your skills very well. Liked you "splattervision" teaching, too. "Everything is a teacher", and you've been seein a LOT ! Peace be with you *+*+*+*

[llllXeallll]

thank you for not dropping your drawers and surprising me lol

[survivethis101]

you could use it as a club

[survivethis101]

you could use it as a club before u put on the point

[micmoable]

I've used this leverage action to break firewood--it works on smaller diametered wood such as dead wood but it is useless on green wood

[CanadianReich]

now your family will have meat on the table, and squirl fur jammies to keep warm!

[REDSOXNYG]

you should have used the same technique on the remainder of the sapling and sized the rest of that deadwood as firewood, use the whole sapling

[morelandjames]

lets all go paul bunyan on some mother fuckers : )

[morelandjames]

besides id take out the axe because id rather have an axe than a throwing stick in my opinion i could kill bears with an axe but a throwing stick would limit me to flippin beaver hunting although fun id rather eat a large meal than a ton of small ones plus axes will help with shelter building fire wood making fishing impliments and what not a throwing stick would only help me hunt small game and fish maybe if i could figure out how to see fishes through water jk but seriously break out the axe

[laxfreak2828]

@morelandjames but what if you dont have one with you..

[morelandjames]

this could of been a two minute video without all the things you said about crotches

[rudyschalk]

would never thougth of this by my own. Great idea. Thanks!

[cheapbeersucks]

Your parents locked you out of the house alot didn't they.

[donze52]

nice video, I like a (Y) shaped design.

throw like a boomerang, of course it don't come back but adds weight and

spin makes a wider possible hit. HOPE you keep up this info.

many will need, as the world goes into another dark ages.

donze52 films

[jmaxpaine]

shouldn't you cut the tip of the throwing stick to make it sharper?

[ripstikchild10]

can u give me a stick website for getting the right measure stick this is effective thumbs down

[ripstikchild10]

wow this is pretty effective could u make a 2,3,4,and 5

[CanItAlready]

I keep hearing "wrist-size" in bushcraft videos. Whose wrist? The wrist of the person using the tool? Or an average man's wrist?

[143yamaha]

wow. i didnt think that there was so much information on throwing a stick. u did a pretty good job tho. nice vid.

[JohnnySoprano87]

Great video. Well spoken, well explained.

[mallardhead]

great

[impavitus]

less talk and more throwing please

[magicdevil97]

haha ur puting the stick in the croch sorry i had to say that

[canuckcamper]

Great presentation again

[maxinpains]

this is the most primitive way of weapons of today & past.... & it's very not accurate. i'd rather carry a bag of base balls...

[anotheraccount420]

this is the first ever time i ever heard someone talk bout calories in a good way lol

[ravensrun3]

seriously? not a bad idea to get one and carry it with you but did it take a 7 minute clip to tell us how to break a stick? it was brittle like most branches lying around, you couldve just stepped on it and it wouldn't have burned 1000s of calories

[boomunderscore0]

This is probably a question i could have answered on my own but i just wanted to run it by an expert on the situation, i was watching another if ur videos and ur using a baton for the knife and i was wondering if you could have a stick that was used for throwing and also could be used for batoning? Like i said probably a self explanatory question but just wanted confirmation. Thanks!

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yes, absolutely... use the same stick for both. Thank you.

[s8jljohnson]

@boomunderscore0 yes, you can can have a stick that you can throw and hit shit with

[1too3fore]

snare traps use much less energy, too.

[1too3fore]

You've burning many more calories holding it and putting into the crotched tree than breaking it with a small hand hatchet.

[boomunderscore0]

Im not sure i agree with that comment 1too3fore.. using a "small" hand hatchet seems like its going to use much more calories up cuz of the repetitive chopping you need to do on the required thickness of branch. even if you used a light axe to do it you still need multiple chopping blows which just seems more energy draining in my mind

[knifecollector93]

I've been into the whole survival thing for about 2 years now. and i know for a fact that carrying the hatchet, then using the hatchet consumes more energy then snapping a branch. try preparing a survival scenario for when you get stuck going out with just jeans and a T-shirt. (okay i had jungle boots and a pocket knife too but i think 3 weeks is half decent.)

[knifecollector93]

I had to go back to house (i was practicing about 2500 meters from my house so i will know what to do in the situation) i had to go back because it was geting to be an average of around 25-32 F outside and if i got hurt? i would be shit out of luck.

[tim3jones]

Yes it works, I no...

[ogsleeps]

lol never mind i just saw your second video

[ogsleeps]

good vid. question: is there a technique to throwing the stick?

might be a stupid ? but im a city guy never been out hunting.

[kevinmcc100]

nice dude awsome idea its really usefull if i ever go to the wild or somehing

[prosperabovehaters]

nice ass

[donze52]

the more primitive you go the less the g men can control you,

donze52 films also gives some nice

tricks

[gopher0]

I'm 60 years old we called them Chunking

sticks , I have Killed i don't know how many rabbits with this as a kid

BUT I would have kept the last part

you threw away .. you need the weight

on the end

I cant argue with you .I just know how

it worked for us

good post

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Good insight! Thanks for sharing!

[drmak3r]

your videos are great man straight to my favorites, keep it on

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks! I will keep them coming!

[sraike]

Thanks Paul. Great video!

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

[Yugz13]

This is briliant.I enjoyed your Stone Blades video too.You really got some skills mate.

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[tim3jones]

Yes it work's!!!!!!!!!!

[peter2ym8]

A lesson on how to make a stick? Has this guy been watching Monty Python?

Whats the pre reading for this course...how to take a dump un-aided?

[georgevang97]

dont be mad but you talk to much

[survivalistguy]

What about the curved trowing sticks that you throw a certain way that spin when thrown? Would that be easier to use/be more effective?

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

I have heard that they can be beneficial, but I have never really experimented with them... there is a whole science behind it and a lot to be learned... please let me know if you end up making the curved version!

[survivalistguy]

My dad told me about them once. I made one, all you have to do is cut out a curved part of a branch but the one I made was not very thick wood, probably couldn't do enough damage, however maybe it could. Maybe sometime once I can do a video I will do one on the curved version.

[brandonc223]

Yes it only took a minute to make it, however the time it took to find the long, perfectly straight, hardwood branch of just the right thickness, and then find the forked tree will take quite a bit longer than you make it seem.

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah, it takes a little time but it's not too bad. I probably found that location within ten minutes and I was dilly dallying the whole way. Thank you for commenting!

[buckiemohawk]

hey you ever seen Jeremiah Johnson?

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yes... I love it!

[buckiemohawk]

It was a really good movie. I so enjoyed it.

[seahue]

Awesome lesson:) I like how you presented it; Very clear and concise.

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting!

[73mensailedoff]

Great video looking forward to part 2

5*

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks!

[CoffeeDrinker41]

Can't wait for part II .... excellent video!

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thank you!!!

[Brethrenunited]

nice idea to have that as a back up for the unexpected game that does pop up and also as a club for camp chores. I like it and now i'm off to part 2...

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks! Yep, it is super handy for all kinds of stuff.

[espia4ci]

Great job. Camera and audio are really good. Would like to see the throwing stick in action.

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah... kind of hard to time that one though! Glad you enjoyed the video...!

[fletcher0102]

nice should we sharpen both ends?

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

I like to leave them dull because it is more surface area that can make contact and carving them can waste precious calories if you are in a survival situation.

[godsend420]

and the rest of the tree is fire wood just do the same and break it down 5*

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah... I love that technique for breaking firewood!

[mohmog33]

#1....sweet! Great vid, too. 5/5

[HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks!