Throwing Boomerangs with Aborigines

At Rainforest Station in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Aborigines demonstrate proper boomerang throwing techniques.

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[HardHouseMusic4Me]

@turuanu I'm guessing it's not supposed to return if it hits the target. Just handy for it to come back if you miss. Total guess though.

[MrSuspiciousPerson]

Aussies are the rednecks of their English cousins.

[MrSuspiciousPerson]

@MrPaddyR Yeah, but nowadays they have mixed breeds, so you see a lot of random mixtures. Sometimes even Luxembourgian, Polish, or even dutch in there. NIPPLES!

[MrPaddyR]

@MrSuspiciousPerson Mostly English I should think though, being we colonised it first. Then sent the Irish and Scots over to the North and the war came and made them American. Thankfully the Canuck's are still loyal ;D

[iwillavengeyou]

holy shit!!! he just took a bird out of the skY with w boomeranG!!!!

[MrSuspiciousPerson]

@MrPaddyR Some are German, some are irish, some are english, etc. most are a mix between a lot of different European bloodlines

[MrPaddyR]

@MrSuspiciousPerson American rednecks are most likely English as well -_-

[MrSuspiciousPerson]

@snowman9five I didn't say "Aussies are the rednecks of Australia"... I said: "Aussies are the rednecks of their English cousins."

[snowman9five]

@MrSuspiciousPerson no tasmanians are the rednecks of australia

[jamiepapalardi]

Did he ever catch a boomerang? Do i need to employ an oborigine to throw a boomerang? This flying thing is Boomerang or Bull!merang?

[07millertravis]

That Aborigine must hunt a lot more then his friends haha.

[Culturealimprovement]

Did he actually knock birds out of the air at 02:00

[DanOlooney]

u hurt my feeling

[irishgodfatherchris]

@turuanu hunting boomerangs don't come back to the hunter the whole idea is to essentially throw what is a club at the animal with the intention of bludgeoning it or you're hunting something large (like a wallaby or kangaroo) to break its neck

[invertedjokerr]

@turuanu they hunt for birds. wouldn't you much rather eat bird than have a piece of wood that you have plenty of resource in when living in the rain forest?

[turuanu]

I understand as a sport, where it's just thrown in the air, but how can the boomerang hit the prey and come back to the hunter?

[NickMercurio]

I'm going bird hunting today

[mokus603]

Great video!

Add more tags like boomerang throwing, etc.

[muddog1561]

I would like to learn to make these things. Cool vid.

[KhmerSerey1]

Thanks for the introduction mate !!!

[melvin332]

Thats right... a sport-boomerang is supposed to come back but not these weapons for hunting...you can see me throwing a sport boomerang on my profile i.u.w.

[AcomsRazor1776]

Getting a boomerang to come back into your hand is more a matter of skill and technique rather than design. I have seen it done, but when it is done in that fashion it is more to impress tourists than anything.

[Posoloaca]

the boomerangs are not made to come back right in to your hand...they are good because they don`t go far away from you and because they needed a weapon that can fool the bats they were hunting and also the birds :)

[herzpitt]

footrope1, boomerangs returns yes.

I make and throw and all returns to me