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    612-822-4611

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Archery, Projectiles, and Canoeing: Secrets of the Forest

Archery, Projectiles, and Canoeing: Secrets of the Forest

Warren, Mark

Paperback

Hiking & ClimbingBotany & HorticultureGeneral Nature

ISBN10: 149304561X
ISBN13: 9781493045617
Publisher: Lyons Pr
Published: Nov 1 2020
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.40 Depth: 10.90
Language: English

In this fourth volume of the Secrets of the Forestseries, outdoor educator Mark Warren describes the details of how to make and operate the tools that hurl projectiles toward a target including:


- firing techniques of a sling, spear, atl-atl, bow and arrow, throwing knife, tomahawk, and blowgun.

- a comprehensive lesson in the art of archery that includes the direct, lob, and clout shots, as well as shooting at a moving target.

- primitive precision methods of creating your own Cherokee self-bow and rivercane arrows.

- cementing projectile skills through a gamut of games and challenges.

The second half of the book provides lessons on tandem canoeing, beginning on a lake or pond and evolving to whitewater. The pre-education of paddling starts on a creek with a self-made model boat to understand the dynamics of moving water. On the lake, using a full-sized canoe, paddlers learn how to take control of their craft. Once on current, paddlers are introduced to the never-relenting march of moving water, a phenomenon that must figure into every river maneuver, from planning routes by reading the water, eddy turns, lateral ferry maneuvers, peel-outs, hovering in place, and running rapids dry, to river-rescue of capsized boats and swimmers, and the joy and instruction of slalom. This volume contains more than two hundred original adventures.

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