Ducks and other waterfowls flying off from the water surface do it in one direction, so a leading throw can hit and most probably hurt the wing or neck enough to bring the fowl down. If a heavy boomerang barges into a flock of ducks, it is bound to hit one or two if thrown correctly. King Tutankhamen of Egypt used them to hunt ducks, probably throwing them at ducks rising from the water. There are many ways a non-returning boomerang may be used for hunting. They may be used against flying flocks such as bats or ducks, individual sitting birds, or perhaps smaller animals. Many non-returning boomerangs have one arm much longer than the other, so they do not fly in a circular path but are easier to aim, fly faster and are more deadly when used for maiming or killing animals.įurthermore, they can be thrown sideway when needed since they do not return.Įxceptions are special boomerangs for hunting birds that do return to the thrower after it misses its target, to be picked up for throwing again. Hunting boomerangs – aborigines call them kylies - are usually heavier as well as larger and are made a bit differently from returning boomerangs, mainly in the shape of its airfoil. However, they must have been also used for honing the individual throwing expertise and techniques, for use in hunting boomerangs. Returning boomerangs are not used for hunting because they are too light, and their flight path is difficult to predict exactly, and therefore aiming is virtually impossible. There are several kinds of boomerangs, but what we are mostly familiar with is the returning boomerang, which is, for all intents and purposes, merely a toy, a plaything for amusement (it is today a kind of sports for enthusiasts).īut there are non-returning boomerangs used for hunting, digging up roots, fire pits and sunken shelters, as musical instruments and for hand-to-hand combat, in effect like a wooden tomahawk. At least, they do not use their boomerang - as we understand the term today - as tools for hunting. Hunting with a Boomerang Hunting with a Boomerang About Australian hunting and fighting boomerangs Order pageĪustralian aboriginals do not hunt with light returning boomerangs.
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