Ancient, unusual and a tongue-twister — just a few words lawmakers are using to describe a prehistoric weapon that’s made its way onto the pages of proposed legislation at the state capitol. A ...

Dawn Wagner from Lincoln County is the first woman in modern times to harvest a deer using an atlatl in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation legalized the ancient hunting method in 2009, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DeSOTO, MO — The Missouri Department of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEFIANCE, MO (KTVI) – A Missouri hunter took ...

From her spot inside her family's 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did what ancient hunters did 20 ...

As a registered member of the Blackfeet Tribe - which acknowledges atlatl hunting as a traditional fair-chase means of hunting - he has also hunted and killed deer with an atlatl on the Blackfeet ...

The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

Johnny Williams of De Soto, Missouri, downed a doe using an atlatl, a spear-launcher used in prehistoric times. Missouri Department of Conservation officials congratulated the hunter for his prowess ...

Archaeologists say it s the atlatl, a simple handheld device with which 5- to 8-foot arrow-like darts are hurled at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Of course, that was thousands of years ago when woolly ...