I Make Spear!
So apparently the ruling body has decided a harpoon is off limits. This comes as a surprise to me because I’m been talking about killing one of the little buggers Moby Dick style for quite some time. Well apparently I don’t get a choice in the matter, I just get a faceless message from the great beyond, sent by burning bush no less, giving me their decree. There is no appeal.
With this in mind I decided that I still needed a spear of some sort, so being the resourceful chap that I am, I decided to make one.
So I started with a semi straight (or best that I could manage) tree limb:
There’s a bunch of branches in the way of my squirrel killing machine, so it’s time to trim, chop and shape:
You can see that my buddy, “The Basher” helped out on this one. I used a method of chopping at one angle then the other. It really does work! Thanks to ESPN 8, the Ocho and Timbersports for that handy little tip.
Onward to the most important part of the spear, the tip:
One of the reasons I chose this baby was for its dual pointed head. I figured if I actually did manage to lodge it into some critters side (not likely), then two points were going to better at knocking it out. Either way its pretty badass, in that Lord of the Flies kinda way.
So I sat around shaping it for an hour or two, trying to get a good tip. It was a lot more work than I expected, but I have time on my hands.
After 2 hours, a dull knife and only one cut hand, I finally had a finished product:
While it may not look like much, it’s sharp and will do the trick. Maybe tomorrow i’ll smooth out the rest of it. In the meantime I call it “Squirrelbane.”
Come on, what else what I going to name it?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Anthony, This is your Godmother again, is it safe to eat a Squirel?????