Rock Throwing?
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ChadTower
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Where do you live that kids can't find rocks?
Pathfinder1
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Hi...
I have rocks...we farm them...:tinysmile_hmm_t:
I have rocks...we farm them...:tinysmile_hmm_t:
ChadTower
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It has long been said that the best farm crop in NH every single year is granite chunks.
Cappy
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I never was a rock chunker, but as far back as I can remember I was a sling shoter.:tinysmile_shy_t: I have killed rabbits, squirrels birds, ducks and countless number of tin cans:tinysmile_tongue_t: with a sling shot.
CozInCowtown
Moderator
Just make sure the rocks are registered with the Federal Gubberment and are not considered "assault" rocks!!
Remember, these are dangerous weapons and should only be handled by highly trained professionals.
I bet you didn't realize the first recorded murder was committed with an assault rock with a silencer!!
DC
Remember, these are dangerous weapons and should only be handled by highly trained professionals.
I bet you didn't realize the first recorded murder was committed with an assault rock with a silencer!!
DC
I also live in New England.
ponderosa
Active Member
If you've a shortage of rocks, I invite you to come haul them out of my garden. Please. Take all you want; there will still be plenty for my kiddos I'm sure.
On a serious note, the maddest I've ever seen my dad was when some bozos were rolling big rocks downhill...when we were hiking on switchbacks a couple hundred feet below them. When our shouts didn't stop them, he made tracks up that mountainside faster than a mountain goat could have, and I'm quite sure those people never rolled a rock down a hill again. My grandma once happened upon an accident and provided first aid to a kid about 14 miles from the nearest dirt road. He had been hit in the head by a rock rolled from above by another kid in his scout troop. He died, and she got to hike out to find a ranger/deputy. So have fun chucking your rocks, but don't be stupid about it.
On a serious note, the maddest I've ever seen my dad was when some bozos were rolling big rocks downhill...when we were hiking on switchbacks a couple hundred feet below them. When our shouts didn't stop them, he made tracks up that mountainside faster than a mountain goat could have, and I'm quite sure those people never rolled a rock down a hill again. My grandma once happened upon an accident and provided first aid to a kid about 14 miles from the nearest dirt road. He had been hit in the head by a rock rolled from above by another kid in his scout troop. He died, and she got to hike out to find a ranger/deputy. So have fun chucking your rocks, but don't be stupid about it.
ChadTower
Active Member
Yep, where I'm from, we chuck rocks at the water. Pretty easy to see there is nobody out there.
ponderosa
Active Member
I had a lot of fun last summer teaching my 5 year old to skip rocks across a smooth lake.
Every kid should have the opportunity to skip rocks on the water and every kid should be taught the dangers of rolling big rocks off the mountains. This is a common practice in the high sage mountains of the west during hunting season. The deer like to hide up in the sage and a rolling rock sometimes gets them up. That being said, I also had a big boulder just miss me and the culprits still turn red when they see me and 45 years later, they still apologize. Very dangerous when you can't see whats below and pointless because you also can't see the deer if any are there.
Hikenhunter
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Never killed nothing living when chucking rocks but I could bust soda bottles, jars,cans and anything else I could find at the local dump. I can still do a 5 skipper on open water, sometimes.
Hikenhunter
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:tinysmile_fatgrin_t I still shoot cans and stuff with my sling shot cept my sling shot these days is a real modern thing that uses medical tubing instead of innertubing and has a frame made of steel rod.:tinysmile_hmm_t:
ChadTower
Active Member
5? Keep working on it! People around here can do 5 on the ocean. 10-15 on flat water. :first:
Hikenhunter
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:tinysmile_hmm_t:I'm talking 5 with like a foot or more between 'em. Those little skippers that make 10 to 15 ripples are just accidents around here.:tinysmile_fatgrin_t
briansnat
Platnium Member
No rocks? You obviously don't live in northern NJ
EmberMike
Member
Seriously.
If anyone has a shortage of rocks in their area, you are welcome to come over my place and take as many rocks out of my backyard as you like. No charge.
ppine
Forester
Gondor,
Thanks for metioning this topic. We were all baseball players and threw rocks for hours. I still love to skip rocks but the right shoulder is kind of crunchy. The best skipping rocks are formed in shale beds or oyster shells are also very good also. As an adult I have enjoyed throwing rocks off the top of mountains at targets very far, as in 500 yards away. Great fun.
I used to work with a guy on the Navajo Res. One of his favorite sports was what he called "trundling." He liked to loosen really big rocks with a crowbar and knock them off cliffs. He was a nut but lots of fun. He knew where all the best stuff was located like dinosaur tracks and Anasazi artifacts.
Thanks for metioning this topic. We were all baseball players and threw rocks for hours. I still love to skip rocks but the right shoulder is kind of crunchy. The best skipping rocks are formed in shale beds or oyster shells are also very good also. As an adult I have enjoyed throwing rocks off the top of mountains at targets very far, as in 500 yards away. Great fun.
I used to work with a guy on the Navajo Res. One of his favorite sports was what he called "trundling." He liked to loosen really big rocks with a crowbar and knock them off cliffs. He was a nut but lots of fun. He knew where all the best stuff was located like dinosaur tracks and Anasazi artifacts.