Y shaped sticks

psy-ops

psy-ops

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Practicing bush craft skills, I noticed that "Y" shaped branched are very important to locate and get your hands on.

A lean-to or variant
A frying pan with aluminium foil in between the forks
A brace for hanging a pole over a fire for cooking
sling shot though that is a questionable necessity
Fishing spear with barbs

I can see why is was used a diviner, water locator, it seems to be pretty magical.

Any other uses?
 
Vertical support for Paiute deadfall. Winder for bush windlass. Snake stick. Y-shaped stick for hot dogs. Snag for removing rabbit from burrow. Rifle monopod. Bow for bow drill (adjustment feature).

chrisaloia, good thread.

Doc
 
Snake catcher, tent stake, coat hook, gaff, snare trigger, many more I can't think of now. Chris
 
they can also prop up wood for making reflectors that reflects the heat of your fire into your lean-to.
they can be made into pegs
they can be made into forks :D
they can help you pour hot water our of a bucket
" " be made into rodent skewers (i think)
" " " " " turkey traps or similar trapping devices
tiny y shaped sticks can be made into hooks for big fish
... yea thats all i can think of...
lol they are magical indeed
 
catapult , y shaped stick , bike tube rubber and leather pouch ...

this was the first thing that I thought of to do with a y shaped stick ....
 
Crutch:D. Speaking of divining, I've never believed it. Still, while working on a pipeline crew during college summers, the Supt. didn't have plans to find a line we need to expose. He took two brazing rods and divined- we dug and found the line. Was he messing with us? I'll never know.:Dss.
 
strait, i never believed the divining stuff until i learned in school that diviners have something 70% more success rate in finding under ground water than people with all the high-tech detectors. some of those stuff really works, and i've learned not to question them.
 
"Witching" for water works. My grandfather used the method for deciding where to drive a new well point when the old one got too rusted or filled with silt. His favorite rod was a switch cut from a pear tree, but I believe he said that any soft fruit wood would do. I was a kid, so kids believe and disbelieve what they will.

Later I began doing construction work. My backhoe driver was an old fart who knew more than most and had probably forgotten more than I'll ever learn. He used wire coathangers to find water lines, septic tanks and other buried utilities. He showed me how to do it and, except for the instruction to hold my mouth a certain way, I've used the method of dowsing ever since. I keep two copper rods in my service truck just for this. What can I say but that it works. Science might explain it as magnetics. I can't explain it. It locates electrical, phone and gas lines too.

Codger
 
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