Let’s see those flipping sticks

[CreekSide]

I doubt many remember Arrowheadology
But I used to have a thread about making flipping sticks. I’ve probably made at least 100 and used them for trading permissions on properties. I’ve got a few left for myself that I use for flipping sticks. I’ve been known to use tater rakes but that was before I learned how to make them. I will add some pictures later this evening. There are many types people like to use. I’ve heard of some taking broom sticks and adding a nail to one end. I prefer a discarded beaver stick that is a medium size cause they are strong enough to hold my weight. But if you have a favorite stick post it up.

 

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[dognose]

Back in the early 80s I used a golf club without the head. I liked it a lot since it could be used against a crazy animal if it came at me, but I did not care for the high shine chrome, so I put electrical tape on it to help reduce the glare.

Before that I would just use a stick off of a close tree. If long enough it doubled to help stabilize when walking across a creek when the creek was too wide to jump.

 

[antmike915]

The only one I have. It's going on year 13 now.

 

[CreekSide]

The only one I have. It's going on year 13 now.

Looks sturdy Mike

 

[CreekSide]

I’ve still have a few some finished some for the future and a couple not in this picture

 

[Older The Better]

This count as 5 or one?… I tried taping a screwdriver to a broom handle once but it fell apart quickly. after I abandoned the screwdriver and tried just the handle i picked up mud from the field and eventually I was covering things up with mud more than I was flipping them.

 

[antmike915]

Looks sturdy Mike

Got it from Walmart. I tried a few like the one I have pictured here that had 2 clamps on the side (to make it large or small) but those always broke.

 

[Peterw]

I gotta ask, what's a flipping stick used for?

 

[Tdog]

I've made many many over the years. This is the one I've used for the last decade or so. Also just made one for Donna my wife. Don't have any pics of it yet and I'll try and get some soon. Mine is beaver-gnawed poplar and hers is beaver-gnawed dogwood.

 

[newnan man]

I always carried a brick trowel. I am a bricklayer & was used to doing everything with it.

 

[pepperj]

I gotta ask, what's a flipping stick used for?

It's a flipping mystery to me also, never heard of the term before.
Googled it-got nothing but fishing rods

 

[ToddsPoint]

A flipping stick is used when arrowhead hunting to uncover flint that is barely showing in hopes of upending an arrowhead.
When I went to the lake to hunt I always grabbed a beaver stick. Then one day I had a stand off with a couple of dogs. After that I made a 6’ staff out of Osage and always use it.

 

[CreekSide]

I used my stick to flip this one out just barely saw a flash you can see the stick mark.

 

[CreekSide]

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This count as 5 or one?… I tried taping a screwdriver to a broom handle once but it fell apart quickly. after I abandoned the screwdriver and tried just the handle i picked up mud from the field and eventually I was covering things up with mud more than I was flipping them.

The sticks help with your back so you don’t have to bend over as much. I use them in creeks for support while walking. They have saved me many times from slip and fall and also from stepping in mud holes. I use them to check the bottom for hard pan while walking. Nothing worse than stepping into a mud hole and sinking waist deep or deeper. If you aren’t walking then it doesn’t matter

 

[WannaDig3687]

Nice thread. Thanks for sharing the tricks of the trade so to speak. I never heard of one either.

 

[magua]

I had never heard of that term. I’ve tripped over flipping sticks and flipping rocks while out hunting though.

Does mine qualify as a flipping stick? It’s an old secret Wakanabi “flipping stick “.

 

[CreekSide]

Nice thread. Thanks for sharing the tricks of the trade so to speak. I never heard of one either.

Stick and non slip boots/shoes are a must for creek hunting

 

[CreekSide]

I had never heard of that term. I’ve tripped over flipping sticks and flipping rocks while out hunting though.

Does mine qualify as a flipping stick? It’s an old secret Wakanabi “flipping stick “.

Looks correct to me. A handle is always nice to have

 

[CreekSide]

It's a flipping mystery to me also, never heard of the term before.
Googled it-got nothing but fishing rods

You can call them walking sticks I use mine for both but they aren’t real thick. They work great in fields to

 

[Blackfoot58]

Mine is also my mushroom hunting stick, for pushing tall grass/weeds away to improve the ground view.
It has a copper pipe fitting part way up the shaft to cover a small crack in the shaft. I use it mostly to assist me from kneeling to standing when looking at rocks. I flip with it too.