Jeffrey & Ryerson 3rd-Graders Try Their Hand At Mastodon Hunting

MADISON, CT — Employing prehistoric methods, Madison third-graders hunted mastodon with a little help from local Indy Jones Gary Nolf.

On the Madison Public Schools website read all about the visit from Nolf, the aspirant archeologist and "local gem," where he gave an atlatl demonstration to the third-grade Jeffrey and Ryerson Elementary community.

The atlatl, a spear with hooked end that attaches to a separate spear shaft, is a hunting tool from at least 17,000 years ago. In the demonstration, Nolf uses a cardboard mastodon as a target.

Nolf was the Glastonbury school district's director of special education for more than 33 years.

Read the full story from Madison Public Schools here.

Nolf makes presentations at the Meigs Point Nature Center in Hammonasset Beach State Park, including the prehistoric hunting method.