Well, Jess, Hmmmmm
could be a twitch, but the handle seems a little longer than I've seen before but maybe it's a Texas Twitch ya'all do everything bigger down there
, could be an ax handle, hell could be the handle of a reaper or a darn night stick..... Well Frack!
Hmmmmm......
I dunno, I'm going with the ax handle
looks just like the handle of my Daddy's pick ax when you slip the head off.
addendum: Bob just looked at it and pointed out that the hole and rope are on the WRONG-End to be an ax handle...nice going Dottie...Shhheeeessshhh...Maybe it is a big ol Texas Twitch.....that's OK ax handle's my guess and I'm sticking with it.