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What was the risk of getting mauled while doing this?

• makmanalp 14y ago
  The majority of edible animals are not big game (by nature of the food pyramid), and a even a decent chunk of big game are not predators of humans. Plus, it's easy to overwhelm them if you have more than one person. I've never hunted before, but I can't imagine at all that it's a fair fight. Humans have been known to trap them, net them, flank them, shoot them at a distance, lure them, corner them, smoke them out etc. etc. None of which requires a whiteboard, drafting paper or a calculator. Are you really going to argue that any human with any semblance of intelligence (and I don't mean deep thought here) would have to risk mauling to hunt for subsistence?
  • GFKjunior 14y ago
    Your post specifically said SPEAR hunting. You do not hunt small game with a spear. Trapping is usually the most effective way of getting meat in the wild. Off topic but some of the best traps are large modern mouse-traps. Just make sure to drill a hole and tie it to a tree with a strong rope so the animal doesn't pull it away. Set it, and you will almost certainly capture a small mammal within a day.
    • Someone 14y ago
      He might have edited it, but I read "spear hunted fish", not "spear hunted". That does not look dangerous on TV.
    • drumdance 14y ago
      Makes me wonder: when did trapping start? 5,000 years ago? 20,000?
      • Retric 14y ago
        Probably closer to 200,000+. Fishing net's are at least 80,000 years old.
  • saraid216 14y ago
    > Are you really going to argue that any human with any semblance of intelligence (and I don't mean deep thought here) would have to risk mauling to hunt for subsistence? That's why we invented farming, dear.