• Hegar
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    103 months ago

    persistence hunting was one of the main hunting strategies during a large portion of human evolution before ranged weapons were invented

    How do ranged weapons invalidate persistence hunting?

    If you’re trying to chase down an animal till it’s exhausted, I think you’d want to be throwing stuff at it to injure or at least to keep it moving.

    Also, was there a time before ranged weapons? As soon as humans have weapons we have ranged weapons because we can throw. Atlatls and slings - tools to help you throw sticks and stones - wouldn’t have been developed if we weren’t already throwing sticks and stones at things.

    • @[email protected]
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      83 months ago

      How do ranged weapons invalidate persistence hunting?

      Even with a modern bow it’s still really difficult to sneak close enough to a deer to reliably make a kill shot. You’re not going to sneak close enough to poke it with a spear and with game that size, throwing rocks is not really an option either because that wont kill it. Something like axis deer is quick enough to even dodge a modern arrow.

      The reality is that the animal will notice you and it will out-sprint you as well but it wont outrun a human on a long distance. When the animal is exhausted and no more able to run, then you can then stick your spear in it.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        23 months ago

        Even with a modern bow it’s still really difficult to sneak close enough to a deer to reliably make a kill shot.

        Which is why bow hunters typically scout ahead to determine where deer frequent, then hide and use calls and scents to get the deer to come to them.