For many decades the human race either indian or white have always relied on hunting big game animals. These beautiful creatures are why we are existing to this day. With out the nutrients these animals provide us we would not be able to survive in harsh conditions to this day. In the present day today i think we have lost the amount of respect our ancestors had for these animals. Some of us now just shoot to shoot way back they shot to survive and respected the animal before it was killed.
The weapons native americans used to hunt animals made it a lot harder to bring these big animals down. You have to have pretty big guts to go up against a 2000 pound angry buffalo while only using a bow and arrow or just a spear. Native americans hunted with bow and arrow, knives, tomahawks, spears, gun stock war clubs and rifles later down the road. The native americans were some of the best hunters ever known to man. They knew everything about the animal they were going after and how to kill it with out getting injured. They would stalk and watch the animals closely for hours watching there every move. The native americans would flank the animals putting them in a spot were it made them make a clean easy kill with out making the animal suffer. They would watch there prey closely learning there every move. Native americans would have giant ceremonies before going out on the hunt. They also would have ceremonies after the hunt to insure continued success in the next hunt.
The weapons native americans used to hunt animals made it a lot harder to bring these big animals down. You have to have pretty big guts to go up against a 2000 pound angry buffalo while only using a bow and arrow or just a spear. Native americans hunted with bow and arrow, knives, tomahawks, spears, gun stock war clubs and rifles later down the road. The native americans were some of the best hunters ever known to man. They knew everything about the animal they were going after and how to kill it with out getting injured. They would stalk and watch the animals closely for hours watching there every move. The native americans would flank the animals putting them in a spot were it made them make a clean easy kill with out making the animal suffer. They would watch there prey closely learning there every move. Native americans would have giant ceremonies before going out on the hunt. They also would have ceremonies after the hunt to insure continued success in the next hunt.
Now a days when have you seen or heard of any average hunter doing a ceremony before or after they go out hunting. I think we have it to easy for us to go out and kill any animal we see. I was raised in a family filled with hunters. As a young boy i was always taught to respect the animal don't just shoot to shoot. I was raised to only shoot if the animal is mature enough to be shot. With all the new technology we have with our advanced weapons you can literally shoot an animal up to a mile away. I never thought of this as a respectful way to take an animal. As an avid bow hunter i sit watch my prey and give my self a challenge to take the animal when the time is right. Bow hunting gives me the biggest adrenaline rush when your right next to the animal. Even with my advanced bow and my sights i still think it is some what cheating. The real and true way to hunt is how the native americans did it. Making your own bow and arrow and stringing your own bow is the way to hunt. The challenge is tremendous but knowing that you went through all that hard work and came through with a great kill is amazing.
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