How Did Native Americans Hunt Deer?
01-11-2013, 09:11 PM
#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2012
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3Seasons is correct though in all his comments, and the animals probably died alot more painful frantic deaths they do today. We dont necessarily need these animals to survive, the Native Americans if they didn't catch it, well then they didnt eat.
Snares across trails. Pretty easy..just like rabbits
Booby-traps, pungi sticks..anything to break legs
AND they did have firearms eventually.
Mostly the just ate buffalo who were "easy" to ride next to and arrow. (thats why the US Gov't slaughtered the buffalo to deprive the tribes of their ability to feed themselves and thus HAVE to seek "assistance" from the US Gov't or Starve.
Booby-traps, pungi sticks..anything to break legs
AND they did have firearms eventually.
Mostly the just ate buffalo who were "easy" to ride next to and arrow. (thats why the US Gov't slaughtered the buffalo to deprive the tribes of their ability to feed themselves and thus HAVE to seek "assistance" from the US Gov't or Starve.
But yea, it wasnt uncommon for Native Americans to run hundreds of Buffalo off a cliff in the areas they existed. NW Native Americans did alot more Fishing. Some based alot of their food of agricultural. But it was literally as much as they could get for the least amount of work. We oftentimes think of them as living among nature and living with a smaller footprint than the european settlers who colonized the Americas, but, in truth, they cleared out vast expanses of land and killed alot of animals. They switched to guns because it was alot more effective which = more food.
01-12-2013, 02:23 AM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
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You have to consider the deer are different now. When I started bow hunting you could walk around and kill deer during the early archery season. Now the pressure is so bad it has turned a lot of them nocturnal. I have seen deer are starting to look up in trees when they get a wiff of human scent. It was a lot different 40 years ago. I would think 140 years ago it was really different.
01-13-2013, 01:37 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
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Read some years ago
that a tribe in the east would clear a small area in the forest, and make it into a small " natural food plot area" , using that to attract deer.
In the South, they used fire to clear areas of heavy vegitation and that would attract deer to the new growth.
In the South, they used fire to clear areas of heavy vegitation and that would attract deer to the new growth.
01-13-2013, 02:25 PM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
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Are you saying at some point in history man had better endurance then a wild animal?i dont buy that
01-13-2013, 04:27 PM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Mi.
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Heart and lung capacity,ability to provide oxygen at a high rate of consumption . White tail only good for a short distance.
Given the right terrain deer can be tired out by any one capable of long distance running. Deer must be steadily pursued and not allowed to rest. And yes i did run a deer till it dropped in the snow twice before leaving it. That was long ago and when i had two legs. Cornered others in fence corners. No i did not kill them but a rock would have sufficed on one.
How far have you ever chased one? Even not running get where you can stay on the same animal (not easy to do,area and snow both important) at a good pace and keep it moving. When you see the reaction hours later i hope you don,t like it .besides your facing a stressed animal as far as quality eats.
Not a concern in our not so distant past.
Given the right terrain deer can be tired out by any one capable of long distance running. Deer must be steadily pursued and not allowed to rest. And yes i did run a deer till it dropped in the snow twice before leaving it. That was long ago and when i had two legs. Cornered others in fence corners. No i did not kill them but a rock would have sufficed on one.
How far have you ever chased one? Even not running get where you can stay on the same animal (not easy to do,area and snow both important) at a good pace and keep it moving. When you see the reaction hours later i hope you don,t like it .besides your facing a stressed animal as far as quality eats.
Not a concern in our not so distant past.
Last edited by monoped; 01-13-2013 at 04:36 PM.
01-13-2013, 04:41 PM
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
Posts: 671
Heart and lung capacity,ability to provide oxygen at a high rate of consumption . White tail only good for a short distance.
Given the right terrain deer can be tired out by any one capable of long distance running. Deer must be steadily pursued and not allowed to rest.
How far have you ever chased one? Even not running get where you can stay on the same animal (not easy to do,area and snow both important) at a good pace and keep it moving. When you see the reaction hours later i hope you don,t like it .besides your facing a stressed animal as far as quality eats.
Not a concern in our not so distant past.
Given the right terrain deer can be tired out by any one capable of long distance running. Deer must be steadily pursued and not allowed to rest.
How far have you ever chased one? Even not running get where you can stay on the same animal (not easy to do,area and snow both important) at a good pace and keep it moving. When you see the reaction hours later i hope you don,t like it .besides your facing a stressed animal as far as quality eats.
Not a concern in our not so distant past.