Tracy Bradley wrote:
Persistence hunting is thought to be the most ancient
> form of hunting - literally separating an animal from the herd and
> pursuing it til it falls from exhaustion. You would not even require a
> spear to do this - a simple cutting tool to finish the animal off would
> suffice. Anyway, very cool stuff! Certainly food for thought - any
> primitive man, as long as he could sweat and carry water (or find water
> along the way, I supose?), could accomplish this.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=9wI-9RJi0Qo
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Unlikely, the flesh of exhausted animals is thought not to be
nutritious, then, how to get it back to wife&kids while saving it from
scavengers, then it is the lone hunter idea which is modern foolishness.
Wise modern hunters can tell you that lurking works.
Dogging is a waste of time.
William