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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.



He might have edited it, but I read "spear hunted fish", not "spear hunted". That does not look dangerous on TV.


Makes me wonder: when did trapping start? 5,000 years ago? 20,000?


Probably closer to 200,000+. Fishing net's are at least 80,000 years old.




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