Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: Winter Hawk on February 10, 2020, 02:56:44 PM
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I'm reading Athapaskan Adaptations, Hunters and Fishermen of the Subarctic Forests". In the pictures section there was this:
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The one has a rifle in a case over his shoulder, powder horn and bullet bag; the other a bow with side quiver, from 1840. Both have leggings with garters below the knees, and a strap under the instep of their moccasins.
I don't recommend going after moose with a knife from a canoe, though!
~Kees~
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Great photos! I think it is illegal in most states to hunt deer, etc. from a boat...otherwise using a knife from a canoe would be "great fun,"...at least until you actually caught up with one of the critters... :lol sign
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Many years ago I took an anthropology course at the college in Ketchikan. We saw a film one day of an Eskimo hunter going after a caribou. The hunter was in a kayak, the 'bou was in a river, and the method to kill it was many jabs with a spear. Not a pretty thing to watch, and I'm not sure how authentic it was. It took a long time, and many spear jabs for the animal to die. Death by a thousand cuts!
~Kees~