While it is cool where people are keeping the old traditions alive, success rates are not as high as using modern tools and weapons to improve the success of the hunt, when hungry people must be kept fed.
And at the costs we are experiencing today, and our modern lifestyles,who can afford to hunt with less successful means when trying to keep a growing family fed.
Not saying that anyone here has said that they must hunt only in traditional manner... but I have heard comments to this effect for many years...
Just food for thought:
Put yourself in the same position. If you were forced to hunt with a simple weapon, would you be as successful? Would you resent not being able to harvest any meat for the table because you were forced to hunt by foot with a longbow and wooden arrows or a spear only, when you have a rifle and an atv to assist in getting game out of the back country?
We are all guilty of wanting to improve success rates through use if modern technology.
And at one point, the harpoon was an improvement in technology! As was the the bow and arrow! More effective and efficient than a rock or a stick!
