| Archeology all over the world confirms that hunting | | | | power, which is perfect for shooting from horse back |
| implements, that is, weapons, were some of the first | | | | or chariot. |
| things that we crafted in the ancient history of | | | | As farming developed, so did civilization and more and |
| mankind. Flint arrow heads and spear points are some | | | | more often, hunting wild animals was left to experts. |
| of the most common articles found around the world. | | | | The creatures that they killed would be exchanged for |
| In those ancient times, people hunted for food and | | | | other amenities or, later, sold for money. |
| fought each other. We do not know, but it probable | | | | For the majority of people, hunting became |
| that men and non-pregnant young women hunted | | | | recreational, a sport or a game and the animals they |
| animals and gathered fruit, nuts and berries, while the | | | | killed in their spare time they called 'game' and we still |
| older family members took are of the children. | | | | do now in English. |
| It is uncertain when bows were developed, but | | | | Most peoples of the world did not only create |
| definitely more than two thousand years before Christ | | | | weapons to hunt with, they also trained animals to help |
| or four thousand years ago. Earlier than this, hunters | | | | them. Dogs, whose ancestors were wolves, were |
| almost certainly crept up on or ambushed their prey | | | | probably the first whose help was enlisted. Some dogs |
| and then ran after it, throwing rocks and pointed sticks | | | | were used to recover the gave after it had been shot |
| or primitive spears perhaps with fire-hardened or stone | | | | and fallen into the undergrowth or the water, other |
| tips. | | | | dogs actually did the killing. |
| It is unlikely that they often killed their quarry outright, | | | | Later still, the upper classes would hunt with no |
| they probably wore it out until it bled to death. This | | | | intention of eating the animal at all: foxes in Britain and |
| method of hunting deer is still practiced by some | | | | lions in Afghanistan. This is still done today. Likewise |
| hunters in South Africa and elsewhere. | | | | with falcons and eagles. |
| As people lived and learned, so more sophisticated | | | | Other animals were trained to help chase prey. Horses |
| hunting articles were invented and improved on. The | | | | equalized the speed difference between man and |
| first such item would have been the spear and the | | | | buffalo or deer. Elephants were used to equalize the |
| second either the throwing arrow or the bow and | | | | prowess of tigers and offer a safer platform from |
| arrow. It is likely that the throwing arrow came first. | | | | which to hunt. |
| This weapon is still used by some traditionalist | | | | Nowadays, few people have to hunt to survive, but it |
| Aborigine hunters in Australia. | | | | is still a popular pursuit, even though for many it is a |
| Recurve bows and longbows dating back to 2,000 BC | | | | once a year event. The most famous hunting |
| have been uncovered all over Europe and Asia. It | | | | expeditions were and still are the safaris, despite the |
| seems that the longbow was more prevalent in the | | | | fact that now more people shoot with video cameras |
| north and the recurve bow in the south. Recurve | | | | than with guns. |
| bows can be shorter than longbows and still retain their | | | | |