spear hunting
Javelin-based prey capture
Spear hunting is the practice of hunting game animals using a spear rather than firearms or bow and arrow.
It's among the oldest hunting methods, requiring close proximity to prey and considerable skill.
Modern practitioners typically pursue it for the challenge and connection to primitive techniques: He took up spear hunting for wild boar.
Legal restrictions vary by jurisdiction.
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- assegaiAfrican throwing spear
- throwing armLimb used to hurl
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- javelinThrowing spear for sport
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Pursuing animals with firearms
archery · bow hunting · crossbow hunting · falconry · archery hunting
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Catching with concealed devices
snaring · baiting · luring · still hunting
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Raising domesticated beasts systematically
livestock farming · ranching · domestication · cattle raising · pastoralism
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