Primary Style of Hunting?

[Mortblanc]

Not saying anything if you have nothing good to say is a sure fire recipe for the promotion of morons to positions of power from which they can not be removed at all levels of business, politics, and society.

Keeping silent when observing mistakes never came into consideration with any of my professors during my education or from any of my bosses once in the real world where mistakes cost money and sometimes lives if the fire codes are not met.

Sorry about your series of strokes but they do not alter reality.

I watched your video. Most of the recommendations apply to persons moving about on foot and the standard mode of transport during the Muzzle loading era was by boat and horse. People back then carried much more gear than a person on foot could manage using the water ways as access routes and when traveling overland they had strings of up to 200 pack horses. That was everywhere, including Australia. You guys even imported camels so you would not have to walk!

People traveling long distances on foot were so rare that they were often noted in texts as being a bit eccentric.

On one expedition into the U.S. "middle ground" a group led by the Bledsoe brothers took 2600 deer hides. That alone would require around 75 pounds of lead, 40 pounds of powder and 13 pack horses to carry out the load of hides. Members were not allowed to join the group unless they provided adequate horses and at least one good dog.

River access often involved boats of up to 20 feet carrying gear such as fire irons, kettles and barrels of provisions and had up to 50 members in the party.

Persons stumbling through the woods with only what they could carry on their backs was either a short term hunting trip or a "survival situation" indeed, and not the normal thing at all. When people on foot did survive it is often noted in the records and magnified in the oral history because most people traveling alone and on foot were going to die.