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The oldest hunting technique from before human invented the hunting tools. The technique includes both the following of tracks from the prey and a spiritual ancient shamanistic skill of connecting with the soul of the animal to visualize which way it ran. The hunting includes no weapons except a symbolic tool, the skill is to run the prey down until it collapses. It’s a fair game, a match of two beings only using their legs. At last when the prey is about to release its soul, the hunter collaborates his own soul with the soul of the animal and he stays with it to the last moment and comforts it, making sure it returns safely to its source again so it can reincarnate, keeping the circle of life complete.

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This is a “Persistence Hunt” of a Male Kudu by tribesman of the San on the Kalahari Desert of Africa from one of BBC’s specials.

Running on two feet over long distances is more efficient than four. Man’s extra limbs can be used to carry water, the Kudu cannot.

jimmylosanto already had this on youtube, but this is better quality. Enjoy.

Quoted from jimmylosanto:

This…..this is hunting. An almost transcendental means of acquiring animal protein. The final act in and of itself is completely in tune with the Natural World and the ultimate in respect and honor both of and for it. This is how our distant ancestors survived. We have unfortunately lost this connection to Life……….

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During the persistence hunt an antelope, such as a kudu, is not shot or speared from a distance, but simply run down in the midday heat. Depending on the specific conditions, hunters of the central Kalahari will chase a kudu for about two to five hours over 25 to 35 km in temperatures of about 40 to 42°C (104 to 107°F). The hunter chases the kudu, which then runs away out of sight. By tracking it down at a fast running pace the hunter catches up with it before it has had enough time to rest in the shade. The animal is repeatedly chased and tracked down until it is too exhausted to continue running. The hunter then kills it at close range with a spear.

Duration : 0:7:12

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This is a “Persistence Hunt” of a Male Kudu, by tribesman of the San on the Kalahari Desert of Africa.

Thoroughly blew my mind!

This…..this is hunting. An almost transcendental means of acquiring animal protein. The final act in and of itself is completely in tune with the Natural World and the ultimate in respect and honor both of and for it. This is how our distant ancestors survived. We have unfortunately lost this connection to Life………. I would like to see Billy Ray Joe Bob Sue Redneck American with his 90lb. beer belly, and without his .30-06 and scope attempt this. Not a chance.

The guys filming this on the ground must have had ATV’s. There is no other way they could have kept up. Great work BBC!

I know some of you might be vegetarians or vegans, but face it peeps, our dentition is that of an omnivore. Even our closest relative the chimpanzee is an omnivore. I absolutely love animals and don’t want them to suffer either. Subsequently I at least won’t eat veal or buy fur….but this video is part of the Circle of Life. We are at the top of the food chain afterall. And to deny that simple truth is to indeed deny part of that which ultimately makes us human.

Duration : 0:7:58

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