Reply #73: I wouldn't say "no evidence" . . .

[rolleitreks]

In fact, projectile points are often found in proximity to mastodon, mammoth and bison bones. Here's an example where the point was in bone:

"Washington - The point of a bone spearhead was found imbedded and broken off in a mastodon's rib at the Manis Site, Olympic Penninsula, Washington state. The rib showed partial healing, proving it to be an old wound. The skeleton of the mastodon was found in a pond or bog and dated to almost 12,000 years B.P. The bones showed signs of butchering, however, proving that man had attacked again and had slain the mastodon at last (Gustafson and Daugherty, 1978)."

http://www.csasi.org/2004_october_journal/pointed_weapons_of_wood_bone_and_ivory_survival_tools_of_early_man_in_north_america.htm


"This shoots holes through that story hunters use about thinning the herd of the weak and sick when everyone knows sport hunters chose the healthiest strongest looking male to kill."

Hunters take excess game -- the numbers are estimated by game departments based on the carrying capacity of the land. A certain number of animals will starve during winter on any plot of land. That is why managed sport hunting does not damage game herds. The animals taken are usually healthy. Coyotes, wolves and puma hunt the weak and sick.

While many hunters do seek trophies (again, sanctioned by the game departments), others simply wish to fill the larder and take does.