• blackmagic@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I don’t think you could kill a horse in an open field without a long distance weapon. It’s a flight animal, if you did any significant damage to it, you’d never come close enough to get it to fight you. Enclosed spaces, that’s a different story (you still lose that, it’s a horse).

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      1 day ago

      Nah, we min maxed for this already. I mean not me, I’m terrible at running. But I imagine if you go back far enough one of my ancestors was good enough at long distance running that we could eventually chase that horsey down and bang it in the head with a rock when it’s all tired out.

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          15 hours ago

          If that ancestor also can track it down, maybe.

          I mean, considering one of our ancestors had to at some point catch one to ride, I’m sure they could manage.

          You… probably not.

          Probably is gracious of you, considering I haven’t been hunting in like 20 years.

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        19 hours ago

        I imagine they’ll still have thrown or slung something at a distance. Why risk the horse in its desperation giving you a botched chest surgery if you can outrange it?

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            7 hours ago

            Trapping and feeding goes a long way too.

            The saying “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar” isn’t for nothing.

            And don’t underestimate the humans ability to pet the fuck out of everything!

            Animals love receiving pets and we, humans, love petting animals.