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MANAGING ANIMALS IN NEW GUINEA
PREYING THE GAME IN THE HIGHLANDS

Paul Sillitoe

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APPENDIX: II HUNTING DIARIES OF INDIVIDUAL HUNTERS.

Hunter’s age (yrs)	Sem	Time (hrs.)	Weapons carried per trip	Alone/partner	Activities	Game caught	Weight (gms)
45-50	Huwlael	316.73	axe = 5	1 partner = 15 trips	by moon = 10 trips	3 taenay	3152
			axe & bush knife = 3	2 partners = 1 trip	checked bird snares = 2 trips	2 moliy
			bow & arrows = 8	alone = 27 trips	checked traps = 8 trips, caught 2 moliy bandicoots
			bow & arrows, axe bush knife = 1		cleared path thru’ regrowth to hunt by moon = 4 trips
			bow & arrows, axe, dog = 2		climbed 30 trees on 19 trips
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 4		disturbed moliy from nest but could not find in undergrowth
			bush knife = 13		excavated paeraeb mound
			bush knife & axe = 6		felled 11 trees on 8 trips
			bush knife dog = 1		flushed out & chased marsupials = 5 trips
					shot 2 taenay with arrows
					inspected bird snares = 1 trip
					missed 2 birds & 1 yaeliyp with arrows
					ran down taenay with dog = 1 trip
					sat in ambush under fruiting tree = 1 trip
					set 16 traps on 2 trips
45-50	Huwlael	291.34	axe = 3	1 partner = 13	by moon = 10 trips	2 birds	5255
			axe & bush knife = 1	2 partners = 2	checked traps = 6 trips	4 yaeliyp
			bow & arrows = 3	alone = 17	cleared path thru’ regrowth to hunt by moon = 1 trip
			bow & arrows, 2 dogs = 1		climbed 60 tree on 25 trips, & caught 4 marsupials
			bow & arrows, axe = 4		felled 9 trees on 7 trips
			bow & arrows, axe, dog = 2		shot 2 birds with arrows
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 8		missed 6 birds & 1 paygaegat with arrows
			bow & arrows, bush knife dog = 2		set 3 traps = 1 trip
			bush knife = 4		climbed rockface & found marsupial nest
			bush knife & axe = 4		dog flushed hungnaip & chased
					excavated paeraeb mound
30-35	Mayka	18.96	bow & arrows = 3	alone = 3	rained off 1 trip	none	0
			bush knife = 1	2 partners = 1	climbed 12 trees on 1 trip
					set 1 trap
					missed taenay with arrows
27-30	Huwlael	316.03	bow & arrows = 2	1 partner = 1	checked traps = 25 trips, caught 2ogom 1 escaped & 1 kombilol eaten, caught 5 taenay 1 escaped & 2	3 taenay ringtails	6734
			bow & arrows, axe = 19	alone = 40	kombilol eaten, caught paygaegat kombilol eaten, caught 8 yaeliyp 4 escaped & 4 kombilol eaten	2 yaeliyp cuscus
			bow & arrows, axe, bush knife = 1		climbed 121 trees on 35 trips caught 2 yaeliyp
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 10		felled 18 trees on 15 trips, caught 1 taenay
			bow & arrows, bush knife, axe = 2		missed 49 birds with arrows
			bush knife axe = 7		shot yaeliyp with arrow but lost
					hunted by moon = 2 trips
					sat in ambush = 5
					set 146 traps on 20 trips
					rolled over stones looking for animals = 2 trips
					threw sticks = 2 trips
27-30	Mayka	288.63	axe, bush knife = 1	1 partner = 3	caught kaesmunk rat by hand	4 birds	763
			bow & arrows = 7	alone = 34	checked traps on 9 trips, caught 2 sab, 1 escaped & 1 robbed	1 small rat
			bow & arrows, axe bush knife = 7		climbed 71 trees on 22 trips	1 palay dasyure
			bow & arrows, dog = 14		felled 7 trees on 3 trips	1 yaeliyp cuscus
			bow & arrows, dog & axe = 3		flushed & chased, palay, ogom & taenay but lost
			bow & arrows, dog, bush knife = 2		hit 4 birds with arrows
			bush knife = 3		hit 3 palay with arrows, lost 2
					hunted by moon = 10 trips
					missed 26 birds, 2 rats, 2 palay, 1 taenay with arrows
					rained off on 4 trips
					sat in ambush by waterpool for birds
					set 8 trap on 6 trips
					shook 1 tree
					shot yaeliyp with arrow
25-30	Haenda	12	axe, 4 dogs	1 partner	felled 1 tree	none
24-27	Huwlael	296.99	axe = 6	1 partner = 1	checked traps = 20 trips, caught 4 taenay, 1 partly eaten by kombilol, 1 ogom, 3 mapun eaten by	ogom rat	6233
			axe, bush knife = 27	alone = 36	kombilol & dog, 3 moliy & 2 paygaegat all eaten by kombilol	4 taenay ringtails
			axe, bush knife, 2 dogs = 1		climbed 157 trees on 36 trips
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 1		felled 81 trees on 34 trips
			bush knife = 2		flushed out & chased 2 ogom but lost
					set 90 traps on 12 trips
					shook trees on 7 trips
					hunted by moonlight 1 trip
24-27	Ind	19	bow & arrows	alone	stalked through forest, saw no game, fired no arrows	none
21-24	Maenget	109.51	axe = 6	1 partner = 9	climbed 25 trees on 8 trips	bombort grubs	3144
			bow & arrows = 5	2 partners = 5	felled 17 trees on 6 trips, from 1 collected 20 bombort grubs	1 koret frog
			bow & arrows, axe = 4	3 partners = 1	flushed & chased 2 yaeliyp, 1 ogom but no shot	1 taenay ringtail
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 3	alone = 3	caught koret frog by hand	1 winjinjiy bat
					helped build hide	2 yaeliyp cuscus
					hunted by moon on 6 trips
					missed 3 birds, 1 paygaegat, 1 hungnaip & 1 palay with arrows
					rained off 1 trip
					sat in ambush at birds’ nests on 2 trips
					shot 2 yaeliyp & 1 bat with arrows
					set 1 deadfall trap
					started felling 3 trees on 3 trips but gave up
					hit taenay with arrows
18-21	Mayka	76.35	bow & arrows = 8	2 partners = 2	climbed 9 trees on 5 trips	2 birds	50
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 2	1 partner = 5	hit 1 bird with arrow
			bush knife = 1	alone = 4	hunted by moon = 2 trips
					missed 2 birds, 1 paygaegat, 1 taenay, 1 waebis, 1 palay & 1 tagem with arrows
					sat in ambush on naway nest
					flushed & pursued palay but lost it
					threw sticks into trees
18-21	Wenja	11.38	bow & arrows = 4	alone = 3	helped build bird hide	none	0
				2 partners = 1	set 1 deadfall trap
					rained off 1 trip
					hunted by moon = 1 trip
					missed 5 birds with arrows
16-18	Mayka	330.45	bow & arrow 39	1 partner = 6	built hide = 3 trips	44 birds	1210
			bow & arrows, bush knife 12	2 partners = 1	checked snares = 4 trips	2 small rats (aenkpak)
			axe 1	3 partners = 1	checked traps = 8 trips, caught 2 rats & 1 bird
			bow & arrows, axe 1	alone = 46	set 21 ground traps on 2 trips
			bow & arrows, bush knife, dog 1		hit 43 birds with arrows
					missed 543 birds with arrows
					sat in hide = 11 trips
					sat in ambush by tree = 7 trips
					tied 60 snares in fruiting trees on 2 trips
16-18	Ind	275.41	bow & arrows = 33	1 partner = 7	built hide = 3 trips	38 birds	3380
			bow & arrows, axe = 1	4 partners = 2	by moon:= 1 trip	1 egg,
			bow & arrows, bush knife = 9	alone = 35	checked traps = 2 trips (moliy in 1)	1 ogom
			bow & arrows, dog = 1		climbed 4 trees, caught ogom in 1	1 moliy
					missed 330 birds with arrows
					sat in hide = 9
					set 6 ground traps on 2 trips
12-14	Maenget	11.00	bow & arrows = 2	1 partner = 2	hit 1 bird with arrow, missed 2 birds with arrows	1 bird	9

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