So I was reading about how the foot and leg is designed for a trot type slow and steady distance running, how 2 million years ago the upright stance, sweating, being in a warm climate, lack of hair all contributed to persistence hunting being a viable human survival strategy, when a thought struck me.  Has anyone taken any of these barefooting shoes and actually GONE persistence hunting? It would require tracking skills, sure, but it would be something to record to video!  A set of (insert favorite minimalist footwear here), some loose shorts, a stone-age quality spear, a camera-helmet with enough battery for a good five hour run, a Kudu antelope in front of you...  Has anyone ever done anything like this??  It would be a great marketing tool, yaknow?  Though I am not sure WHICH company would be okay with the sort of marketing that involves killing an antelope, maybe one of them might be okay with it... Just a thought.

Kinda like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI-9RJi0Qo

Persistence hunting is something I would like to try some day. 

 

Don't underestimate the level of tracking skill necessary.  There's an account in "Born to Run" of two guys who try it in Montana, and the prey animals are too good at mixing into the herd and disappearing.  That's how they deal with predators of all kinds, us included.

Ha! Poor choice - pronghorn have been recorded running 55 mph and they can maintain 45 for miles (one hypothesis is that they evolved to escape dire wolves). Might be better to pick, say, an elk.

 

Although pronghorn is even tastier than elk...yum...