As their pincer around the animal was closing, the hunters were getting ready for the final strike, following a well-practiced strategy they had applied many times over in the past. But the trainee hunter, full of enthusiasm and intoxicated by the excitement of youth, lunged at the trapped animal and hurled his spear forcefully, hitting the animal on its front leg, forcing it to kneel. Right next to him, the leader of the group who had come even closer still, aimed and hit the animal with his spear on its thigh. At that point, all the hunters lunged forward trying to immobilize the wounded animal – one grabbing the feet, another the tail and another one its head- while it was writhing and jerking and kicking in every direction in its effort to escape. Again, the young man, wielding a stone
