![]() ![]() Whatever personal grievances or animosities that would be involved between the two parties, it is known and understood that hunters took care of their own. In extreme cases, any hunter could have asked for and expected aid and assistance from another hunter, even if it meant that the latter must temporarily suspend his or her own hunt in the meantime to render such aid. While no hunter had the right to interfere with another's hunt, there came times when even the best of master hunters required assistance. No Hunter Shall Refuse Aid to Another Hunter.An acquisition "killed while attempting to escape" however, would be an entirely different matter altogether. To kill an acquisition in the course of the hunt was one thing, but to purposely kill an unarmed, helpless being already subdued and unable to resist was seen as simple slaughter and wanton butchery. In cases where the acquisition had been taken alive, that "choice" could not be altered. In the Hunt, One Captures or Kills, Never Both. ![]() Of course, if such an action, successful or not, could be traced back to the original perpetrator, serious consequences inevitably followed. This being true, while a hunter was constrained against taking direct action against another hunter, there was nothing to constrain a hunter from hiring others to do the dirty work. Of course, competition between hunters was often fierce and there was often a very thin line between "competition" and "interference". To interfere with another's hunt, unless first invited, was to leave the question of "who is better" open and, perhaps forever, unresolved. ![]() If the hunter won, it was a personal triumph denoting superior skill and intellect, and not simply a question of luck. ![]() In such a deal, the hunter matched skill and courage against all the resources one's opponent could bring to bear. While it was not unheard of for hunters to work as a team, the hunt for a given acquisition was most often seen as a form of personal duel between two sapient creatures.
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