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As for pro hunters they tended to use snares, etc. Jack is pretty dead on about what arms are used. There are historic examples of small arms in the period but they were "parlor" arms not ment for hunting, and generaly were limited to Europe until around the time of the old west, and were extremely expensive one of a kind items for the most part. Also don't forget, while modern hunters tend to forget how effective they really are; and tend to discount them as mere toys, slings have been used for a few thousand years for game of all sizes.
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