Buffalos were an important part of the Plains and Plateau way of survival. Buffalos were hunted by men, and they used many strategies to get control of the herds and kill them. There were many strategies to hunt buffalos, but there were two, that were the most popular among all tribes. The two strategies were: making the herds of buffalo run off a cliff and/or surrounding them and shooting them one by one. There …showed first 75 words of 292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 292 total…way of hunting buffalo is to either spear them or shoot them with arrows (later on they were replaced by guns and rifles). Horses were also an important part of hunting, they helped guide the buffalos. Also it helped the rider to be quick in hunting. It was very difficult and the native men were highly skilled and full of practice, and this gave them an advantage against the animals. They were indeed very skilled.