Ambush hunting is designed to take advantage of the feeding behavior of forest antelopes. A man will scout out a tree with fruits that the antelopes enjoy, and will construct a perch 2.5 feet from the ground. Here, he will wait with his bow drawn in anticipation, until an antelope will walk into range. If the arrow hits its' target, the hunter will jump off the perch and give chase, calling his dogs in the village to join him. Antelope, and duikers in particular, are capable of running long distances through dense vegetation after being wounded, and for this reason only 12% of the animals shot during ambush hunts end up being eaten by the Efe. These hunts last an average of 1.87 hours, not including construction of the above-ground perch, nor the iron-tipped arrows used (Bailey 1991:80).
Image: Forest Duiker, Cephalophus grimmia. From http://www.calacademy.org/
