Hunting has been a necessity in life since the dawn of time. Hunting was necessary to feed the family day after day. But in the 21st century, Americans have evolved and hunting is no longer as important an obligation as it was for previous generations. Americans learned to contain specific animals, such as cows, pigs, and chickens, which farmers then raised and harvested for meat. But in some rural areas of the United States, the situation is completely different. People who live in areas like Alaska, Montana, and the Dakotas don't have a local grocery store to buy their T-bone steak or ground beef. These individuals must hunt their meat to survive. Each hunter may have their own techniques; they can hunt specific large or small game and use basic or more complex techniques. All their different techniques use the basic techniques used for hunting. But all hunters have the same common goal, that of survival. In the United States today, hunting is not as popular in populated areas as it is in rural areas. Mainly because humans have learned to keep the most necessary animals, such as cows, pigs, and chickens, under control, but also because there are not as many wild animals in these populated places as in less populated areas. For hunters who hunt to survive, they not only hunt the meat on the bones of the animals, they also hunt the furs and skins that the animals possess. The reason hunters hunt an animal for its fur is so they can use them to trade for supplies they might need, like money, ammo, or anything they can't make themselves . If a hunter hunts an animal primarily for its fur, he can use a trap instead of...... middle of paper ...... classic hunter with his rifle tracking an animal, but there are others hunters who use a rifle and sit in a tree stand, a chair tied to a high tree, or a hunting blind, a hut that prevents a hunter from being seen or smelled by nearby animals. Other forms of hunting include the use of bows and arrows. There are three types of hunting bows: the compound bow is the most commonly used bow for hunting today because it reduces the force needed to pull the string back; The second most popular bow is the crossbow, used by Daryl in the popular TV show The Walking Dead, which resembles a gun due to its body and use of a trigger, but it has some characteristics identical to other bows; The least popular bow used for hunting is the standard longbow which is the traditional bow used by some indigenous hunting groups due to its use in many past generations..