ocr: Hunter Inaddition to farming and raising animals for: food, Egyptians hunted wild animals. Spears and bows and arrows were used for hunting. Sometimes dogs were used to chase animals into traps. Egyptians captured birds with nets and they hunted them with throwsticks, curved sticks that were thrown into the air to strike a bird. Dogs picked up the birds. Wealthy families went out on boats together to hunt birds with throwsticks. sport. They hunted leopards, wild OX, Fish were speared or caught in nets. and ibex (a kind of wild goat). Anet was stretched between two small See Also: boats, and se ...