人群分散各處，面對環境生態與自然資源各自不同，各異其趣，於是定耕、畜牧、漁撈、狩獵、營工、經商、探險、傳教、授業、探索，千百萬種生業，都是人類生存之所繫，而其衍生都與環境與資源相關。遂形成不一樣的生活方式。臺灣原住民族尤其是居住山地區域的族群因為環境與資源的因素，自然發展出大同小異的狩獵文化，不僅其現實生活中的飲食飽足、生產豐歉、部落興衰與之相關，其神話、儀式、禁忌、價值等亦均與緊密相關。環境生態改變，國家的法律不斷調整，原住民族也有很多人移居都會，加上動物保育觀念受到重視，狩獵對於原住民族到底存在什麼意義？有沒有延續的空間？如何發展得以兼顧生態環境與狩獵永續的機制？謹以幾位由特富野大社隨機選出的獵人，以旁觀者的角度描述其有關於狩獵的部分生命內涵，以理解其所處時代環境與狩獵變遷的原因。

Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan, especially those whose traditional territories extend to the Central Range, have developed rich and yet similar ways of life as they have derived abundant resources from the nature not only for harvest, food, and all things related to tribal development, but also for rituals, myths, and values. Facing environmental and ecological degradation, stringent legal regulations, rising tides of animal protection movement, and reluctant migratory trends to the urban areas, indigenous hunting activities are severely restricted. It is wondered what meanings hunting is still pertinent to the Indigenous Peoples here. We have observed the life stories of a few seasoned hunters from the Tfuya tribes of the Tsou People, and made efforts to elicit any cultural changes and endeavored to understand the causes.