Comment by seadan83

Okay, and when your feisty neighbors take all your jerky and have hunted all the animals that are not in hibernating - then what?

While "simple", that does not equate to abundant nor easy. Or, would you agree that there was plenty of abundance even during northern winters?

If there was such abundance, and things were as simple as hunting every now and then- why so many famines in history [1]? Surely any cause of famine could be remediated by going out and doing a little more hunting?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines