We usually have to put a lot of work into a jackrabbit drive. First, we have to purify ourselves and our bows with shaft shaving smoke. None of us can afford English longbows, so we have to make do with flatbows, but we've put a lot of work into the charms we've painted on them with red ochre, so this helps. We have to sing our battle songs and prepare our line of bowmen shoulder-to-shoulder. If everyone chanted the right songs over their arrows and did not break the taboo of not mentioning electronic entertainment devices, we'll usually be all right. People beat the bushes and drive the jackrabbits towards us and we then shoot volleys of arrows tipped with steel trade points we hardened ourselves with a blowtorch and a bucket of old motor oil. Someone told us this works and his points did good, so we copied it. During sharpening of the trade points, it is important to never eat micro greens salads, roasted skinless chicken breast, or tofu, or the luck will drain away from the points. The points will be insulted and you will cut yourself during sharpening. If the arrows find their marks and the hunt is successful, then the crests on the arrows will tell who shot what. But if the arrows of two or more hunters are in the same jackrabbit, then they have to roll for it, highest number winning. And while the dice-rolling is going on, no one may speak of vegetarian cuisine or break wind. Our quivers have special pockets sewn on the outside to carry these dice, too. The loser of the roll has to skin and gut the jackrabbit, but he gets to keep the tail. What the tail is used for is not spoken of and none dare bring it up into after-dinner conversation. Any arrows broken during the hunt must placed into a steel pail on the right side of your back porch and people must not look upon them during noon and it is strictly forbidden to whistle while looking directly at them. If someone does those things, they may not drink coffee for five days.
If you do these things, you may survive a jackrabbit hunt.
