You can see the importance of hunting to Bunun society from the fact that even today all Bunun communities retain the "Deer Ear Ritual," which involves shooting arrows at a deer-ear target.
狩獵在布農人心目中的重要地位，可從目前各社群仍保留「打耳祭」看出。世代以來，布農族一年中最盛大的祭典便是打耳祭，所謂「打耳」，是指射下鹿的耳朵。