"Bunun consider the sambar to be the prey of choice, because it is bigger than other wild animals such as the wild boar or muntjac," explains Tien Chih-yi, a Bunun teacher, in his book Rites of Passage of the Bunun of Taiwan.
「由於水鹿體型比山羊、山豬等野獸大，所以是布農人最想獲得的獵物，」布農族老師田哲益在《台灣布農族的生命祭儀》一書中指出。