For a long time, the Bunun have felt that hunting bear is too troublesome. If they hunt during the time millet is planted or when it ripens, the entire village has to stop working for one day; to do otherwise would be inauspicious. If someone ignores this taboo and plants millet anyway, it will turn black, as if scorched.
長久以來，布農人就認為「打到熊很麻煩」，若正在小米耕種或結穗期間，整個部落要停工一天，否則會不吉利；不信邪的人去耕種，種出來的小米一定是黑色的，像燒焦了一樣！