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Hunting and Fishing Hunting was the major contribution Iroquois men made to their families' subsistence. In addition to deer, hunters also stalked the black bear, and, in spring, the passenger pigeon. Fish were an integral part of the Iroquois diet. The abundant waterways provided white and yellow bass, walleye, shovelnose sturgeon, and brook trout, among other species. The Cornplanter band of Seneca held great annual fish drives. First, men built a V-shaped fence, or weir, across the river. They forced the fish into the weir with a giant rake, which was pulled toward the weir by horses on opposite shores. Waiting fishermen speared the trapped fish.
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